Question

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) 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 four numbers as your answer.
1. Contemporary African writing like 'The Bottled Leopard' voices this theme using two children and two backgrounds to juxtapose two varying cultures.
2. Chukwuemeka Ike explores the conflict, and casts the Western tradition as condescending, enveloping and unaccommodating towards local African practice.
3. However, their views contradict the reality, for a rich and sustaining local African cultural ethos exists for all who care, to see and experience.
4. Western Christian concepts tend to deny or feign ignorance about the existence of a genuine and enduring indigenous African tradition.

• A. 4132
• B. 4312
• C. 2431
• D. 4231

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

4312

Answer 2

The proper sequence is 4-3-1-2.

The clash between indigenous African culture and ideals of Western Christianity is introduced in Sentence 4.This sets the stage for the conversation that will come next.
As we can see, Sentence 3 begins with the word "However," implying that it is contesting the ideas expressed in Sentence 4 by claiming that a rich indigenous African cultural ethos exists. Sentence 3 must so come after Sentence 4.
Sentence 2 adds context to the debate by introducing Chukwuemeka Ike and giving more details about his analysis of the conflict. Sentence 1 presents a piece of modern African literature that delves into the struggle. It makes logical to provide an example and then go into further detail after that.
Sentence 1 presents the book and makes the logical assumption that Ike is the author. Sentence 2 therefore needs to come after Sentence 1.

The correct sequence is option(B): 4321