CAT 1998 — VARC Question 16
Direction: Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.
1. Buddhism is a way to salvation.
A. But Buddhism is more severely analytical.
B. In the Christian tradition there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals.
C. Salvation is a property, or achievement of individuals.
D. Not only does it dissolve society into individuals, the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a stream of events.
6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.
Answer & solution
- A
ABDC
CBAD
- C
BDAC
- D
ABCD
After 1, (C) states a fact about salvation. (B) states the Christian belief in that regard. (A) opposes it to Buddhism, by using 'but'. (D) elaborates the fact.