Dear Students, It’s the exams times. You have many exams lined up such as SBI PO, Dena Bank PO, RBI Grade- B scheduled in the upcoming days or months. Recently, New Pattern English Questions have been asked in many exams. So, we are providing these 15 Sentence Correction Questions, which are high in difficulty level, Practice and test your understanding of English language.
Directions (1-15): For each of the following questions, a part or the whole of the original sentence has been highlighted in bold. You have to find the best way of writing the bold part of the sentence. Option A repeats the bold part, if the bold part is grammatically correct then choose option A.
Q1. Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease.
(a) they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease
(b) after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again
(c) in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again
(d) with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again
(e) a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again
Q2. A wildlife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous than one wolf for every 39 square miles.
(a) would fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more numerous
(b) would fail provided the density of the timber wolf population in that region is more
(c) should fail if the timber wolf density in that region was greater
(d) will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater
(e) will fail if the timber wolf density in that region were more numerous
Q3. She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany, photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.
(a) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to
(b) Being less successful after she had emigrated to New York as compared to
(c) Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in
(d) Although she was less successful after emigrating to New York when compared to
(e) She had been less successful after emigrating to New York than in
Q4. Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep 15 hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.
(a) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep 15 hours a day, moving infrequently enough
(b) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep 15 hours a day, and with such infrequent movements
(c) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep 15 hours a day, and move so infrequently
(d) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping 15 hours a day and moving so infrequently
(e) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps 15 hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough
Q5. Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.
(a) double the apples that it has
(b) twice as many apples as it did
(c) as much as twice the apples it has
(d) two times as many apples as there were
(e) a doubling of the apples that it did
Q6. The use of lie detectors is based on the assumption that lying produces emotional reactions in an individual that, in turn, create unconscious physiological responses.
(a) that, in turn, create unconscious physiological responses
(b) that creates unconscious physiological responses in turn
(c) creating, in turn, unconscious physiological responses
(d) to create, in turn, physiological responses that are unconscious
(e) who creates unconscious physiological responses in turn
Q7. Joan of Arc, a young Frenchwoman who claimed to be divinely inspired, turned the tide of English victories in her country by liberating the city of Orleans and she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne.
(a) she persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(b) persuaded Charles VII of France in claiming his throne
(c) persuading that the throne be claimed by Charles VII of France
(d) persuaded Charles VII of France to claim his throne
(e) persuading that Charles VII of France should claim the throne
Q8. Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.
(a) that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving
(b) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving
(c) suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved
(d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved
(e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
Q9. Cajuns speak a dialect brought to southern Louisiana by the 4,000 Acadians who migrated there in 1755; their language is basically seventeenth-century French to which has been added English, Spanish, and Italian words.
(a) to which has been added English, Spanish, and Italian words
(b) added to which is English, Spanish, and Italian words
(c) to which English, Spanish, and Italian words have been added
(d) with English, Spanish, and Italian words having been added to it
(e) and, in addition, English, Spanish, and Italian words are added
Q10. One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.
(a) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,
(b) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,
(c) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,
(d) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,
(e) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with
Q11. Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power, while in Germany it is just over 33 percent.
(a) while in Germany it is just over 33 percent
(b) compared to Germany, which uses just over 33 percent
(c) whereas nuclear power accounts for just over 33 percent of the energy produced in Germany
(d) whereas just over 33 percent of the energy comes from nuclear power in Germany
(e) compared with the energy from nuclear power in Germany, where it is just over 33 percent
Q12. Although the term “psychopath” is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.
(a) it is someone who is
(b) it is a person
(c) they are people who are
(d) it refers to someone who is
(e) it is in reference to people
Q13. Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp’s ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.
(a) requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect
(b) requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
(c) that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect
(d) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting
(e) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting
Q14. Recently implemented “shift-work equations” based on studies of the human sleep cycle have reduced sickness, sleeping on the job, fatigue among shift workers, and have raised production efficiency in various industries.
(a) fatigue among shift workers, and have raised
(b) fatigue among shift workers, and raised
(c) and fatigue among shift workers while raising
(d) lowered fatigue among shift workers, and raised
(e) and fatigue among shift workers was lowered while raising
Q15. Spanning more than 50 years, Friedrich Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.
(a) Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as
(b) Muller’s career began in an unpromising apprenticeship as
(c) Muller’s career began with the unpromising apprenticeship of being
(d) Muller had begun his career with the unpromising apprenticeship of being
(e) the career of Muller has begun with an unpromising apprenticeship of
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