Sentence Correction 1000+ MCQ with answer for GATE

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

2. You can borrow my laptop as long as you promise not to misuse it.
A. only long as
B. too long as
C. so long as
D. No improvement
Answer : C

3. He plays cricket and tennis also .
A. both
B. besides
C. too
D. No improvement
Answer : C

4. 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

5. 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

6. She was kept from her assignment because of her loquacious room-mate.
A. noisy
B. irritating
C. talkative
D. No improvement
Answer : D

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

8. The gentry of the town was invited .
A. is invited
B. has been invited
C. were invited
D. No improvement.
Answer : C

9. The businessman is respectively connected.
A. respectfully
B. respectably
C. receptively
D. No improvement
Answer : A

10. When the soldiers realised that they had been fooled, they rush back.
A. had rush
B. have rush
C. had rushed
D. rushed
Answer : D

11. Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.
A. was looked
B. would be looked
C. had looking
D. would have looked
Answer : D

12. It is time the six year old is learning how to read and write.
A. has learned
B. learnt
C. was learning
D. No improvement
Answer : B

13. In accordance to your instructions, we have remitted the amount in the bank.
A. by
B. with
C. for
D. No improvement
Answer : B

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

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

16. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act .
A. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it had been an unathorised act.
B. ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
C. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
D. Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from those maintaining that it was an unauthorised act.
Answer : D

17. The officer looked on my complaint.
A. looked of
B. looked into
C. looked to
D. No improvement
Answer : B

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

19. The manager was unhappy at Gaurav because he did not complete the work in time
A. is unhapy at
B. is to be unhappy at
C. was unhappy with
D. No correction required
Answer : C

20. Although gale force winds often pass through the Eiffel Tower, causing it to sway no more than four inches .
A. causing it to sway no more
B. and yet it sways no more
C. they do not cause it to sway more
D. and they do not cause it to sway
Answer : C

21. The summer has set out and the days are getting warm.
A. set up
B. set in
C. set off
D. No improvement
Answer : B

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

23. The unemployment rate has dropped sharply this month, though it may only be temporary .
A. but it may be only temporary
B. but the drop may only be temporary
C. even though the drop may only be temporary
D. but such a drop may only be a temporary one
Answer : C

24. All over Russia, Indian films are more popular than those in any other country.
A. in
B. that in
C. that of
D. those of
Answer : D

25. A high school student is not even understanding the basics of Chemistry and Physics.
A. does not understand even
B. was not even understanding
C. has even not understood
D. No improvement
Answer : D

26. 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

27. Old habits die hardly.
A. hard
B. too hard
C. much hardly
D. No improvement
Answer : A

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

29. Manisha purchased the very good of all the saris kept in the shop
A. the better
B. the very better
C. the most good
D. the best
Answer : D

30. Bad habits must be nipped at the bud .
A. nipped off the bud
B. nipped in the bud
C. nipped on the bud
D. No improvement
Answer : B

31. People are tiring very soon in an activity which they don't like.
A. tried
B. trying
C. tired
D. tyring
Answer : C

32. They sent out the invitations last evening.
A. send out
B. sending out
C. sent at
D. No correction required
Answer : D

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

34. 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

35. A bird in hand is worth two in bush .
A. two in the bush
B. two at a bush
C. two on bush
D. No improvement
Answer : A

36. One cannot be indifferent to one's health, can't one
A. can't be ?
B. can one ?
C. isn't it ?
D. No improvement
Answer : B

37. Rohan's mother was feed up of his laziness.
A. fed up in
B. fed off
C. feeds up of
D. fed up of
Answer : D

38. 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

39. The matter must be considered in every point of view.
A. with
B. from
C. at
D. No improvement
Answer : B

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

41. The actress said that it sometimes took her two hours to put her make -up.
A. put over
B. put up
C. put on
D. No improvement
Answer : C

42. Im sorry, but I don't believe what you say.
A. I will not believe
B. I am not believing
C. I will not be believing
D. No improvement
Answer : D

43. Scarcely had he entered the room than the phone rang.
A. when
B. while
C. as
D. No improvement
Answer : D

44. Let's buy a new sari with the annual bonus, can we ?
A. can't we
B. don't we
C. shall we
D. No improvement
Answer : A

45. 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

46. They felt humiliated because they realised that they had cheated.
A. had been cheating
B. had been cheated
C. have been cheated
D. were to be cheated
Answer : B

47. 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

48. Many believed that girls who received western education would make slaves of their husbands.
A. could receive
B. had received
C. have received
D. No improvement
Answer : B

49. We asked her that how she got time to write all these books.
A. that how did she got
B. that how she was getting
C. how did she get
D. how she got
Answer : D

50. 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