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Multiple Choice Questions

The police looked for the fraud jeweller all over the country but drew back ........

Coomprehesion and Interpersonal (UPPCS)skills Sentence Improvement

Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (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.

The police looked for the fraud jeweller all over the country but drew back.

Countries but drew back

Country but drew a blank

Country but drew a circle

Country but drew black

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Explanation:

Correct Answer is (b).The original sentence is erroneous.
Reason: Usage of the phrasal verb 'draw back' which means ‘choose not to do something that one was expected to do' is inappropriate in this setence.
'Draw a blank' which means ‘elicit no successful response; fail’ would be suitable in this context.
E.g.: The search drew a blank.
Hence ‘drew a blank’ should be used in place of ‘drew back’ to make this sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Among the given choices, only option B replaces the given bold part most appropriately.
The sentence after replacement becomes:
The police looked for the fraud jeweller all over the country but drew a blank.Option B is hence the correct answer.

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