The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: History is a subject that is so little valued today that it is almost impossible to win world fame as a historian, yet that is exactly what Toynbee was able to. S6: Among the civilizations that he studied was that of India. P: We usually think of history as a chronological account of the development of various states and empires under the ruler. Q: Toynbee’s view of history was different. R: He tries to find the pattern behind the birth, growth and decay of civilization. S: Though he used the recorded history of mankind, he was interested not merely in the chronology of single states or group but in the rise and fall of whole civilizations. The correct sequence should be

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: History is a subject that is so little valued today that it is almost impossible to win world fame as a historian, yet that is exactly what Toynbee was able to. S6: Among the civilizations that he studied was that of India. P: We usually think of history as a chronological account of the development of various states and empires under the ruler. Q: Toynbee’s view of history was different. R: He tries to find the pattern behind the birth, growth and decay of civilization. S: Though he used the recorded history of mankind, he was interested not merely in the chronology of single states or group but in the rise and fall of whole civilizations. The correct sequence should be Correct Answer P Q S R

The topic in discussion here is the subject of history which is seen as unpopular universally.

Despite this, we are told, Toynbee dared to study this subject and to much astonishment of the others, he successfully created a different view about it. How history was usually viewed merely included a documentation of events in a chronological order. And this is where Toynbee’s view differed from others as he further tried to study a pattern of the rise and fall in civilisations. He did this by studying patterns behind birth, growth, etc. He also studied the Indian civilisation under the same rule.

First sentence: Thus, we are first told about the usual pattern of studying history in dates and time in sentence P.

Second sentence: We are then told about Toynbee’s idea in sentence Q.

Third sentence: In the following sentences, we discuss his methods of studying history in sentence S.

Fourth sentence: We continue to study these methods in sentence R.

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