Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bold part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement."
Placing a talisman or lucky charm on the door or near the threshold is not mere superstition.
(1) entrance
(2) opening
(3) No Improvement
(4) doorway
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
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Correct Answer: (4)
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option "No improvement".
"Threshold" is the correct word in the sentence as it is a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway that is crossed when entering a house or room.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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The prisoner was kept in jail.
(1) kept in confined
(2) kept in confinement.
(4) kept in confirmation.
Too much of anything is good for everything.
(1) No improvement
(2) a thing
(3) all things
(4) nothing
The police found a human body in the forest.
(1) corpse
(2) No Improvement
(3) carcass
(4) copse
One day the hare began to make fun of the tortoise as it moved slowly.
(1) mock
(2) shout at
(4) torture
Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".
The common fruit fly is technically (called as) "drosophila".
(1) called
(2) known by
(3) known as
(4) No Improvement
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