Directions (1-15): Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Q1. The (false appearance) of the building erected for the function was blown away in the storm.
Exterior
Facade
Skeleton
No improvement
Q2. I will be with you (in one quarter of an hour).
A quarter of one hour
A quarter of an hour
A quarter or hour
No improvement
Q3. She has decided to (canvas) for the Conservative Party.
Advertise
Canvass
Canvasing
No improvement
Q4. Serious charges of corruption were (levied against) him.
Put
Levelled
Made
No improvement
Q5. A lot of bloodshed could have been (saved), had the administration taken timely action.
Protected
Prevented
Eschewed
No improvement
Q6. The professor has agreed to take (remediable) classes for the weaker students.
Redressal
Remedial
Restorative
No improvement
Q7. During the recent floods, we (waded through) waist-deep water for almost half a kilometer?
Shuffled through
Walked over
Skipped through
No improvement
Q8. We have received many (anomalous) letters about this issue.
analogous
synonymous
anonymous
No improvement
Q9. My friend lamented that though a complete report was sent to the department a month ago (no action is being taken) so far.
No action has been taken
No action was taken
No action had taken
No improvement
Q10. The (underlining) assumption is that the amount of money available is limited.
Undertaking
Underlying
Underwhelming
No improvement
Q11. It is a sheer foolishness to think that the education system can be improved (by doing away) examinations.
by doing with
by doing it to
by doing away with
No improvement
Q12. Two Children were (knocked down) by a speeding truck.
Turned down
Pulled down
Brought down
No improvement
Q13. The company is not doing well isn’t it time you (sell) off your shares in it?
Sold
Selling
Give
No improvement
Q14. Before a skunk (squeals) an unpleasant spray from the glands under its tail. It will stamp its feet and hiss a warning.
Squints
Stinks
Squirts
No improvement
Q15. (Although) pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively, they are also carnivorous.
Until
As soon as
Not only
No improvement
SOLUTIONS
1.C
2.B
3.B
4.B
5.B
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.B
11.C
12.D
13.A
14.C
15.D
