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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.

  1. But today there is an epochal challenge to rethink and reconstitute the vision and practice of development as a shared responsibility a sharing which binds both the agent and the audience, the developed world and the developing, in a bond of shared destiny.
  2. We are at a crossroads now in our vision and practice of development.
  3. This calls for the cultivation of an appropriate ethical mode of being in our lives which enables us to realize this global and planetary situation of shared living and responsibility.
  4. Half a century ago, development began as a hope for a better human possibility, but in the last fifty years, this hope has lost itself in the dreary desert of various kinds of hegemonic applications.

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Solution

✅ Correct Answer: 2413

Step 1: Find the opening sentence

Sentence 2 says "We are at a crossroads now" -> This introduces the main topic without needing prior context. Perfect opener!

Step 2: What explains why we're at crossroads?

Sentence 4 gives historical background: "Half a century ago... but in the last fifty years" -> This explains why we're at crossroads by comparing past vs present.

Step 3: Look for connecting words

Sentence 1 starts with "But today" -> This directly contrasts with "Half a century ago" from sentence 4. Perfect connection!

Sentence 3 starts with "This calls for" -> The word "This" must refer to something specific mentioned before it.

From passage: "But today there is an epochal challenge to rethink and reconstitute the vision... This calls for the cultivation of an appropriate ethical mode"

Logical flow:

Crossroads (2) -> Why crossroads? Historical context (4) -> Today's challenge (1) -> What this challenge calls for (3)


Since this is a para jumble without multiple choice options, the process is about finding the natural sequence:

🟢 Correct sequence: 2413

  • Sentence 2 opens with the main idea
  • Sentence 4 provides historical background
  • Sentence 1 contrasts with "But today"
  • Sentence 3 follows with "This calls for" referring back to sentence 1's challenge

The flow is: Present situation -> Historical context -> Current challenge -> Solution needed

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