Multiple choice

Directions: For the following passage, the opening statement has been deleted. Which one of the statements given below the passage should precede the passage?

This message cannot be over-emphasised; it has to become a part of the individual and collective consciousness of people in societies. There can be nothing better, more desirable, more advantageous and more aesthetic than living in harmony with nature.

  1. Man must use his innate aesthetic sense.

  2. We should not despoil the environment that nourishes us.

  3. Man must share the God-gifted bounties of nature with all the inhabitants of the earth.

  4. The highest aim in life is to preserve what we have inherited from our forebears.

  5. You sow what you reap.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The argument is about harmony with nature. The message has been elaborated in the last sentence. Only (2) is in consonance with this.