In the sentence below, a part of the sentence has been given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. Wherever no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

The news of the death of the famous actor was received by her with much surprise.

Correct option is C

The correct answer is “ was received with much surprise by her”. The sentence is in the passive voice "was received" to convey the action of receiving the news, and the preposition 'by' should be used to indicate who did the receiving. Also, the adverb "much" correctly modifies the noun "surprise".
Option (a) "received much surprise" is incorrect because it is grammatically incorrect. The correct preposition to use with "surprise" is "with", not "much".
Option (b) "was much surprising to her" is incorrect because it uses the adjective "surprising" instead of the verb "received" to convey the action of receiving the news. Additionally, the preposition "to" is not appropriate in this context.
Option (d) "was received with much surprise for her" is incorrect because it uses the preposition "for" which is not appropriate in this context. The correct preposition to use is "by" to indicate the recipient of the news.
Hence, the sentence formed will be "The news of the death of the famous actor was received with much surprise by her."