Synthesis of Sentences MCQ Solved Paper for IBPS RRB

1. The hope is. She will return tomorrow.
A. The hope is that she will return tomorrow.
B. The hope is that she will return tomorrow.
C. She will return tomorrow is the hope.
D. That she will return is the hope.
Answer : A

2. Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using an adjective clause?
Separate: I saw a car. It was black in colour.
A. I saw a car in black colour.
B. I saw a black coloured car.
C. I saw a black car.
D. I saw a car which was black in colour.
Answer : D

3. Mohan is industrious. He is very particular in his work.
A. Mohan is very particular in his work as he is industrious.
B. Mohan is not only industrious but also very particular in his work.
C. Mohan is industrious and particular in his work.
D. Mohan is industrious as well as particular in his work.
Answer : B

4. There was little hope of success. She tried hard.
A. There was little hope of success, still she tried hard.
B. There was little hope of success, but she tried hard.
C. She tried hard but there was little scope of success.
D. There was little hope of success, nevertheless she tried hard.
Answer : D

5. Sheena will not spend her money. She will not invest it.
A. Sheena will neither spend her money nor invest it.
B. Sheena will not spend her money and will not invest it.
C. Sheena will either spend her money or invest it.
D. Sheena will not spend her money or will not invest it either.Practice Exercise
Answer : A

6. India will win the World cup. That is certain.
A. It is certain that India will win the World Cup.
B. India will certainly win the World Cup.
C. Certainly, India will win the World Cup.
D. India will win the World Cup certainly.
Answer : B

7. Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet. He was a good painter.
A. Rabindranath Tagore was not only a great poet, but also a good painter.
B. Besides being a great poet, Rabindranath Tagore was a good painter.
C. Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet as well as a good painter.
D. Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet and painter.
Answer : B

8. She kept on asking. When will her mother return?
A. She kept on asking when her mother would return.
B. When will her mother return kept on asking she.
C. She kept on asking when her mother retun would.
D. Would her mother return she kept on asking.
Answer : A

9. They decided to start a travel group. All agreed to this.
A. They all agreed to start a travel group.
B. They jointly decided to start a travel group.
C. They agreed to jointly start a travel group.
D. They unanimously decided to start a travel group.
Answer : D

10. Ani speaks English. She also speaks French.
A. Ani speaks English as well as French.
B. Ani speaks English apart from French.
C. Ani speaks both English and French.
D. Ani speaks English and French.
Answer : A

11. I must finish this novel. There are still few chapters.
A. I have still few chapters in this novel to finish.
B. I still have few chapters in the novel before I finish it.
C. Few chapters are still left for me to finish the novel.
D. There are still few chapters for me to finish this novel.
Answer : A

12. His father retired last year. He has been idle from that time.
A. He has been idle from that time his father retired.
B. Since his father retired last year he has been idle.
C. His father retired last year, he has been idle from that time.
D. Idle from that time his father retired last year.
Answer : B

13. The prisoner fell down on his knees. He begged for mercy.
A. The prisoner fell down on his knees, he begged for mercy
B. The prisoner fell down on his knees and begged for mercy.
C. The prisoner begged for mercy felling down on his knees.
D. He begged mercy the prisoner felling down on his knees.
Answer : B

14. You must start at once. You will be late.
A. You will be late must start at once.
B. You must start at once or you will be late.
C. You must start at once because you will be late.
D. You must start at once for you will be late.
Answer : B

15. You are not interested in this offer. I know it.
A. I know it you are not interested in this offer.
B. You are not interested in this offer this I know it
C. I know that you are not interested in this offer.
D. I know as you are not interested in this offer.
Answer : C

16. He will win the first prize. That is certain.
A. He will certainly win the first prize.
B. He will win the first prize that is certain.
C. That is certain the first prize he will win.
D. The first prize that is certain he will win.
Answer : A

17. Separate: I love Sanchit very much. He is my brother.
Combined: I love my brother Sanchit very much.
A. By using a noun or a phrase in apposition
B. By using a preposition with noun or gerund
C. By using an adverb or an Adverbial Phrase
D. By using an infinitive Synthesis of Sentences l 61
Answer : A

18. I left home early. I could not get to work on time.
A. Because I left home early I could not get to work on time.
B. But I left home early could not get to work on time,
C. Though / although I left home early, I could not get to work on time.
D. I could not get to work on time as I left home early.
Answer : C

19. Separate: She has failed many times. She still hopes to get success at last.
Combined: In spite of many failures she still hopes to get success at least.
A. By using a preposition with noun or gerund
B. By using a Participle
C. By using a noun or a phrase in apposition
D. By using an infinitive
Answer : A

20. She never believed in his statement. His father is a doctor.
A. She never believed in his statement that his father was a doctor.
B. His father is a doctor she never believed statement.
C. In his statement she never believed his father is a doctor.
D. His father is a doctor she never believed in his statement.
Answer : A

21. Separate: The monkey sat on a branch. He gibbered.
Combined : Sitting on a branch the monkey gibbered.
A. By using an infinitive
B. By using a noun or a phrase in apposition
C. By using a pParticiple
D. By using a preposition with noun or gerund
Answer : C

22. I know the man. He is a doctor.
A. Who is a doctor I know the man
B. He is a doctor I know the man
C. I know the man who is a doctor.
D. He is the man I know the doctor.
Answer : C

23. She stood on tip-toe. She reached for the mangoes on tree.
A. She reached for the mangoes on tree by standing tip-toed.
B. She reached for the mangoes on tree when she stood on tip-toe.
C. Standing on tip-toe she reached for the mangoes on tree.
D. She reached the mangoes on tree standing on tip toe.
Answer : C

24. Separate: Anita was scolded. Her uncle scolded badly.
Combined: Anita was badly scolded by her uncle
A. By using a preposition with noun or gerund
B. By using, Nominative Absolute Construction
C. By using a noun or a phrase in apposition
D. By using an adverb or an Adverbial Phrase
Answer : D

25. The US Trade Centre caught fire. The building was brunt to ashes.
A. The US Trade Centre having caught fire, the building was brunt to ashes.
B. The building of US Trade Centre caught fire and burnt to ashes.
C. The building of US Trade Centre was burnt to ashes when it caught fire.
D. The US Trade Centre caught fire and the building was brunt to ashes.
Answer : A

26. He is snobbish. I like him.
A. Though he is snobbish, I like him.
B. He is snobbish and I like him
C. He is snobbish but I like him
D. I like him because he is snobbish
Answer : A

27. You heat ice. It melts.
A. If/when you heat ice, it melts.
B. You heat ice it melts.
C. It melts heating ice.
D. Heating ice it melts.
Answer : A

28. I say it. He is a good man.
A. I say he is a good man.
B. He is good man I say
C. I say that he is a good man.
D. I say he is good man it.
Answer : C

29. I cannot say. Will he come tomorrow?
A. I cannot say he will come tomorrow.
B. I cannot say if/whether he will come tomorrow.
C. He will come tomorrow I cannot say.
D. Will he come tomorrow I cannot say.
Answer : B

30. She had many shortcomings. But she was a nice woman.
A. She had many shortcomings but she was a nice woman.
B. In spite of having many shortcomings, she was a nice woman.
C. She was a nice woman had many shortcomings.
D. She was a nice woman have many shortcomings.
Answer : B

31. Get inside. You may catch cold.
A. Get inside else you may catch cold.
B. You may catch cold, get inside.
C. Get inside, otherwise you may catch cold.
D. Get inside or you may catch cold.
Answer : D

32. The fact is. Nisha has not qualified the test.
A. Nisha has not qualified the test is the fact.
B. The fact, Nisha has not qualified the test.
C. The fact is that Nisha has not qualified the test.
D. Nisha is the fact not qualified the test.
Answer : C

33. Her younger brother is in Canada. He is a lecturer at a prestigious University.
A. Her younger brother is a lecturer at a prestigious University in Canada.
B. Her younger brother, who is in Canada, is a lecturer at a prestigious University.
C. Her younger brother is a lecturer at a prestigious Canadian University.
D. Her Canada based younger brother is a lecturer at a prestigious University.
Answer : B

34. The servant mopped the room; she found a wallet lying in the corner.
A. The servant found a wallet while mopping the corner of the room.
B. The servant founded a wallet lying in the corner while mopping the room.
C. The servant mopped the room and found a wallet lying in the corner.
D. While mopping the room, the servant found a wallet lying in a corner.
Answer : D

35. Please listen. Your teacher is telling something.
A. Please listen what your teacher is telling you.
B. Please listen to what your teacher is telling.
C. Your teacher is telling something to listen.
D. Please listen your teacher to telling something.
Answer : B

36. Ashoka was a great conqueror. But he failed to unite the various conquered territories into a well-knit empire.
A. Ashoka was a great conqueror, but he failed to unite the various conquered territories into a well-knit empire.
B. Though Ashoka was a great conqueror, but he failed to unite the various conquered territories into a well-knit empire.
C. Despite being a great conqueror, Ashoka failed to unite the various conquered territories into a well-knit empire.
D. Ashoka failed to unite the various conquered territories into a well-knit empire, in spite of being a great conqueror.
Answer : C

37. I told you not to do it. You have done it again.
A. You have done it again when I told you not to do it.
B. I told you not to do it but you have done it again.
C. I told you not to do it, you have done it again.
D. Despite I told you not to do it you have done it again.
Answer : B

38. I dont believe. She said something.
A. I dont believe what she said.
B. What she said I dont believe.
C. I dont believe in what she said.
D. She said something dont believe I.
Answer : C

39. Azim works hard Kabir works harder.
A. Azim works hard but Kabir works harder.
B. Both Azim and Kabir work harder.
C. Kabir and Azim work harder.
D. Kabir, Azim work harder.
Answer : A

40. He has walked five miles. It is possible that he is tired.
A. He has walked five miles, it is possible that he is tired.
B. He has walked five miles, so he must be tired.
C. He has walked five miles therefore it is possible that he is tired.
D. He has walked five miles and possible that he is tired.
Answer : B

41. Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using an adverb clause?
Separate: The burglar saw the police. He took his heels.
A. Seeing the police, the burglar took his heels.
B. On seeing the police, the burglar took his heels.
C. As soon as the burglar saw the police, he took his heels.
D. As the burglar saw the police, he took his heels.
Answer : C

42. Everybody was pleased to know. She was absent.
A. Everybody was pleased to know that she was absent.
B. She was absent everybody was pleased.
C. Everybody was pleased to know she was absent.
D. Everybody was pleased she was absent to know.
Answer : A

43. He paid the subscription fee. His membership was renewed.
A. He paid the subscription fee his membership was renewed.
B. His membership was renewed as he paid the subscription fee.
C. He paid the subscription fee so his membership was renewed.
D. His membership was renewed by paying subscription fee.
Answer : C

44. India will have a good monsoon season this year. The meteorologists expect this.
A. The meteorologists expect a good monsoon season this year in India.
B. The meteorologists expect that India will have a good monsoon season this year.
C. As expected by the meteorologists, India will have a good monsoon season this year.
D. The meteorologists expect India to have a good monsoon season this year.
Answer : B

45. He didnt get admission. His grades were not very good.
A. He didnt get admission, his grades were not very good.
B. He didnt get admission because his grades were not very good.
C. His grades were not very good and he didnt get admission.
D. As his grades were not very good he didnt get admission.
Answer : B

46. I went to the shop. I bought a watch.
A. I went to the shop bought a watch.
B. I went to the shop to bought a watch.
C. I went to the shop and bought a watch.
D. To buy a watch I went to the shop.
Answer : C

47. I will get money for you. Dont go till then.
A. Dont go till then I will get money for you.
B. I will get money for you, dont go.
C. Dont go I will get money for you.
D. Dont go until I get money for you.
Answer : D

48. My mother attended the wedding. My father attended the wedding.
A. My mother and father attended the wedding.
B. My mother attended the wedding also my father.
C. Both my mother and father attended the wedding.
D. My father, mother attended the wedding.
Answer : C

49. Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using a noun clause?
Separate: She has failed. The reason is her illness.
A. The reason of her failure is that she is ill.
B. She was ill and thus failed.
C. She failed because of her illness.
D. The reason behind her failure is her illness.
Answer : A

50. Separate: She wanted to educate her son. She sent him to London.
Combined: She sent her son to London to educate him.
A. By using an adverb or an Adverbial Phrase
B. By using a Participle
C. By using an infinitive
D. By using, Nominative Absolute Construction
Answer : C