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Verbal Ability :: Sentence Improvement

Directions To Solve

In the questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicized part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.

  1. Either he or I am going.

  2. A.

    he or I are going

    B.

    he is going or I am

    C.

    I or he is going

    D.

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  3. I hope you vividly remember the premier of the film when I, my wife and you were present in the hall.

  4. A.

    my wife, I and you

    B.

    you, I and my wife

    C.

    my wife, you and I

    D.

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  5. To get one's name in the Rowland Ward's book of hunting records was the hot ambition of every serious hunter.

  6. A.

    extreme

    B.

    burning

    C.

    high

    D.

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  7. Taxpayers are to be conscious of their privileges.

  8. A.

    have to

    B.

    need

    C.

    ought to

    D.

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  9. As she was suffering from high fever, she could not face the examination

  10. A.

    bear

    B.

    suffer

    C.

    take

    D.

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  11. The demonstration passed off peacefully.

  12. A.

    passed out

    B.

    passed away

    C.

    passed on

    D.

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  13. Every time I go in a lift to my sixth floor apartment, I remember the calm and serenity of my ancestral home in the village.

  14. A.

    move in a lift

    B.

    ascend in a lift

    C.

    take a lift

    D.

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