1000+ Sentence Correction MCQ for LIC ADO [Solved]

1. Rajni unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Kashish and left the party hurriedly.
A. picking up
B. picked on
C. picked
D. has picked up
Answer : C

2. Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successful.
A. to rise against
B. to rising from
C. to rise to
D. to rise with
Answer : C

3. Try to be diplomatic when you refuse any invitation, so for not to cause bad feeling
A. as far not
B. so as not
C. if as far not
D. since then not
Answer : B

4. It is long since I last saw you.
A. long time
B. long before
C. long ago
D. No improvement
Answer : D

5. When he heard the rhetorical speech of the leader, he was carried along by his enthusiasm.
A. was carried away
B. was carried down
C. was carried aloft
D. No improvement
Answer : A

6. The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out .
A. away
B. over
C. up
D. No improvement
Answer : B

7. To various practices and norms for bank's transactions are laid down by the Reserve Bank of India.
A. are laid up
B. are led down
C. are lead up
D. No correction required
Answer : D

8. I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked him.
A. would have gladly accompanied
B. was to have gladly accompanied
C. will gladly accompany
D. No improvement
Answer : A

9. If you were the Prime Minister of India what steps would you have taken to end unemployment?
A. will you take
B. will you be taking
C. would you take
D. No improvement
Answer : C

10. I am used to hard work .
A. hard working
B. work hard
C. work hardly
D. No improvement
Answer : D

11. Historians feel there is an earnest need for the review of history text books every five years and a revision of the same every ten years.
A. imperative
B. indispensable
C. urgent
D. No improvement
Answer : C

12. James epitomizes everything that a leader should be.
A. worships
B. loves
C. adores
D. No improvement
Answer : D

13. As a child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother .
A. When I was a child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother
B. My parents took me, as a child, to Jammu to visit my grandmother
C. My parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother as a child.
D. A child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother
Answer : A

14. She is quite well now, except a slight cold .
A. except have a slight cold
B. excepting a slight cold
C. except for a slight cold
D. No improvement
Answer : C

15. The commoners joined the king's army at crushing the rebels.
A. into
B. in
C. without
D. No improvement
Answer : B

16. The trek is difficult but it is worth well the endeavour.
A. well worth the endeavour
B. worth the endeavour well
C. the endeavour well worth
D. No improvement
Answer : A

17. Certain shipwrecks have a particular fascination for those people which have a belief in finding the treasure in them .
A. which have a belief in finding the treasure in them.
B. who believe they hold treasure and that they can find it.
C. who believe that there is treasure to be found in them.
D. who believe about treasure to be found in them.
Answer : C

18. The ship ran over when it crashed into an iceberg.
A. get over
B. gave up
C. went down
D. No improvement
Answer : C

19. The mother with her children were expected.
A. was
B. will
C. have
D. No improvement
Answer : A

20. The problems of translation are still remain .
A. are remain
B. will remained
C. will still remain
D. No improvement
Answer : C

21. She gave most of her time to music
A. devoted
B. spend
C. lent
D. No improvement
Answer : A

22. What are needed are not large houses but small cottages.
A. were
B. was
C. is
D. No improvement
Answer : C

23. The tragedy is reflection of an episode that took place a decade ago.
A. rendition
B. reincarnation
C. reminiscent
D. No improvement
Answer : C

24. The war was a time of tribulations for all of us.
A. intimacy
B. placidity
C. stupidity
D. No improvement
Answer : D

25. Hardly had I finished writing the letter before Anil arrived.
A. then
B. while
C. when
D. as
Answer : C

26. Goaded to frenzy, the bull charged its tormentors.
A. the tormentors were charged by the bull
B. the tormentors were being charged by the bull
C. the bull charged on its tormentors
D. No improvement
Answer : D

27. The members of the student's union did not give the examination in protest.
A. did not write
B. did not sit for
C. did not show up for
D. No improvement
Answer : B

28. Wise men catch time by the forelock.
A. hold
B. seize
C. take
D. No improvement
Answer : B

29. Start the motor, and then you should remove the blocks .
A. Start the motor, then removing the blocks
B. Starting the motor, the blocks should then be removed
C. Start the motor and then remove the blocks
D. Starting the motor remove the blocks
Answer : C

30. On seeing the lion she felt too much afraid.
A. very much
B. excessively
C. much
D. No improvement
Answer : A

31. Last evening I sent to the optician and bought spectacles .
A. a spectacle
B. two spectacles
C. a pair of spectacles
D. No improvement
Answer : C

32. It will take two hours to walk across the forest.
A. over
B. between
C. away
D. through
Answer : D

33. If he had time he will call you.
A. would have
B. would have had
C. has
D. No improvement
Answer : C

34. She did not like the movie, nor I did .
A. nor did I
B. nor I like it
C. nor I liked it
D. No improvement
Answer : A

35. The easiest way for prevent stress caused by work or home pressures is to indulge in high levels of physical activity.
A. easily way to
B. easier ways for
C. easiest way to
D. easier way from
Answer : C

36. We kept all the old paintings in a place where they would remain safe from harm or danger.
A. will remain safe
B. are safe
C. may remain safe
D. No improvement
Answer : D

37. He has been working off and on for several years to compile a dictionary.
A. on or off
B. on and off
C. regularly
D. No correction required
Answer : B

38. Sohan is pleased at the news yesterday.
A. has been pleased
B. had been pleased
C. was pleased
D. No improvement
Answer : C

39. The regular use of alcohal, only in small quantities , tends to cause mischief in many ways to various organs of the body.
A. though in small quantities
B. even in a little quantity
C. even in small quantities
D. No improvement
Answer : B

40. The members of his family are coming in this train.
A. with
B. by
C. on
D. No improvement
Answer : B

41. She is scrutinising hard for the final examination.
A. recollecting
B. recapitulating
C. revising
D. No improvement
Answer : C

42. On receiving his appointment letter, Ravi treated us with a sumptuous meal.
A. treated us to
B. treated us for
C. treated us by
D. No improvement
Answer : A

43. It is no good to cry over spilt milk.
A. It is no good crying
B. It is of no good to cry
C. It is of no good crying
D. No improvement
Answer : A

44. Mrs. Johnson had staying here since 1954 and has made India her home
A. will stay
B. was to stay
C. is staying
D. has been staying
Answer : D

45. He enjoys to tell stories to children.
A. how to tell stories
B. telling stories
C. to narrate stories
D. No improvement
Answer : B

46. Eaten in Portugal only, the Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they assumed it had poisonous properties since only the white skinned people consumed it.
A. Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they
B. Indians were suspicious of the potato and they
C. potato was viewed with suspicion by Indians who
D. potato was suspicious to Indians, and it was
Answer : C

47. His wife was contentious .
A. contagious
B. quarrelsome
C. content
D. No improvement
Answer : B

48. Practically every part of the banana tree is used by man.
A. most part
B. any part
C. each part
D. No improvement
Answer : D

49. Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip .
A. Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip.
B. Breakfast is skipped by many people because of their underestimating its value.
C. Many people, underestimate the value of breakfast and skip it.
D. Many people skip breakfast because they underestimate its value.
Answer : D

50. He doesn't hesitate to do whatever his brother does .
A. will do
B. would do
C. shall do
D. would done
Answer : D