sentence improvement Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps clerk mains

Directions:

In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence has been italicised. Below are given alternatives to the part italicised which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative; wherever no improvement is needed, choose 'No correction required or 'No improvement' as the answer.

Question :21

She had no difficulty to settle down to her new life in the city.

Answer: (c)

'Difficulty' is not followed by 'to'. It is always followed by preposition + - ing form of verb. Here the appropriate preposition is 'in'.

Question :22

No sooner had the umpire given the batsman out than the crowd rushed into the field.

Answer: (d)

'No sooner...than' is the correct pair, a subordinate conjunction of time.

Question :23

With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers expect to learn the age and size of the universe and to probe its origin, evolution, and ultimate fate.

Answer: (d)

No improvement.

Question :24

This project would encourage development and enable every villager to govern their own destiny.

Answer: (c)

As we are talking of 'every' villager (sing.), it should be 'to govern his'.

Question :25

If you have paid only twenty rupees for this purse, it has really cheap.

Answer: (a)

The simple present 'is' must be used. 'Really' is an adverb which means 'actually' or 'truly' but 'real' (adj.) is an adjective that means 'actual' or 'true'. E.g., 'I really enjoyed the show', 'This bag is made of real leather.'

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