Phrase Replacement / Sentence Improvement Set 45 for SBI PO

( 1 – 10) A sentence or a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given as substitutions for the highlighted part, one of which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option “No improvement required”.

1) The conversion of this edition of the IPL into an Injured Premier League have led to many teams feeling the heat due to unavailability of key players.

a) Has lead

b) Has led

c) Have lead

d) Has leading

e) No improvement

2) A lot of youngsters are take up the game in a big way.

a) are taking in

b) are taked in

c) are taking up

d) are taking with

e) No improvement is required 

3) A.B. de Villiers may have take a long break from Test cricket, but it is clear he still holds the format in high regard.

a) have taken

b) has taken

c) had taken

d) has took

e) No improvement is required 

4) A disappointed Leander Paes hit out at the rationale used to drop him in the Davis Cup doubles rubber.

a) Drop him around

b) Drop him about

c) Drop him on

d) Drop him from

e) No improvement is required. 

5) A study has found that smoking cause one in ten deaths worldwide in 2015.

a) Smoking causing

b) Smoked caused

c) Smoke causing

d) Smoking caused

e) No improvement is required 

6) PepsiCo pulled a commercial featured model Kendall Jenner after the advertisement prompted outrage and ridicule.

a) Featuring

b) Was featuring

c) Is featuring

d) Has featuring

e) No improvement is required 

7) There was a festive air at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra Grounds, where the Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival was hold recently.

a)  Holding

b) Held

c) Holded

d) Is holding

e) No improvement is required 

8) Spell out an issue-based theme through Kathak is quite challenging.

a) Spelling out

b) Spelling in

c) Spelled out

d) Spelt out

e) No improvement is required

9) The music composed by Gundecha Brothers and Samiullah Khan was so superb that it was difficult to take it for grant as an accompaniment for dance.

a) for grants

b) for granted

c) for granting

d) to granted

e) No improvement is required

10) Nostalgia gripped the veterans as they spoke about small incidents, painful moments, happy times, togetherness and bonding during the sessions that was engaged and engrossing.

a) was engaging

b) were engage

c) were engaging

d) are engaging

e) No improvement is required