SBI PO Mains Model Papers 1

Directions (126‐130) : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence toform a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) A small wooden nest box is all it has taken to rekindle all the romance of bringing sparrows and otherbirds back into our cities and half 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 heartsfrom crying when we realize that our rapidly degenerating urban eco‐system isn’t generous enough tolet these delicate winged creatures build tiny little nests in its nooks and crannies, sit in solitude, and rearoffspring.
(E) And this desertion seems to be true with most metros, in India where house sparrows have almostbecome a thing of the past.