Class 12 · General Ability Test · CBSE Board · 2024–2025

Sentence Improvement — Class 12 General Ability Test PYQs

6 questions from this chapter, asked in 2 Class 12 exams between 2024–2025 — every question paper set included, duplicates removed.

6questions
2Class 12 exams
2024–2025years covered
1 / 4mark values asked

Questions asked per year

Practice questions first 6 of 6 — free

Q1MCQ20251 mark

Directions : The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech with four options. One of the options converts the direct or indirect speech into indirect or direct correctly. Select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet.

Convert from direct speech to indirect speech :
Charu said to her friend, "I want you to be here at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting."

(A)Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting✓ Correct
(B)Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting
(C)Charu requested her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting
(D)Charu told her friend that she will want her to be here at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting
Q2MCQ20251 mark

Directions : The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech with four options. One of the options converts the direct or indirect speech into indirect or direct correctly. Select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet.

Convert from direct speech to indirect speech :
Nitin said to his brother, "What a beautiful painting it is?"

(A)Nitin wondered to his brother that what a beautiful painting it was
(B)Nitin wondered before his brother that it was a beautiful painting✓ Correct
(C)Nitin exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting
(D)Nitin asked his brother whether it was beautiful painting
Q3MCQ20251 mark

Directions : The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech with four options. One of the options converts the direct or indirect speech into indirect or direct correctly. Select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet.

Convert from indirect speech to direct speech :
The teacher asked her students why they had been quiet in the previous class.

(A)The teacher asked her students, "Why were they keeping quiet in the previous class?"
(B)The teacher said to her students, "Why were you quiet in the previous class?"✓ Correct
(C)The teacher said to her students, "Why had you been quiet in the previous class?"
(D)The teacher said to her students, "Why were you quiet in previous class?"
Q4MCQ20244 marks

Directions : Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative.

I hope the bus comes soon because

(A)we waited for half an hour
(B)we have been waiting for half an hour✓ Correct
(C)we waiting for half an hour
(D)we could have been waiting for half an hour
Q5MCQ20244 marks

Directions : Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative.

What would you do

(A)if you found your lost toy ?✓ Correct
(B)if you will have found your lost toy ?
(C)if you would found your lost toy ?
(D)if you have find your lost toy ?
Q6MCQ20244 marks

Directions : Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative.

I wish

(A)I could help you✓ Correct
(B)I ought to help you
(C)I did help you
(D)I must help you

Why practise Sentence Improvement PYQs?

Sentence Improvement has appeared in 2 Class 12 General Ability Test exams we track between 2024–2025, with questions worth 1, 4 marks. CBSE Board examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.

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