Discussion
Some sentences are missing from the text. Select from the list (A-C) the most appropriate sentence for each gap (1 and 2) in the text. There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use.
A new chapter in India's scientific past opened with the arrival of the Aryans around 2000 BC, roughly 1,000 years after the fall of the Indus Valley civilization. (1) ________. The universe was thought to be governed by a natural law. The panchabhutas, or five factors, were used to explain this seemingly chaotic and diverse world: prithvi (earth), ap (water), tejas (heat), vayu (air), and akasa (sky). The panchabhutas and the soul were combined in the human body. (2) ________.
A. There is evidence to suggest that the Aryans believed in science.
B. Aryans are believed to be a highly religious race.
C. Aryans' Sulbasutras also trace the Pythagoras theorem.
Answer: A
The pair is A then B. Gap 1 follows the arrival of the Aryans and precedes the account of how they understood the universe, so 'There is evidence to suggest that the Aryans believed in science' fits as a topic sentence. Gap 2 closes a passage on the soul and the panchabhutas, so 'Aryans are believed to be a highly religious race' fits the concluding note.
C is the extra sentence: the Sulbasutras and the Pythagoras theorem belong to mathematics and do not follow from the panchabhutas passage.
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