Arrange the following sentences - A. When identity is thus ‘defined by…
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Arrange the following sentences -
A. When identity is thus ‘defined by contrast’, divergence with the West becomes central.
B. Indian religious literature such as the Bhagavad 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 to cultivate an interest.
- A.
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- B.
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- C.
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- D.
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Correct answer: D
Answer: BCEDA
Begin with the sentence about Western interest in Indian religious literature because it introduces the specific example that motivates the rest of the paragraph.
Place the sentence that notes the neglect of non-religious Indian writings immediately after, since it follows directly from and elaborates on the contrast introduced in the first sentence.
Follow with the sentence naming the Kamasutra as an exception, because that sentence explicitly refers back to the mentioned neglect and therefore must come after it.
Next include the generalizing sentence about how selective emphasis that highlights differences with the West can redefine other civilizations; this generalization naturally follows the concrete examples.
End with the concluding sentence that when identity is defined by contrast, divergence with the West becomes central, which serves as a final summary of the paragraph's point.
Putting these steps together yields the coherent order: sentence about Western interest in religious literature; sentence about neglect of non-religious writings; the Kamasutra exception; the generalization about selective emphasis; and the concluding remark about identity defined by contrast.