Direction.
In the following questions, a part of the sentence is underlined . Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d)
She was kept from her assignment because of her loquacious room-mate.
noisy
irritating
talkative
No improvement
Correct Answer :
D. No improvement
She was kept from her assignment because of her loquacious roommate.
Related Questions
Practically every part of the banana tree is used by man.
most part
any part
each part
No improvement
When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
sat for
sat in
sat at
No improvement
The businessman is respectively connected.
respectfully
respectably
receptively
No improvement
The trek is difficult but it is worth well the endeavour.
well worth the endeavour
worth the endeavour well
the endeavour well worth
No improvement
He enjoys to tell stories to children.
how to tell stories
telling stories
to narrate stories
No improvement
My car broke off on my way to the office.
out
in
down
No improvement
When the soldiers realised that they had been fooled, they rush back.
had rush
have rush
had rushed
rushed
On receiving his appointment letter, Ravi treated us with a sumptuous meal.
treated us to
treated us for
treated us by
No improvement
Certain shipwrecks have a particular fascination for those people which have a belief in finding the treasure in them .
which have a belief in finding the treasure in them.
who believe they hold treasure and that they can find it.
who believe that there is treasure to be found in them.
who believe about treasure to be found in them.
It is no good to cry over spilt milk.
It is no good crying
It is of no good to cry
It is of no good crying
No improvement
He has said so out of affection, do not take it to heart .
in heart
it in the heart
by the heart
No improvement
Im sorry, but I don't believe what you say.
I will not believe
I am not believing
I will not be believing
No improvement
Start the motor, and then you should remove the blocks .
Start the motor, then removing the blocks
Starting the motor, the blocks should then be removed
Start the motor and then remove the blocks
Starting the motor remove the blocks
I am used to hard work .
hard working
work hard
work hardly
No improvement
Although gale force winds often pass through the Eiffel Tower, causing it to sway no more than four inches .
causing it to sway no more
and yet it sways no more
they do not cause it to sway more
and they do not cause it to sway
It will take two hours to walk across the forest.
over
between
away
through
I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked him.
would have gladly accompanied
was to have gladly accompanied
will gladly accompany
No improvement
The easiest way for prevent stress caused by work or home pressures is to indulge in high levels of physical activity.
easily way to
easier ways for
easiest way to
easier way from
Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.
was sitting
have been sitting
sat
No improvement
The ship ran over when it crashed into an iceberg.
get over
gave up
went down
No improvement
His wife was contentious .
contagious
quarrelsome
content
No improvement
He plays cricket and tennis also .
both
besides
too
No improvement
I have not written many letter to him since my father had died .
died
was dead
has died
No improvement
He had to bear the brunt of his father's mistakes.
bear the burnt
bear the burns
bear a brunt
No correction required
Seeing the injustice done to them hy the Britishers, the sepoys broke into open revolt.
broke to
broke upto
resorted to
No improvement
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.
Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they
Indians were suspicious of the potato and they
potato was viewed with suspicion by Indians who
potato was suspicious to Indians, and it was
As a child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother .
When I was a child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother
My parents took me, as a child, to Jammu to visit my grandmother
My parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother as a child.
A child, my parents took me to Jammu to visit my grandmother
They have stopped from constructing new buildings.
to contruct
at constructing
constructing
No improvement
The unemployment rate has dropped sharply this month, though it may only be temporary .
but it may be only temporary
but the drop may only be temporary
even though the drop may only be temporary
but such a drop may only be a temporary one
The manager was unhappy at Gaurav because he did not complete the work in time
is unhapy at
is to be unhappy at
was unhappy with
No correction required