Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The movement began in reaction to the ugliness of the industrial age.
B. This idea was amplified by JW von Goethe, JL Tieck and others in Germany.
C. Aestheticism was a European arts movement which centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone.
D. Its philosophical foundations were laid in the 18th century by Immanuel Kant.
Option 1: BADC
Option 2: CADB
Option 3: CBDA
Option 4: ADBC
Correct Answer: CADB
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
First, we introduce the subject in the sentence (C), which is the Aestheticism movement. Then we give some supporting information in sentence (A) that the movement began in reaction to the industrial age. Then we talk about the chronology of events in sentences (D) and ( B ) respectively.
The correct order is as follows:
- ( C ) Aestheticism was a European art movement that centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone.
- ( A ) The movement began in reaction to the ugliness of the industrial age.
- ( D ) Its philosophical foundations were laid in the 18th century by Immanuel Kant.
- ( B ) This idea was amplified by JW von Goethe, JL Tieck, and others in Germany.
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