Sentence Improvement Quiz for IBPS AFO 2026

Practice important Sentence Improvement MCQs for IBPS AFO 2026. Sharpen your English preparation with topic-wise questions and detailed explanations.

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Passage

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Select the most appropriate replacement for the underlined part. If the sentence is already correct, choose "No correction required".

The plastic ban introduced by the municipality has been a total failure as there has been no reducing in the usage of polybags.

has been no reduction

have been no reduced

is not any reduced

No correction required

is no reduce

Solution & Explanation The noun 'reduction' is required after 'no' to indicate the lack of a decrease.

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Passage

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Choose the best replacement for the underlined part to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Had the committee been more vigilant, the financial irregularities would be detected at an early stage and the subsequent losses could have been avoided.

No improvement required

would have been detected at an early stage and the subsequent losses could have been avoided

would have detected at an early stage and the subsequent losses could have been avoided

would be detecting at an early stage and the subsequent losses could have been avoided

would have been detected at an early stage and the subsequent losses could be avoided

Solution & Explanation The sentence uses a third conditional structure: 'Had the committee been...' (past perfect in the if-clause) requires 'would have been + past participle' in the main clause. The underlined part incorrectly uses 'would be detected' (simple conditional) instead of 'would have been detected' (perfect conditional passive). Option C is a trap — it correctly fixes the first part but then incorrectly changes 'could have been avoided' to 'could be avoided', breaking the tense consistency. Option E omits 'been', making it active voice which changes the meaning. Option A correctly fixes both the tense (would have been detected) while preserving the rest of the sentence intact.

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Passage

In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Select the most appropriate replacement for the underlined part. If the sentence is already correct, choose "No correction required".

A Spanish-language app version have been created to better serve and support under-represented Parkinson’s communities.

have created to

has been created to

No correction required

had being created to

would have been created to

Solution & Explanation The subject 'version' is singular, so it requires the singular auxiliary verb 'has' instead of 'have'.

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Passage-based question

Even two days after the lockdown, hundreds of migrant workers could being seen walking through Ghaziabad to reach home.

workers could be seeing walking

workers could have be seen walking

workers could be seen walking

None of these.

workers should been see walking

Solution & Explanation After modal verbs like 'could', the base form 'be' is required to form the passive voice.

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Passage-based question

Government agencies playing a passing - a - buck game on who was responsible for allowing the congregation.

playing a passing - the - buck game in

were playing passing - of - buck game in

playing a pass - the - buck game on

are playing a passing - the - buck game on

No replacement required.

Solution & Explanation In the highlighted phrase, ‘a’ needs to be replaced with ‘the’ because ‘passing the buck’ is an idiomatic phrase, meaning to shift responsibility. Additionally, the helping verb ‘are’ needs to be used before ‘playing’ to form a grammatically correct present continuous tense. Thus, option (d) is the correct replacement.

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