Sentence Improvement Questions

Multiple choice
  1. with

  2. towards

  3. about

  4. No improvement needed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Error of prepositional usage. Here, society is something general in sense, and not specific. We are 'responsible to' specific nouns, but 'responsible towards'  general nouns.

Multiple choice
  1. than as

  2. rather than

  3. than as a

  4. No improvement needed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of parallelism. usage of 'as a source of' in the principal clause demands a parallel structure in the subordinate cluase. Therefore, it has to be 'than as a source of light'.

Multiple choice
  1. in the

  2. by the

  3. of the

  4. No improvement needed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of prepositional usage. Technological development is the 'cause for' growth of the govt. So, 'result of' is to be used in place of 'result to'.

Multiple choice
  1. so that he may

  2. so as

  3. so as to

  4. No improvement needed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'So that' means 'in order to'. Here, the subject 'he' goes to Delhi 'in order to' probably see his ailing father.

Multiple choice
  1. as her mother is

  2. as that of her mother

  3. as her mother's

  4. No improvement needed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In cases where we compare one noun with the other noun (person) of the past, we follow the second person/ third persons with auxilary 'was/were'.