Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. For each sentence, select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentence. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.

(i) Before going out to deliver the letters, every postman (A) sorts (B) shorts the post. (ii) To keep the money safe, we had to open an (A) account (B) accountant in a nationalised bank. (iii) Casablanca stood on the burning (A) deck (B) desk whence all but he had fled. (iv) The sudden appearance of a snake made all of us (A) step (B) stop back immediately.

 In sentence (i), the correct option is (A) because the transitive verb sorts indicates categorising something. Shorts are a piece of clothing worn by people. In sentence (ii), the correct option is (A) because the noun account refers to a financial arrangement with a bank where a customer deposits his money and the bank offers financial services in exchange. Accountant is a person that maintains financial records of an entity. In sentence (iii), the correct option is (A) because the noun deck refers to a level of a ship whereas the noun desk refers to a table that is used for work. In sentence (iv), the correct option is (A) because the noun step refers to a short movement made by raising one foot and lowering it ahead or behind the other foot. The verb stop indicates discontinuing something.