Multiple choice

Direction for question: The sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) When identity is thus 'defined by contrast', divergence with the West becomes central. (B) Indian religious literature such as the Bhagwad Gita or the Tantric texts, which are identified as differing from secular writings seen as 'western', elicits much greater interest in the West than do other Indian writings, including India's long history of heterodoxy. (C) There is a similar neglect of Indian writing on non-religious subjects, from mathematics, epistemology and natural science to economics and linguistics. (D) Through selective emphasis that point up differences with the West, other civilizations can, in this way, be redefined in alien terms, which can be exotic and charming, or else bizarre and terrifying, or simply strange and engaging. (E) The exception is the Kamasutra in which western readers have managed readers have managed to cultivate an interest.

The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph.  Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

  1. BDACE

  2. DEABC

  3. BDECA

  4. BCEDA

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The right answer is (1) BDACE. There is a direct link between statements C and E because C talks of western neglect of Indian writings and E speaks of exception that is kamasutra. There is also a link between B and D because B speaks about differing western perception about Bhagwat Gita and D talks about selective emphasis that point up differences with the West.  This sequence is available only in option (1); hence the answer.