IBPS PO General Awareness: Sentence Improvement questions with solutions

Q1. In the question given below, four words have been highlighted. These four words may not have been placed in their correct positions. The sentence is followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of words that should replace each other. During the ice storm (A), the hotel owner stranded (B) his greed (C) by overcharging showed (D) people for their hotel rooms.

1. A-B
2. B-D
3. B-C
4. C-D

Answer: B-D

The sentence should mean that the hotel owner showed his greed by overcharging people during the ice storm. Here, 'stranded' and 'showed' are misplaced, because 'showed his greed' is correct and 'stranded people' does not fit the context. So B and D should be interchanged.

Q2. In the sentence given below, four words have been highlighted and placed in a sentence. Identify the correct sequence of the words in the sentence. Also, one of the given words will need to be replaced. Identify the correct sequence and the correct replacement and mark that option as your answer. Companies can provide (A) technologies to make solutions more (B) accessible and affordable to all — especially MNCs (C) operating across multiple business sectors and (D) industries.

1. BDAC; C- occupational
2. DCBA; D- industrious
3. No interchange required
4. CADB; A- compelling

Answer: No interchange required

The sentence is grammatically correct and the highlighted words fit the context without any interchange. The phrase "business sectors and industries" is also appropriate, so no replacement is needed. Hence, no interchange is required.

Q3. Sentence: 'Immediately the sympathies of the (A) police and (B) magistrates, some sections of the media and (C) public opinion swing towards the (D) perpetrator, not the victim.' Which words should swap?

1. A-C
2. A-B
3. B-D
4. B-A

Answer: A-C

Swapping A (police) and C (public opinion): 'Immediately the sympathies of the public opinion and magistrates, some sections of the media and police swing towards the perpetrator' — putting 'police' in the section that 'swings' makes better contextual sense.