Sentence Correction - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
You can practice all previous year OMET questions from the topic Sentence Correction. This will help you understand the type of questions asked in OMET. It would be best if you clear your concepts before you practice previous year OMET questions.
Passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, consider questions, consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage or punctuation.
After reading the passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage confirm to the conventions of standard written English.
The underlined areas in the passage along with the [number] direct you to the question concerned
If you’ve ever been to an art museum, you know the basic layout: long hallways and large rooms with paintings hung a few feet apart. You know how the paintings are [16] by certain means are marked, and you know that the paintings have been arranged chronologically or thematically.
There’s one thing, however, which you’ve definitely noticed even if you can’t quite articulate it. Particularly when looking at old paintings, [17] paintings all have that vividly new look, whether they were painted in 1950 or 1450. Even where the subject matter is older, the colours are vibrant, and you’re never forced to wonder exactly what the painting must have looked like in its original state.
[18] The history of painting is nearly as long as the history of mankind. The incredible feat is the work of a highly specialised group: art restorers. Despite this specialisation, the profession has exploded in recent years. Art restoration has been growing steadily since 1930. While the job of an art restorer may seem fairly straightforward [19] when looking, the job is in fact quite complicated. Sometimes, as in the case of Michelangelo’s famous sculpture David, the cleaning and restoration of artworks is a simple matter: applying chemicals, washing away grime and scrubbing of the dirt.
[20] With most paintings, however, the process is a good deal more involved because it is not necessarily just a matter of ‘cleaning’ the older paintings. One cannot merely take a scrub brush to centuries-old great work, Because of the wide range of restoration techniques, art restoration itself can be controversial business.
Collapse
Identify the best possible change in the underlined area (by certain means are marked)
- A.
marked
- B.
being marked in a way
- C.
by so means of marking
- D.
no change
Solution
Ask Your Doubt
ReportThe writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence (The history of painting is nearly as long as the history of mankind). Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
- A.
Kept, because it is useful introduction to the topic of this paragraph
- B.
Deleted, because it restates a historical detail that is provided in a later paragraph.
- C.
Deleted, because it strays from the paragraph’s major focus by introducing an irrelevant fact
- D.
Kept, because it provides a humorous anecdote regarding the work of art restorers
Identify the best possible change in the underlined area (when looking)
- A.
at first glance,
- B.
beholden,
- C.
under your gaze,
- D.
No Change
Identify the best possible change in the underlined area (With most paintings, however)
- A.
Anyway,
- B.
In this sense,
- C.
Alongside cleaning,
- D.
No change
Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below.
- A.
Surprisingly, given the recent labour problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support from they who had previously challenged his leadership.
- B.
Surprisingly, given the recent labour problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support from them who had previously challenged his leadership.
- C.
Surprisingly, given the recent labour problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support from he who had previously challenged his leadership.
- D.
Surprisingly, given the recent labour problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support from those who had previously challenged his leadership.
- E.
Surprisingly, given the recent labour problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support from that who had previously challenged his leadership.
Each question has five sentences. Identify the sentence which is grammatically correct.
- A.
Each of the six boys in the class has finished their task.
- B.
One must finish his task in time.
- C.
Either Ram or Shyam will give their book.
- D.
Each of the girls must carry her own bag.
Each question has five sentences. Identify the sentence which is grammatically correct.
- A.
The reason why he missed his classes was that he overslept.
- B.
Before the rain would stop, they would have reached home.
- C.
When you will come to see me, we will go to Mumbai.
- D.
I have written both to their branch office and head office.
Each question has a sentence that has an underlined part. Choose the option which rephrases the underlined part in the most appropriate manner in terms of grammar and usage.
Large and experienced firms are more efficient at acquiring smaller and distressed firms than are large and inexperienced firms, and converting them to profitable ventures.
- A.
Large and experienced firms are more efficient at acquiring smaller and distressed firms than large and inexperienced firms
- B.
Large and experienced firms are more efficient than large and inexperienced firms at acquiring smaller and distressed firms
- C.
Large and experienced firms, acquire smaller and distressed firms more efficiently than large and inexperienced firms
- D.
Large and experienced firms, more efficient than large and inexperienced firms at acquiring smaller and distressed firms
Identify the correct sentence from the options given below.
- A.
He made a blunder mistake.
- B.
I have learnt this lesson word by word.
- C.
She does not know swimming.
- D.
He got his daughter married.
Identify the correct sentence from the options given below.
- A.
The average male investor expects to see all his investment stocks moving up, and they are often disappointed.
- B.
The people in my country are smarter than in other countries.
- C.
The number of failures of product in final quality inspection are increasing every year.
- D.
Before restructuring a firm, the CEO must consider the employees.