Sentence Correction MCQ Solved Paper for CAT

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

2. 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

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

4. A lot depends on your early brought up in the family.
A. bringing up
B. bringing on
C. upbringing
D. No improvement
Answer : C

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

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

7. 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

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

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

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

11. I have not written many letter to him since my father had died .
A. died
B. was dead
C. has died
D. No improvement
Answer : A

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

13. My car broke off on my way to the office.
A. out
B. in
C. down
D. No improvement
Answer : C

14. 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

15. 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

16. Education is a strong instrument for moulding the character of the young.
A. striking
B. powerful
C. potent
D. No improvement
Answer : B

17. 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

18. All the allegations levelled against him were found to be baseless.
A. levelled for
B. level with
C. level against
D. No correction required
Answer : D

19. Although he was the most friendly of all present and different from the others, he hadn't hardly any friends except me .
A. different from the others, he hardly had any friends except I
B. different than the others, he hardly had any friends except me
C. different than the others, he hardly had any friends except I
D. different from the others, he hardly had any friends except me
Answer : D

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

21. 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

22. Seeing the injustice done to them hy the Britishers, the sepoys broke into open revolt.
A. broke to
B. broke upto
C. resorted to
D. No improvement
Answer : D

23. 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

24. 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

25. In the modern world it is difficult to live through one's ideals.
A. to live upto
B. to live by
C. to live for
D. No improvement
Answer : A

26. 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

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

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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. The need of the hour was some fast action on the part of the leaders.
A. needed
B. needing
C. needs
D. No correction required
Answer : D

33. When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
A. sat for
B. sat in
C. sat at
D. No improvement
Answer : B

34. She could not help but laugh .
A. laughing
B. but laughing
C. laugh
D. No improvement
Answer : A

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

36. 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

37. Since we are living in Bombay for five years, we are reluctant to move to another city.
A. Being that we living
B. Since we were living
C. Since we have been living
D. Being that we have been living
Answer : C

38. 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

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

40. The temptations that bestow young people today are ruining them.
A. appeal
B. beset
C. confront
D. No improvement
Answer : B

41. 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

42. 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

43. Freedom is a wonderful thing, for Jimmy was eager to experience it.
A. though
B. and
C. but
D. No improvement
Answer : B

44. 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

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

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

47. The doctor examined my pulse.
A. observed
B. saw
C. felt
D. No improvement
Answer : C

48. After the written exam, you will also have an oral exam .
A. practical
B. viva voice
C. vocal
D. No improvement
Answer : B

49. Since she directing the play for quite some time, she knows the actors really well.
A. Since she has directed
B. Since she has been directing
C. Since she was directing
D. No improvement
Answer : B

50. 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