Multiple choice

Directions: Arrange the sentences A to F to form a coherent paragraph.

A. Never mind if Nepal had the tallest ones in the world - who cared about tall when there were more important things to think about, like cleanliness and hygiene. B. Prakash Babu was returning from Switzerland. C. Everybody was sure the mountains of Switzerland must somehow be a little bit better, a little bit nicer, a little bit more civilized, than their own poor, benighted country's. D. That twin land of mountains, that mirror image of peaks, but so much more Westernized, so much more modern, than Nepal's own mythologically burdened ones. E. That land of miraculous clocks which always told the time in minute precision, not like the few minutes late, few minutes early time of Nepal. F. Who cared about tall when you could have the cleanest, most sanitized, most modern mountains in the world.

  1. BEDCAF

  2. BDEACF

  3. CAFBED

  4. BECDFA

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Sequence BEDCAF: B introduces Prakash returning from Switzerland; E describes Switzerland's precision clocks; D compares Swiss mountains to Nepal's; A and F express the attitude that cleanliness matters more than height; C captures the narrator's earlier belief. The sequence moves from concrete introduction to description to comparison to cultural attitude, forming a coherent critique of postcolonial mentality.