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Sentence Correction Mixed Practice - II

Description: Sentence Correction Mixed Practice - II
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Tags: Sentence Correction Mixed Practice - II Preposition and Conjunction Others Pronoun Usage Modifier Subject Verb Agreement
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Although Ms. Patkar had previously emphasized that she could not speak for other underprivileged people, she ventured to do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, likely most, would agree with her.

  1. do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, likely most, would agree

  2. speak on this one occasion since she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, likely most, would have agreed

  3. so speak on this one occasion due to her firmly believing that many underprivileged people, even most, would likely agree

  4. do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, if not most, would agree

  5. do so on this one occasion since she firmly believed many underprivileged people, and even most, would likely agree


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The most obvious of the errors in all options is the wrong idiomatic usage of ‘many .... if not most’ which is used correctly only in option (4). Besides the usage of ‘since’ is incorrect in options (2) and (5). Hence (4).

An introvert, religious-minded individual who had barely passed law, Gandhi’s rise to the position of eminence by 1928 surprised many, though Gokhale had since the 1900s been extolling Gandhi’s courage.

  1. Gandhi’s rise to the position of eminence by 1928 surprised many

  2. Gandhi’s rise in 1957 to the position of eminence surprised many

  3. Gandhi’s becoming eminent by 1928 surprised many

  4. Gandhi surprised many by rising to the position of eminence by 1928

  5. the position of eminence attained by Gandhi by 1928 surprised many


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct usage of modifiers is being tested here. An introvert, religious-minded individual who had barely passed law is modifying Gandhi, therefore the first word after the comma should be Gandhi which occurs only in 4. Hence (4)

As in a voyage, when the ship is at anchor, if you go on shore to get water, you may amuse yourself with picking up a shellfish or a truffle in your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent toward the ship, and perpetually attentive, lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, that you may not have to be carried on board the vessel, bound like a sheep; thus likewise in life, if, instead of a truffle or shellfish, such a thing as a wife or a child be granted you, there is no objection; but if the captain calls, run to the ship, leave all these things, and never look behind.

  1. when the ship is at anchor, if you go on shore to get water, you may amuse yourself with picking up a shellfish or a truffle in your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent toward the ship, and perpetually attentive, lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, that you may not have to be carried on board the vessel

  2. when the ship is anchored, if you go on shore to get water, you may amuse yourself with picking up a shellfish or a truffle in your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent towards the ship, and perpetually attentive, lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, that you may not have to be carried on board the vessel

  3. when the ship is anchored, and you go on shore to get water, you may amuse yourself with picking up a shellfish or a truffle on your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent towards the ship, and perpetually attentive, lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, that you may not have to be carried on board the vessel

  4. when the ship is at anchor, if you go on shore to get water, you may amuse yourself with picking up a shellfish or a truffle on your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent toward the ship, and remain perpetually attentive, lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, so that you may not have to be carried on board the vessel

  5. when the ship is anchored, if you go on shore to get water, you may amuse yourself with picking up a shellfish or a truffle on your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent toward the ship, and perpetually attentive, lest the captain calls, and then you must leave all these things, so that you may not have to be carried on board the vessel


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Ship is at anchor' means ship is being anchored, a construct preferable to ship is anchored in the context of the sentence. 'in your way' means physically in the way while 'on your way' means while you are travelling so the former is the better construct. Thoughts do not need to 'remain attentive' hence 'perpetually attentive' is the better construct.  Lest is never followed by a verb with 's' making 'lest the captain should call' a better construct. Again the presence of lest in the sentence makes 'so' before 'that' redundant. Hence (1).

The recent research conducted by FICCI concludes that manufacturing the same articles as are manufactured in large facilities will lead to economic disaster for the small manufacturer, who should be more focused on undertaking cash flow enhancing manufacturing with speciality items.

  1. manufacturing the same articles as are manufactured in large facilities will lead to economic disaster for the small manufacturer, who

  2. it will lead to economic disaster for the small manufacturer to manufacture the same articles as in the large facilities; they

  3. economic disaster will result from manufacturing the same articles as large facilities to the small manufacturer, who

  4. economic disaster for the small manufacturer will result from manufacturing the same articles as in the large facilities; they

  5. the small manufacturer manufacturing the same articles as are manufactured in large facilities will lead to economic disaster; they


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The pronouns ‘who/they’ after the coma refer to ‘the small manufacturer’ whom the sentence refers to in singular. Hence ‘who’ is the preferable construct. Option 3 says that ‘economic disaster will result ......... to the small manufacturer’ not a very proper construct. Hence (1).

When we realize the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched in the study of philosophy — for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly or dogmatically, as we do in ordinary life and even in the sciences, but critically, after exploring all that makes such questions puzzling, and after realizing all the vagueness and confusion that underlie our ordinary ideas.

  1. When we realize the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched in the study of philosophy — for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly or dogmatically

  2. When we have realized the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we will be well launched in the study of philosophy — for philosophy is merely an attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically

  3. When we have realized the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy — for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically

  4. When we realize the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy — for philosophy is merely an attempt to answer these ultimate questions, not carelessly or dogmatically

  5. When we have realized the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched in the study of philosophy — for philosophy is merely an attempt to answer these ultimate questions, not carelessly or dogmatically


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

What the sentence wants to convey is that when the obstacles to a straightforward and confident answer are realized so ‘we have realized’ is the better construct. The correct prepositions to use with launch are ‘on’ and ‘into’ with both expressions meaning to start a major activity, hence ‘launched in’ is not correct. Philosophy does not imply just one attempt at something so ‘an attempt’ would not be the right construct. ‘Such’ is a demonstrative qualifier while ‘these’ limits things to a given set, making ‘such’ a better construct in the sentence. Hence (3).

A majority of the respondents surveyed view fuel cells as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.

  1. that they will, or could,

  2. that they would, or could,

  3. they will be or could

  4. think that they will be or could

  5. think the power stations would or could


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The question is about pronoun agreement. Options (1), (2) and (3) are ruled out since the pronoun 'they' could ambiguously refer to ‘fuel cells’ or to 'A majority of the respondents'. Option (5) eliminates the ambiguity by referring to modifying noun itself but ends up introducing a new error by eliminating the connector 'that'. Option (4) is clear and grammatically correct. Hence (4).

According to evolutionists, the pattern of changes seen in DNA over the ages indicate the possibility that every being alive today might be descended from a single-celled organism that appeared in the primordial seas sometime between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 years ago.

  1. indicate the possibility that every being alive today might be descended from a single-celled organism that

  2. indicate that every being alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single-celled organism that had

  3. may indicate that every being alive today has descended from a single-celled organism that had

  4. indicates that every being alive today may be a descendant of a single-celled organism that

  5. indicates that every being alive today might be a descendant from a single-celled organism that


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The question tests your knowledge of subject-verb agreement. ‘pattern of changes’ is singular and not plural, hence it requires ‘indicates’ and not ‘indicate’. So options (1), (2) and (3) are ruled out. Between (4) and (5), proper usage is 'descendent of' and not 'descended from'. Hence (4).

When we reflect upon the vast diversity of the plants and animals which have been cultivated, and have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatments, I think we are driven to conclude that this greater variability is simply due to our domestic productions having been raised under conditions of life not so uniform as, and somewhat different from, those to which the parent-species have been exposed under nature.

  1. reflect upon the vast diversity of the plants and animals which have been cultivated, and have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatments, I think we are driven to conclude that this greater variability is simply due to our domestic productions

  2. reflect on the vast diversity of plants and animals which have been cultivated, and have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatment, I think we are driven to the conclusion that this greater variability is simply due to our domestic production

  3. reflect upon the vast diversity of plants and animals which have been cultivated, and which have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatments, I think we are driven to the conclusion that this great variability is simply due to our domestic productions

  4. reflect on the vast diversity of the plants and animals which have been cultivated, and which have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatment, I think we are driven to conclude that this greater variability is simply due to our domestic productions

  5. reflect on the vast diversity of the plants and animals which have been cultivated, and have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatment, I think we are driven to conclude that this great variability is simply due to our domestic production


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Reflect upon' means to remember whereas 'reflect on' means to think about something seriously. Since 'have been' and 'have', two  different verb forms are used for 'cultivated' and 'varied' both expressions need to be preceded by 'which' separately. 'Treatment' is the grammatically correct expression based on the context of the sentence. 'driven to conclude' is the better expression as 'driven to the conclusion' requires an agent to do the driving part that has not been mentioned anywhere in the sentence. 'Greater' is preferable to 'great' as there is a direct comparison between two entities. 'productions' in the sentence refers to multiple products being produced over different periods of time so it is a better construct than 'production'.  Hence (4).

India should regularly deposit some of its profits from the sale of PSUs into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the nation’s economy after the exhaustion of its public assets.

  1. fund, with the intention to sustain the nation’s economy after the exhaustion of its public assets

  2. fund, the intention of which is to sustain the nation’s economy after they have exhausted their public assets

  3. fund intended to sustain the nation’s economy after public assets are exhausted

  4. fund intended to sustain the nation’s economy after exhausting its public assets

  5. fund that they intend to sustain the nation’s economy after public assets are exhausted


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (1) is incorrect because the idiom is 'intent to' or 'intention of'. Option (2) is incorrect because 'they' is used to refer back to the nation which should be referred to in singular. Option (4) is incorrect as 'after exhausting its public assets' uses present continuous tense to describe an event meant to happen in distant future. Option (5) is incorrect as 'they' has no clear antecedent. Hence (3).

According to the National Dairy Producers Union, per-capita consumption of milk in India, which has already been approaching 3 litres a year, will achieve 5 litres a year by the middle of this century.

  1. According to the National Dairy Producers Union, per-capita consumption of milk in India, which has already been approaching 3 litres a year, will achieve 5 litres a year by the middle of this century.

  2. Already approaching 3 litres a year in India, the National Dairy Producers Union predicts that per-capita consumption of milk will reach 5 litres a year by the middle of this century.

  3. The National Dairy Producers Union predicts by the middle of this century that per-capita consumption of milk in India, which is already approaching 3 litres a year, will reach 5 litres a year.

  4. By the middle of this century, the National Dairy Producers Union predicts that per-capita consumption of milk in India, having already approached 3 litres a year, will reach 5 litres a year.

  5. According to the National Dairy Producers Union, per-capita consumption of milk in India is already approaching 3 litres a year and will reach 5 litres a year by the middle of this century.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

In option (1) 'which' modifies ‘India’ and is, hence, incorrect. In option (2) 'Already approaching.....' modifies ‘National Dairy Producers Union’ and is, hence, incorrect. Options (3) and (4) change the meaning and state that the prediction itself was made in this century which is not correct according to the context.  Hence (5).

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