Bank Exam preparation has become quite challenging, especially the English Section. Many types of new pattern English questions has been introduced in previous SBI, IBPS, RRB Exams. Today, In this post, we are providing Sentence Correction Questions.
Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, five options are given. You are required to identify the best way of writing the BOLD part in the given sentence in the context of the correct usage of standard written English. Option A repeats the question sentence, if the given sentence is correct as it is. Then, choose option A as correct answer choice.
Q1. Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to “touch” each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
(a) exhibit, which thereby activates
(b) exhibit, in turn an activation of
(c) exhibit, and it will activate
(d) exhibit and thereby activate
(e) exhibit which, as a result, activates
Q2. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to greater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(a) to greater economic development and investing
(b) to greater development economically and investing
(c) of greater economic development and invest
(d) of greater development, economically and invest
(e) for greater economic development and the investment of
Q3. Combining enormous physical strength with higher intelligence, the Neanderthals appear as equipped for facing any obstacle the environment could put in their path, but their relatively sudden disappearance during the Paleolithic era indicates that an inability to adapt to some environmental change led to their extinction.
(a) appear as equipped for facing any obstacle the environment could put in their path,
(b) appear to have been equipped to face any obstacle the environment could put in their path,
(c) appear as equipped to face any obstacle the environment could put in their paths,
(d) appeared as equipped to face any obstacle the environment could put in their paths,
(e) appeared to have been equipped for facing any obstacle the environment could put in their path,
Q4. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(a) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(b) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(c) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(d) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(e) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities
Q5. A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
(a) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
(b) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
(c) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns have been
(d) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns are
(e) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals’ horns have been
Q6. Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
(a) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
(b) of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
(c) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
(d) their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
(e) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
Q7. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
(a) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(b) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(c) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns
(d) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(e) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit
Q8. Fossils of the arm of a sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of the Greater Antilles Islands.
(a) sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of
(b) sloth, that they found in Puerto Rico in 1991, has been dated at 34 million years old, thus making it the earliest mammal known on
(c) sloth that was found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, making this the earliest known mammal of
(d) sloth, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, have been dated at 34 million years old, making the sloth the earliest known mammal on
(e) sloth which, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, made the sloth the earliest known mammal of
Q9. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients’ misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.
(a) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
(b) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
(c) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(d) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
(e) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
Q10. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.
(a) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes
(b) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come
(c) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes
(d) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come
(e) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come
Q11. Recently physicians have determined that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but a bacterium that dwells in the mucous lining of the stomach.
(a) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but
(b) not caused by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but are by
(c) caused not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods, but by
(d) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but
(e) caused not by stress, alcohol, and rich foods, but are by
Q12. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
(a) like that of earlier generations
(b) as that for earlier generations
(c) just as earlier generations did
(d) as have earlier generations
(e) as it was of earlier generations
Q13. In 2000, a mere two dozen products accounted for half the increase in spending on prescription drugs, a phenomenon that is explained not just because of more expensive drugs but by the fact that doctors are writing many more prescriptions for higher-cost drugs.
(a) a phenomenon that is explained not just because of more expensive drugs but by the fact that doctors are writing
(b) a phenomenon that is explained not just by the fact that drugs are becoming more expensive but also by the fact that doctors are writing
(c) a phenomenon occurring not just because of drugs that are becoming more expensive but because of doctors having also written
(d) which occurred not just because drugs are becoming more expensive but doctors are also writing
(e) which occurred not just because of more expensive drugs but because doctors have also written
Q14. Often visible as smog, ozone is formed in the atmosphere from hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, two major pollutants emitted by automobiles, react with sunlight.
(a) ozone is formed in the atmosphere from
(b) ozone is formed in the atmosphere when
(c) ozone is formed in the atmosphere, and when
(d) ozone, formed in the atmosphere when
(e) ozone, formed in the atmosphere from
Q15. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nine Delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.
(a) that flourished at the same time as the civilizations
(b) that had flourished at the same time as had the civilizations
(c) that flourished at the same time those had
(d) flourishing at the same time as those did
(e) flourishing at the same time as those were
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Grammatical construction; Logical predication
The relative pronoun which requires an antecedent, and there is none provided in this sentence. It makes more sense to make the visitors the agents responsible for the action of both the verbs-touch and activate. Because to “touch” is an infinitive, the second verb form must be, as well, though the to may be implied.
(d) Correct. The agent of the action is clearly indicated by the grammatical structure of the sentence; visitors are encouraged to “touch” … and thereby (to) activate.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Diction; Parallelism
The idiom as a means to correctly communicates that stressing the arts is a method for achieving greater economic development. The idiom as a means of would incorrectly suggest that stressing the arts is a kind of greater economic development. The adjective economic is needed to modify the noun development, and investing must be parallel to stressing.
(a) Correct. The idiom as a means to is correct in this sentence; stressing and investing are parallel.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Verb from; Diction
Because Neanderthals “disappeared,” the verb describing their apparent abilities cannot be present tense, so as equipped must be changed to to have been equipped. The expression equipped to face is clearer and more direct than equipped for facing.
(b) Correct. The verb tense clearly indicates that the current evidence is about Neanderthals in the past.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Verb form; Idiom
An agreement that occurred in 1972 is correctly described with the past tense verb reduced. Since the dumping continued after the date of the agreement, the past perfect verb had been allowed should instead be the present are allowed (if the agreement remained in effect when the sentence was written) or the past were allowed (if the agreement was no longer in effect when the sentence was written). Since were allowed does not appear in any of the options, we can assume that the correct verb tense is are allowed. The phrase amount of phosphates is clear and idiomatically correct, whereas phosphate amount is not idiomatic.
(d) Correct. The past tense reduced is correctly used in this sentence to describe a past action, and the present tense are allowed is used to describe the present situation.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Logical predication; Diction; Verb form
The tourists are visiting for the purpose of seeing the rhinoceroses; purpose is expressed by using to, not and. Since their could refer to either tourists or rhinoceroses, animals’ horns is needed to avoid the ludicrous suggestion that the visitors’ horns are being trimmed. The verb following after should be the present-perfect have been trimmed to reflect that the trimming must occur before the tourists arrive.
(c) Correct. In this sentence, to correctly precedes see; it is clear that the horns belong to the animals; and have been is the correct tense following once.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Rhetorical construction; Parallelism
This sentence gives two equally plausible reasons for the moderate gains retailers reported in November sales. These two reasons are introduced with a formula that requires parallel structure: As much because x as because y. The clearest, most efficient way to fill this formula is to follow because with clauses with active verbs, thereby eliminating the wordiness that accompanies prepositional phrases (because of …) followed by participial phrases (e.g., being so bad or having been as bad).
(d) Correct. The comparison is clearly expressed with concise, parallel clauses.
S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Parallelism; Agreement
Parallelism requires that the same word forms perform the same functions in the sentence. Here, the linking verb is requires two infinitives: to salvage … to process (or to have … processed). A pronoun must match the noun it refers to. Citrus is singular and requires the singular pronoun it, not the plural pronouns them and they.
(e) Correct. This sentence has correct parallel infinitives and used the words it and fruit to refer unambiguously to citrus. The use of before rather than when also clearly establishes the cause-and-effect relationship between weather and rotting.
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Agreement; Logical predication
The subject of the sentence is the plural fossils, not sloth, and therefore requires a plural verb. It therefore does not have a singular antecedent. To clarify the identification of the oldest known mammal, the noun the sloth must be explicitly identified.
(d) Correct. The plural verb agrees with its plural subject, and the sloth is explicitly identified as the earliest known mammal.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Logical predication; Idiom
The original sentence contains a misplaced modifier. The modifying phrase (in attributing…) incorrectly describes perpetrators when it should describe defense attorneys. The correct idiom in the active voice is one attributes x (an effect) to y (a cause). In the passive voice, x (the effect) is attributed to y (the cause). The best way to correct the sentence is to transform the modifying phrase into a subordinate clause that uses the idiom correctly: criminal or delinquent behavior (x) is attributed to (verb phrase) an allergy to some food (y).
(b) Correct. In this sentence, the modification error has been eliminated with the use of the correct idiom, is attributed to.
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Diction; Agreement
Much is used for an uncountable quantity such as effort or rain; many must be used for a countable quantity such as people or dioxins. As the subject of the subordinate clause, many must then be followed by the plural verb come rather than the singular comes.
(e) Correct. In this concise sentence, many is correctly used with dioxins, and the subject and verb agree.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Parallelism; Diction
The formula used in this sentence not this but that requires parallel elements following not and but. This means that not by stress, alcohol, or rich foods must be balanced by but by a bacterium … There is no need to repeat the verb are caused, or even the auxiliary verb are, because the verb precedes the not by … but by … formula. The substitution of the conjunction and for the conjunction or changes the meaning of the sentence: Stress, alcohol and rich foods identifies the combination of these three factors as a suggested cause of stomach ulcers, whereas stress, alcohol, or rich foods offers three individual possibilities. There is no way to tell which one of these is the intended meaning of the sentence.
(c) Correct. This sentence correctly uses the not by … but by … formula.
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. Parallelism
This sentence compares a single goal shared by generations. The second part of the sentence must have the same structure as the first part: a clause with a subject and a verb. The phrase owning … land is the subject of the first clause; in the correct sentence, the pronoun it refers back to this phrase and is the subject of the second clause. The first verb is also parallels the second verb was. The prepositional phrases of a majority of young adults and of earlier generations are parallel and correct.
(e) Correct. In this sentence as shows comparison and introduces a subordinate clause in which all grammatical elements correspond to those in the main clause.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Rhetorical construction; Idiom
This sentence explains that a few high-cost products account for increased spending for two reasons – rising drug prices and more prescriptions for high-priced drugs. To present these two causes, the sentence employs a formula that requires parallel elements: not just because of x, but because of y, with x and y assuming the same grammatical form. One way to create this parallelism is to phrase both contributing causes as noun clauses beginning with the fact that. To streamline the sentence, unnecessary words and redundancies should be eliminated. One such redundancy is the repetition of meaning in explained and because of.
(b) Correct. This sentence correctly uses parallel structure.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Grammatical construction; Idiom
The preposition from is incorrect because ozone is formed from x and y react is not a grammatical structure. Replacing from with the subordinating conjunction when makes the sentence complete: Ozone is formed when x and y react. A main clause is followed by a subordinate clause.
(b) Correct. The conjunction when introduces a subordinate clause, which completes the sentence correctly and coherently.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Verb form; Agreement
The underlined portion of the sentence is a relative clause that describes an ancient civilization; the clause correctly uses the simple past tense, flourished, to describe civilizations that existed simultaneously.
(a) Correct. In this sentence, the relative clause correctly uses the simple past tense.
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