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Question : 33

Total: 60

Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate one.
A. Hakim Ali argued against the use of tobacco: “It is not necessary for us to follow the Europeans, and adopt a custom, which is not sanctioned by our own wise men without experiment or trial.”
B. Here instinct worked better than reason but worked well enough!
C. The fact that fact may not be infallible, especially in the presence of uncertainty, is well illustrated by an episode regarding the then newly arrived practice of smoking tobacco.
D. Armed with that argument, Akbar tried smoking, but happily for him , he took an instant dislike of it and never smoked again.
E. Akbar ignored this argument on the ground that “we must not reject a thing that has been adopted by the people of the world, merely because we can’t find it in our books; or else how shall we progress."

CEBDA
CAEDB
CADEB
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