In the given questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are the given alternatives of the bold part in (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no replacement is needed, mark (E) as your answer.

1) If you have the time and inclination, go back to the major data brokers about every six months and check to make sure your information are disappear from there.

I) Informed about them

II) Information is still off their sites

III) Data is safe from them

A) Only I

B) I & II

C) All I, II & III

D) II & III

E) No change required

2) Early in the pandemic, the conventional wisdom was that, even with all the stops pulled, a vaccine would take at least a year and a half to develop.

I) Needs minimum a year and a half to creating

II) Might take much time to develop

III) Cannot be develop soon

A) I and III

B) Only II

C) I and II

D) I, II and III

E) No change required

3) Darley walked among Mind Candy, a gaming company based in London, to present his find and claim a £100,000 prize.

I) Walked through the office of

II) Walked over the office of

III) Walked into the office of

A) I, II and III

B) I and III

C) I and II

D) Only III

E) No change required

4) One day in the ’90s, I had dinner with a friend of the Galaxy Diner in New York.

I) In a beautiful

II) With a friend of a friend at

III) Withholding my friends at

A) Only II

B) II and III

C) Only I

D) I, II, III

E) No change required

5) The Karnataka government announced a compensation of ₹ 1 lakh to below poverty line families which has lost adult members to COVID­19.

I) which has loose adult members to COVID­19

II) That has lost adult members to COVID­19.

III) That have lost adult members to COVID­19

A) both I and II

B) Only III

C) Both II and III

D) Only III

E) None of the above

Answers :

1) Answer: D

Sol. The highlighted phrase is incorrect as information is not used as a plural noun so use of the plural helping verb ‘are’ is incorrect. In I determiner ‘your’ is followed by a noun but ‘informed’ is an adjective. Hence, option D is the right answer choice.

2) Answer: E

Sol. The highlighted phrase is both contextually and grammatically correct. Hence, option E is the right answer choice.

3) Answer: D

Sol. The phrase ‘walked among’ does not fit in the given sentence contextually as the sentence talks about generally entering the office of a company. So, the phrase ‘walked into’ which simply refers to entering an office. Use of phrasal verbs in other options is incorrect. Hence, option D is the right answer choice.

4) Answer: A

Sol. The highlighted phrase does not fit contextually in the sentence. Only phrase II adds meaning to the sentence. Hence, option A is the right answer choice.

5) Answer: D

Here ‘which has’ is wrong usage and the correct usage is ‘that have’ because families should be followed by have

Only option III is correct.

The Karnataka government announced a compensation of ₹ 1 lakh to below poverty line families that have lost adult members to COVID­19.

Hence option D is the answer.