Previous Year Sentence Improvement for SSC CGL CHSL CPO MTS exam
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
01. After finishing high school, I plan to pursuing law. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. No substitution
2. plan to pursue
3. plan in pursue
4. plan to pursuing
Option – 2
02. Our guests arrived; they are sitting in the garden. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. shall arrive
2. have arrived
3. are arriving
4. might arrive
Option – 2
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03. He was looking into his book for the last two hours but couldn’t find it. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. looking down on his book
2. looking above his book
3. looking for his book
4. looking after his book
Option – 3
04. Rajan is having three brothers and three sisters. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. Rajan has been having
2. Rajan has
3. Rajan was having
4. Rajan having
Option – 2
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05. The new shop that opened last week are hardly sufficient stock of the products that it advertised about. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. hardly hadn’t
2. hardly had
3. hardly is having
4. is had
Option – 2
06. Solomon always refers in the dictionary for clearing doubts about words. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. on the dictionary
2. No substitution
3. to the dictionary
4. with the dictionary
Option – 3
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07. Finally, here are a few examples of passages and their précis. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. by passages and their précis
2. of passages and there precis
3. of passages and there precises
4. No substitution
Option – 4
08. Our office is in the 2nd floor of the skyscraper. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. is for the 2nd floor
2. is on the 2nd floor
3. is with the 2nd floor
4. is at the 2nd floor
Option – 2
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09. Rajesh was angry at himself for making a silly mistake during the examination. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. for
2. on
3. above
4. with
Option – 4
10. I am been working here for the past ten years. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. have been working here
2. is been working here
3. was been working here
4. had been working here
Option – 1
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11. Last before year, Shirley got very good grades. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. The last year before
2. Before last year
3. The year before last
4. Before year last
Option – 3
12. I used to swim across the river when I was young. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. will swim across
2. was swimming across
3. could swim across
4. can swim across
Option – 3
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13. When I reached home late, I found my children waiting on me. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. waiting with me
2. waiting by me
3. waiting about me
4. waiting for me
Option – 4
14. Not only is my brother intelligent though hard working too. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. or hard working
2. but hard working
3. so hard working
4. yet hard working
Option – 2
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15. During my Goa tour, I had visited beaches in Vasco, Baga and Vagator. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. visited
2. have visited
3. was visited
4. had visited
Option – 1
16. Don’t disturb the boy, he prepares for his examination. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. prepared
2. is preparing
3. was preparing
4. will be preparing
Option – 2
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17. Rita will never have changed her job if she would have been promoted. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. No substitution
2. should never have
3. would never have
4. shall never have
Option – 3
18. Santa Claus stays at the North Pole when he isn’t out deliver gifts for Christmas. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. out to delivering
2. out delivering
3. No substitution
4. out of deliver
Option – 2
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19. Every nook and corner of the house were unclean. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. of a house was unclean
2. by the house were unclean
3. to the house were unclean
4. of the house was unclean
Option – 4
20. The banker warned me not to be careless from my ATM card. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. careless beside
2. careless with
3. careless across
4. careless on
Option – 2
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21. The intern should take a right choice in choosing the right job for her. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. rake a right choice
2. make a right choice
3. fix a right choice
4. take the right choice
Option – 2
22. Biden write a letter to the Russian President to restrain from war. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. writes a letter
2. wrote a letter
3. write a good letter
4. writing a surprise letter
Option – 2
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23. I have reached the hotel, by the time you call me. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. will be reaching the hotel
2. No substitution
3. will have reached the hotel
4. had reached the hotel
Option – 3
24. He did not admit that his team played badly. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. never admitted
2. yesterday admitted
3. happily admitted
4. willingly admitted
Option – 1
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25. The soldiers had no choice to report the loss to their commander. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. no choice as to
2. no choice how to
3. No substitution required
4. no choice but to
Option – 4
26. She acted as if she is the one who was hurt. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. as if she has been
2. as if she will be
3. as if she would
4. as if she was
Option – 4
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27. We congratulated him at his new job. He was delighted. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. congratulate him up
2. congratulated him on
3. congratulate him with
4. congratulate him along
Option – 2
28. The yellow dress purchased by you is not much different than the one I have brought. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. different then the one
2. different as the one
3. different above the one
4. different from the one
Option – 4
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29. There are many people in the world who believe that the earth is flat. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. who belief that
2. who should believe that
3. No substitution
4. who believed
Option – 3
30. When I was your age, I was working two jobs to provide for my family. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. to providing for
2. for provide to
3. on providing
4. No substitution
Option – 4
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31. They met yesterday, haven’t they? (SSC CGL 2022)
1. don’t they?
2. isn’t it?
3. didn’t they?
4. did they?
Option – 3
32. No sooner did this idea enter his head, than it carried conviction with it. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. No sooner does this idea enter
2. No substitution
3. No sooner do his idea enter
4. No sooner has his idea enter
Option – 2
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33. Holi is a festival of revelry and camaraderie which is celebrated between the country. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. No substitution
2. celebrated upon the country
3. celebrated at the country
4. celebrated across the country
Option – 4
34. The rate of interest for the loan went out all our calculations. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. under all our calculations
2. No substitution
3. beyond all our calculations
4. besides all our calculations
Option – 3
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35. Shyama does not laugh, nor she smiles. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. nor she does smile
2. she does smile
3. nor does she smile
4. nor she smile does
Option – 3
36. The MNC is about to be bankrupt, according to reliable sources. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. take bankrupt
2. go bankrupt
3. come bankrupt
4. give bankrupt
Option – 2
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37. It was an horrible day at the office for Roy, but he didn’t allow it to spoil his evening plans. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. was a horrible day at the office
2. were a horrible day at office
3. No substitution
4. horrible day at the office
Option – 1
38. He will talk about nothing but films. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. was talking at
2. is talking in
3. shall talking of
4. talks about
Option – 4
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39. After a prolonged discussion, Gayatri got a permission from her parents to study law. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. got the permission
2. got proper permission
3. got permission
4. got her permission
Option – 3
40. Blind by a dust storm, they fell into disorder. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. Have been blind
2. Blinded
3. Blinding
4. Being blind
Option – 2
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41. We have only just enough money to live on now, and if my husband loses his job, we’ll really be up again it. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. be up gone it
2. be up across it
3. be up cross it
4. be up against it
Option – 4
42. He was not able to adopt himself to the new environment of the hostel. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. able to adept himself to
2. able for adopt himself to
3. able to adopt himself with
4. able to adapt himself to
Option – 4
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43. Scores given by the members are to be consolidated and sent in the head office immediately. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. No substitution
2. after the head office
3. at the head office
4. to the head office
Option – 4
44. The students were warned on coming late to school. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. warned against
2. warned at
3. warned in
4. warned with
Option – 1
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45. The percentage of employees who called in sick and the number of employees who left their jobs within 2 years were reflective of the level of job satisfaction. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. are reflective of
2. is reflective of
3. has reflected
4. were reflective on
Option – 1
46. The students decided to surprise their teacher on her birthday. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. their teacher at her birthday
2. there teacher on her birthday
3. her teacher on her birthday
4. No substitution
Option – 4
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47. He was sitting besides his best friend during the event. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. was sitting about his
2. was sitting beside his
3. were sitting besides his
4. was sitting besides her
Option – 2
48. They decided to have a meeting to discuss about the project. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. to discuss through the project
2. to discuss the project
3. to discuss over the project
4. to discuss beyond the project
Option – 2
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49. The bus is now full of passengers, it will leave soon. (SSC CGL 2022)
1. leaves
2. is leaving
3. is going to leave
4. has to leave
Option – 3
50. Kranthi loves to swim at the local swimming pool in order that relieve his work stress.
1. in order which
2. No substitution
3. in order as to relieve
4. in order to relieve
Option – 4
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