CIVIL EXAM
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
TOPIC: IMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES
Directions to Solve
In questions given below,
a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given
alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the
correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the
answer.
1. The workers are hell
bent at getting what is due to them.
A. hell bent on getting
B. hell bent for getting
C. hell bent upon getting
D. No improvement
Answer: Option C
2. When it was feared that
the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the protestant
leaders joined the princes at crushing them.
A. into crushing
B. in crushing
C. without crushing
D. No improvement
Answer: Option B
3. If the room had been
brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.
A. If the room was
brighter
B. If the room are
brighter
C. Had the room been
brighter
D. No improvement
Answer: Option C
4. The record for the
biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge. then Viceroy
of India, shot a tiger than measured 11 feet and 6 inches.
A. improved
B. broken
C. bettered
D. No improvement
Answer: Option B
5. His powerful desire
brought about his downfall.
A. His intense desire
B. His desire for power
C. His fatal desire
D. No improvement
Answer: Option B
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