sentence improvement Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc mts paper 1 2023

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 :26

The governor has a good collection of paintings adorning the walls of the Raj Bhavan.

Answer: (d)

No correction required.

Question :27

Once the event is over, many people claim credit for success and disowning the responsibility for failure.

Answer: (a)

The first verb being 'claim', the following verb must be in the same form, so 'disown' is correct. The sense of the sentence demands the conjunction 'but' to bring out the contrast.

Question :28

Besides these norms, the data was also analysed to form the sub-groups.

Answer: (b)

'Data', plural of 'datum', can be used with a singular verb when it means 'a body or collection of facts or particulars' or 'information'. But 'data' is used with a plural verb when it means 'individual facts, statistics or items of information'.

Question :29

He is adequately provided for the necessities of life.

Answer: (b)

Question :30

The children and their specific problems needs to be identified.

Answer: (b)

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