Sentence Correction - Verbal Ability Questions Part 4

Directions: In each of the following questions, select the most preferable sentence with respect to grammar, meaning and usage.

19.
a. Unless she does not feel well you should not force her to work.
b. Unless she feels well you should not force her to work.
c. Unless she feel well you should not force her to work.
d. Unless she does not feels well, you should not force her to work.

Answer: b. Unless she feels well you should not force her to work.


20.
a. He is the boy whom won the first prize.
b. He is the boy who won the first prize.
c. He the boy is who won the first prize.
d. He is boy who won the first prize.

Answer: b. He is the boy who won the first prize.


21.
a. No sooner did we reach the bus stop than the bus arrived.
b. No sooner did we reach bus stop when the bus arrived.
c. No sooner we reached the bus stop, the bus arrived.
d. No sooner did we reach bus stop then the bus arrived.

Answer: a. No sooner did we reach the bus stop than the bus arrived.


22.
a. We had in this village, some twenty years ago, an Idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees.
b. Some twenty years ago, we had an idiot boy in this Village, who from a child showed  strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember.  
c. We had an idiot boy. Whom I well remember, who from a child showed  strong propensity for bees, in this village some twenty tears ago.
d. In this village, we had an idiot boy some twenty years ago, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember.

Answer: a. We had in this village, some twenty years ago, an Idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees.


23.
a. It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine on a River bank as long as 90 feet.
b. It is a pleasure to see an alligator as long as 90 feet basking in the in the sunshine on a river bank.
c. It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine as long as 90 feet on a river bank.
d. It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking as long as 90 feet in the sunshine on a river bank.

Answer: b. It is a pleasure to see an alligator as long as 90 feet basking in the in the sunshine on a river bank.


24.
a. Our friends left in an imported car the hill station where they had been staying for quite some time.
b. Our friends left the hill station in an imported car where they had been staying quite for some time.
c. Our friends left the hill station where they had been staying for quite some time in an imported car  
d. Our friends in an imported car left the hill station where they had been staying for quite some time.

Answer: a. Our friends left in an imported car the hill station where they had been staying for quite some time.