Sentence Correction MCQ Solved Paper for IIFT

1. Though he was more faster than his opponent on the field, his chances of winning the race was low as he lacked the killer instinct.
A. Though he was more faster than his opponent on the field
B. As he was more faster than his opponent on the field
C. Though he was more fast from his opponent on the field
D. Though he was faster than his opponent on the field
Answer : D

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. This is the late edition of the Shakespearean play which was originally published in 1603.
A. later
B. latest
C. latter
D. No improvement
Answer : B

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

14. 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

15. 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

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

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

18. No one needs to worry about me.
A. will worry
B. need worry
C. shall worry
D. No improvement
Answer : B

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

20. 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

21. They are yet to decided about buying the new furniture.
A. still decide
B. yet to decision
C. yet to decide
D. still decided
Answer : C

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

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

26. The intruder stood quietly for few moments .
A. for few time
B. for a few moments
C. for the few moments
D. No correction required
Answer : B

27. No sooner I saw the tiger than I ran away.
A. No sooner I had seen
B. No sooner did I see
C. As soon as I saw
D. No improvement
Answer : B

28. 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

29. 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

30. The manager was given a holiday and so he decided to go to the hitch-hiking .
A. for the hitch-hiking
B. for hitch-hiking
C. hitch-hiking
D. No improvement
Answer : C

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

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

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. Studies in the past have shown that those who limit their activity span during the day in winters are more likely to suffer from depression.
A. more likely for
B. mostly likely to
C. most likely for
D. No correction required
Answer : D

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

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

39. 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

40. 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

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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. He had to bear the brunt of his father's mistakes.
A. bear the burnt
B. bear the burns
C. bear a brunt
D. No correction required
Answer : D

47. 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

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

49. 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

50. 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