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Directions (Q. 1 to 5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5), i.e. ?No Error?. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

Question.1. When any bank aspirant 1)/ takes SBI PO exam, 2)/ it’s perfectly natural to be a little nervous, 3)/ irritable and sweaty palms. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.2. Eating huge meals, 1)/ snacking between meals , 2)/ and too little exercise can 3)/ lead you to obesity. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.3. Narendra Modi likes 1)/ people with 2)/ integrity and who 3)/ have good character. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.4. Banking Mantras needs mentors 1)/ who are ambitious, 2)/ motivate themselves, 3)/ and exhibit dedication. 4)/ No error 5)

Question.5. Aggression and being 1)/ melancholic are 2)/ behaviors that many 3)/ steroid- users exhibit. 4)/ No error 5)

Directions (6-15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Once upon a time, two friends were (6) through the desert. During some point of the (7) they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was (8) but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.” They kept on walking (9) they found an oasis, where they (10) to take a bath. The one, who had been slapped, got (11) in the quicksand and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend (12) from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.” The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and (13)you write on a stone, why?” The other friend (14), “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must (15) it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

Question.6.
1) crawling
2) speaking
3) swimming
4) walking
5) dancing

Question.7. 
1) journey
2) sand
3) running
4) border
5) hunt

Question.8. 
1) dead
2) captured
3) presentable
4) missing
5) hurt

Question.9. 
1) as
2) until
3) from
4) with
5) through

Question.10.  
1) decided
2) fell
3) made
4) want
5) left

Question.11. 
1) home
2) stuck
3) blended
4) mixed
5) sitting

Question.12. 
1) separated
2) leaked
3) died
4) recovered
5) saved

Question.13. 
1) so
2) how
3) when
4) tomorrow
5) now

Question.14.
1) called
2) tell
3) replied
4) questioned
5) asked

Question.15.
1) talk
2) push
3) engrave
4) add
5) bury

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Answer.1. 5; The sentence is correct in it’s given form because here, nervous, irritable and sweaty all words are adjectives and according to the rules of parallelism “An adjective qualifies an adjective” a noun qualifies a noun” etc.

Answer.2. 5; The sentence is correct in it’s given form.

Answer.3. (3 and 4); Replace “who have” with “with”, so the correct sentence would be as per the rules, “Narendra Modi likes people with integrity and with good character.”

Answer.4. (3 and 4); Replace “motivate themselves” with “motivated” and “exhibit dedication” with “dedicated” respectively, according the rules of parallelism the sentence should be in synchronized form, here ambitious is an adjective so according to the rules, adjectives “motivated” and “dedicated” should be there.

Answer.5. (1 and 2); Here, being melancholic should be replace with “melancholy” (An adjective) because “Aggression” (An adjective) is used here, and according to the rules, Adjective should be compared with another adjective.

Ans.6. 4; Walking’ is the correct answer because the two friends were going through the desert. Swimming is not possible in a desert area; it is a water activity. No other option fits in logically. Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.

Ans.7. 1; Only ‘journey’ is the correct answer as it involves travelling from one place to another and the two friends were walking through the desert. Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

Ans.8. 5; ‘Hurt’, which means to feel physical pain, is the correct answer because one friend slapped the other in the face. Hence, option (5) is the correct answer.

Ans.9. 2; Until’ is the correct answer because the two friends walked up to the point till they found an oasis. No other option fits in logically. Hence, option (2) is the correct answer.

Ans.10. 1; Only ‘decided’ fits in the blank logically as the two friends had made a firm decision to take a bath in the oasis. Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

Ans.11. 2; Only ‘stuck’ is the correct answer because the one, who had been slapped, was unable to move and started drowning in the quicksand. Hence, option (2) is the correct answer.

Ans.12. 4; ‘Recovered’ is the correct answer because the friend returned to the normal state after an unpleasant experience of drowning. No other option fits in logically. Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.

Ans.13. 5; Now’ is the correct answer as it introduces transition of idea. It indicates that earlier he wrote in the sand but at that time he wrote on a stone because his friend had saved him from drowning. Hence, option (5) is the correct answer.

Ans.14. 3; Only ‘replied’ fits in the blank logically as the other friend gave an answer to his friend’s question. Hence, option (3) is the correct answer.

Ans.15. 3; Only ‘engrave’ fits in the blank logically and grammatically because in the given context it refers to good deeds that must be carved on a stone so that they become eternal. Hence, option (3) is the correct answer.