Sentence Correction MCQ Solved Paper for ISRO Recruitment

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. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. 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

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

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

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

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

21. 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

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

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

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

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

26. 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

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

28. He will revise it when he is comes back.
A. when he come back
B. on coming back
C. when he came back
D. No improvement
Answer : B

29. 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

30. 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

31. Living with compassion and contributing to others lives would helping us add happiness to our lives as well.
A. will helping us
B. will help us
C. would helped them
D. will helped us
Answer : B

32. 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

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

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

35. If you had told your problem yesterday, we might had helped you
A. would have
B. might have been
C. would have been
D. No correction required
Answer : A

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

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

38. 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

39. They have stopped from constructing new buildings.
A. to contruct
B. at constructing
C. constructing
D. No improvement
Answer : C

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

41. 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

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

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

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

45. 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

46. He has said so out of affection, do not take it to heart .
A. in heart
B. it in the heart
C. by the heart
D. No improvement
Answer : D

47. 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

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

49. 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

50. In some cases, factors like low salary, lack of growth prospects and lack of motivation compel all employee to look for a change.
A. compel those employees
B. compelling all employees
C. compelling the employee
D. compel employees
Answer : D