Question – 1
1. The forces of disintegration are always there, it needs to be channelized constructively.?
- A. The forces of disintegration are always there
- B. The forces of disintegration is always there
- C. The force of disintegration is always there
- D. The force of disintegration are always there
- E. E: Disintegrating forces are always there
- Answer:C
- Answer Explanation:On quick reading, the latter half of the sentence comes across as incorrect yet; the first half has been underlined for improvement in the question. Such questions are specially designed to break the patterned habit of expecting errors in the most evident areas (especially in the predicate of a sentence where pronouns and verbs are employed) while the nouns and the subjects are usually spared a correction. In this case, since the pronoun is singular (‘it’), its associated noun cannot be plural; which ‘forces of disintegration’ is. Option (C) is simply correcting this straightforward error while options (A), (B) and (D) are repeating it. Option (E) is not only repeating the errors but is also altering the structure of the sentence which is totally unacceptable in such cases. Hence, option(C) is the correct answer choice.
Question – 2
2. Terrible urges are a part of humanity as well as the more civilized.?
- A. as well as the more civilized.
- B. as well as the most civilized.
- C. even in the more civilized.
- D. as well as the more civilized ones.
- E. as well as the most civilized ones.
- Answer:D
- Answer Explanation:The sentence is an incomplete sentence since a noun or a befitting pronoun has not been attached to the word ‘civilized’. Amongst the given answer choices, only two of them add a pronoun (‘ones’) to the sentence in which option (E) is needlessly replacing the already correct form of the word ‘more’ by ‘much’. Hence, option (D) is the only correct answer choice.
Question – 3
3. I think corruption is, in a way, a subversion of democracy, and I find it harder to believe that it is a commonplace occurrence.?
- A. and I find it harder to believe that it is a commonplace occurrence.
- B. and I find it harder to believe that it is commonplace.
- C. and I find it hard to believe it as a commonplace occurrence.
- D. and I find it harder to believe that in it.
- E. and I find it hard to believe that it is a commonplace occurrence.
- Answer:E
- Answer Explanation:If you go through the sentence in question, you may sense a kind of distortion but it may not occur very blatantly to you. This is because; the comparative form of the word ‘hard’ which is ‘harder’ has been placed midway in the sentence without making any logical comparisons. Any comparative cannot be used in isolation and needs to identify an appropriate comparison and hence, the correct form of the verb in this case would therefore be the descriptive form ‘hard’ which is correctly used in option (E). It can be argued that the form used in option (C) is also correct but; this option makes needless structuring changes (made by removing the word ‘that’ and adding ‘as’) that are unacceptable in such questions, which leaves option (E) as the only correct option for this question.
Question – 4
4. I am saying this as a kind of objective observer, but even an objective observer views can be biased.?
- A. even an objective observer views can be biased
- B. even an objective observer’s views can be biased
- C. even objective observer’s views can be biased
- D. even an objective observer’s viewpoints can be biased
- E. even an objective observer can be biased
- Answer:B
- Answer Explanation:This is a simple case of an apostrophe mark error since the word ‘views’ has not been ascribed to a subject in the sentence (which is ‘an objective observer’). The answer option which correctly edits this error without making any additional and unnecessary changes is option (B) and hence, it is the correct answer choice for this question.
Question – 5
5. A many-faceted country tries to define the nation exclusively in its own terms, then it begins to create terrible stresses.?
- A. A many-faceted country tries to define the nation exclusively in its own terms, then
- B. A many-faceted country tries to define its nation exclusively in its own terms, then
- C. A many-faceted country tries to define the nation exclusively in its own terms and then
- D. A multi-faceted country tries to define the nation exclusively in its own terms, then
- E. A many-faceted country tries to define its own nation exclusively in its own terms and then
- Answer:C
- Answer Explanation:For this particular question, the error simply lies in the conjunction. Instead of joining the two segments of the sentence with a comma, an ‘and’ should have been used. This has been correctly done in options (C) and (E) but in the latter, unnecessary additions (like the words ‘its own’) have been made which is unacceptable in these questions. Hence, option (C) is the correct choice of an answer for this question.
Question – 6
6. The argument raged on and soon spilled on the boundaries of science to become a burning religious and philosophical question of the day.?
- A. The argument raged on and soon spilled on the boundaries of science
- B. The argument raged on and soon spilled beyond the boundaries of science
- C. The argument raged on and soon spilled on the boundary of science
- D. The argument raged on and soon spilled upon the boundaries of science
- E. The argument raged on and soon spilled the boundaries of science
- Answer:B
- Answer Explanation:There is an error in the usage of the word ‘on’ in the underlined portion of the sentence. If something is spilling and there is a boundary to it, it is ideal that the word ‘beyond’ is used to display the crossing of the ‘boundaries’ than the word ‘on’. In this case, only option (B) is clearly expressing the correct form of the sentence and hence, it is the correct answer choice.
Question – 7
7. Sure, some people are still putting a large number of money into mutual funds.?
- A. large number of money
- B. large numbers of money
- C. large amount of money
- D. large amounts of money
- E. larger amounts of money
- Answer:C
- Answer Explanation:This is an example of faulty quantifications of the noun within a sentence. Though ‘money’ is counted in numbers, the adjective associated to denote that quantity is ‘amount’ and not ‘number’. ‘A large amount of money’ is the correct form to be used here which is depicted by option (C) though, option (D), is also denoting a correct form but is grammatically unfit for this particular sentence. All the other answer choices (A), (B), and (E) are totally incorrect and hence, option (C) is the correct answer choice.
Question – 8
8. The second genre of investors explains why the private sector funds have been successful in soaking up large sums.?
- A. The second genre of investors explains
- B. The second generation of investors explains
- C. That second genre of investors explains
- D. The second genre of investors explain
- E. Those in the second genre of investors explain
- Answer:D
- Answer Explanation:There is a very simple error of a singular noun (‘genre’) being denoted by a plural verb (‘explains’) here. In all sentence improvement questions, you should ideally remove the frills and compare the main noun with its associated pronouns and verbs so as to arrive at these basic errors. It is quite common that due to a number of descriptive words joining a noun and a verb, singular-plural errors are made. Keeping this in mind for this sentence, option (E) is correcting the verb but making additional grammatical changes while all the other option (A), (B), and (C) are repeating the error. Hence, option (D) is the correct answer choice here.
Question – 9
9. Landmark invasions are in all the schoolbooks.?
- A. in all the schoolbooks
- B. present in all the schoolbooks
- C. all created by the schoolbooks
- D. in all the schoolbooks to study
- E. mentioned in all the schoolbooks
- Answer:E
- Answer Explanation:Invasions’ cannot logically be present in ‘schoolbooks’ but they can be explained or ‘mentioned’ in them. Keeping this logic in mind, option (E) is correctly improving upon the sentence at hand while all the other options are either repeating the error or using inappropriate words (‘present’, ‘created’, ‘study’) to make additional mistakes. Hence, (E) is the correct answer choice here.
Question – 10
10. That was ruin not by the act of nature, but by the hand of man.?
- A. ruin not by the act of nature, but
- B. a ruin not by the act of nature, but
- C. ruined not by the act of nature, but
- D. ruined not by the acts of nature, but
- E. ruin not due to the act of nature, but
- Answer:C
- Answer Explanation:There is a simple error of tense usage in this sentence. The verb ‘was’ denotes past tense while the word ‘ruin’ denotes the present. This correction has simply been made in option (C) while all the other options are either grammatically incorrect or using additional and unnecessary words to accentuate the sentence. Hence, option (C) is the correct answer choice.
Question – 11
11. Certain wounds are bad that they can’t be written about.?
- A. Certain wounds are bad
- B. Certain wounds are so bad
- C. Certain wounds are the worst
- D. Certain wounds are non-descriptive
- E. Certain wounds are such
- Answer:B
- Answer Explanation:Since the word ‘that’ is used in the sentence, it implies a facilitation of a conclusion in the predicate of the sentence. While option (E) correctly adds logic to the subject so as to justify the conclusion, it does not justify the already used term ‘bad’ (since the word ‘such’ does not necessarily imply ‘bad’). Except option (B), all the other answer options leave the sentence very weak in grammar and hence, (B) is the correct answer choice.
Question – 12
12. War isn’t game.?
- A. War isn’t
- B. A war isn’t
- C. War isn’t a
- D. Wars isn’t
- E. War is not a
- Answer:C
- Answer Explanation:This is a very short sentence with a very simple article-based error. The word ‘game’ has to be preceded by ‘a’ to make the sentence grammatically correct. While option (E) is correcting the error, it is changing the structure of the already correct word ‘isn’t’ by dividing it which is not required. Hence, option (C) is the correct answer choice as it corrects its error and improves the sentence.
Question – 13
13. It is important that self-criticism does not stop, the mind have to work, and the mind has to be active.?
- A. that self-criticism does not stop, the mind have to work,
- B. that self-criticism does not stop for the mind have to work,
- C. that self-criticisms do not stop; the mind has to work,
- D. that self-criticism does not stop; the mind has to work,
- E. those self-criticisms do not stop; the mind has to work,
- Answer:D
- Answer Explanation:SIt is quite evident that the word ‘have’ is used wrongly within the tense structure of the sentence since the present form ‘has’ is the required correct form. Options (E) and (C) are correcting this error but making additional changes to the sentence (usage of ‘those’ and the plural form- ‘self-criticisms’) while options (A) and (B) are repeating the error. Hence, option (D) is the correct answer choice here.
Question – 14
14. They are to content with what they did before or what their fathers did before yet; they ask for more.?
- A. They are to content
- B. They are too content
- C. They are to contented
- D. They should be content
- E. They are content
- Answer:E
- Answer Explanation:The error in this sentence lies in the word ‘to’ which is used before the word ‘content’. This is a non-required word since the meaning of the sentence is clear without it. The word ‘too’ (as has been used in option (B)) could have been used but; it changes the implication of the sentence a little which is unacceptable in sentence improvement questions. Hence, option (E), which is removing the ‘to’ and retaining the correct implication of the sentence is the correct answer choice.
Question – 15
15. Politics will have to be by the people now.?
- A. have to be by
- B. have to be at
- C. have to be for
- D. have to be within
- E. have to be
- Answer:A
- Answer Explanation:There is no problem with the underlined segment of the sentence for it to require any improvement. The word ‘by’ can mean through and the phrase ‘be by’ can mean support which, in both cases, supports the implication of the sentence. Hence, the no error option, (A), is the correct answer choice.