The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.
- The process of handing down implies not a passive transfer, but some contestation in defining what exactly is to be handed down.
- Wherever Western scholars have worked on the Indian past, the selection is even more apparent and the inventing of a tradition much more recognizable.
- Every generation selects what it requires from the past and makes its innovations, some more than others.
- It is now a truism to say that traditions are not handed down unchanged, but are invented.
- Just as life has death as its opposite, so is tradition by default the opposite of innovation.
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.
- The process of handing down implies not a passive transfer, but some contestation in defining what exactly is to be handed down.
- Wherever Western scholars have worked on the Indian past, the selection is even more apparent and the inventing of a tradition much more recognizable.
- Every generation selects what it requires from the past and makes its innovations, some more than others.
- It is now a truism to say that traditions are not handed down unchanged, but are invented.
- Just as life has death as its opposite, so is tradition by default the opposite of innovation.
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Solution
Step 1: Find the Opening Sentence
Look for sentences that introduce a topic without needing prior context. Sentence 5 talks about tradition vs innovation in general terms -> perfect opener. Sentence 4 says "it is now a truism" -> sounds like it's responding to something already said.
From passage: "Just as life has death as its opposite, so is tradition by default the opposite of innovation."
This sets up the traditional view that we're about to challenge.
Step 2: Find the Flow
After 5 (tradition = opposite of innovation), sentence 4 makes perfect sense -> "It is now a truism to say that traditions are not handed down unchanged, but are invented."
This creates a contradiction flow: Traditional view -> Modern reality
Sentence 1 then explains what this process actually involves -> "contestation in defining what exactly is to be handed down"
Step 3: Find Supporting Details
Sentence 3 gives the general mechanism -> "Every generation selects what it requires from the past"
Sentence 2 provides a specific example -> "Western scholars...Indian past"
Think: General principle -> Specific example (this is a common pattern!)
The Logic Chain:
5 (traditional belief) -> 4 (modern understanding) -> 1 (explains the process) -> 3 (how it works generally) -> 2 (specific example)
Pro Tip: In paragraph jumbles, look for:
- Contradiction words (but, however, now)
- Examples (like "Western scholars") usually come last
- General to specific flow
Answer: 54132