______ of these boys is doing anything worthwhile.

Direction : Rearrange the following five sentence (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a paragraph; then answer the question given below them.
(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and other birds back into our cities and halt them from fading into the past like a forgotten folktale.
(B) There is something wrong with a city that remains unperturbed even as its birds desert it.
(C) Thankfully, the situation is not as hopeless as it seems.
(D) Much as we try to defend the seemingly irreversible modern life of these cities, we can’t stop  our hearts from crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco-system isn’t generous enough to let these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rear offspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros in India where house sparrows have almost become a thing of the past.
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

Directions : In these questions , a part of the sentence is given in bold . Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A) , (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence . Choose the correct alternative . In case no improvement is needed you answer is (D ) .

It had been raining all in the night. 

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

They were angry because they realized that they have had been cheated.

In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P Q R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate the correct response.

(1) Money is not the root of all evil.
 (P) Or, what about the desire for power driving people to horrible crimes?
 (Q) Even purposeless cruelty can be seen in many instances of evil behavior.
 (R) For example, neither teachers not parents profit in any way by torturing children.
 (S) The evils sexual offenders are not motivated by financial gains.
 (6) No, we can only say that money is the root of some evil. 

Directions: In each of the questions given below a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then followed by three options. Find the alternative that can replace the given bold part to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.

Samira is the better of the two girls when it comes to solving hard mathematic problems.

(i) is the better of two girls
 (ii) is better of the two girls
 (iii) is better of two girls

Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

Our colleague was given a gift when she retired. 

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

Due to (A)/ a misunderstanding (B)/ I did not meet him. (C)/ No error (D).