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Question 23 : Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Indian religious and ethical space is different from that of the western countries. The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata etc. enrich Indian religious and social space. Details of the treatment of human values and Dharmas have a long tradition. They are often compared, contrasted and debated by the characters in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In the process, it has given birth to a tradition of dharma, which has been transferred from generation to generation. Ethical discourse was not a one-time affair. From time to time, religious leaders from various regions of India nourished and strengthened the Indian ethical arena. Tiruvalluvar (second century B.C.), Kabir from Uttar Pradesh (fifteenth century A.D.), Nanak from Punjab (fifteenth century A.D), Alvars and Nayanmars of Tamil Nadu (eighth century A.D.), Basaveswara of Karnataka (Twelfth century A.D.), SriChaitanya (Sixteenth century) were prominent.

Which of the following assumptions will make the above paragraph redundant?

1. All religious leaders, mentioned in the paragraph, preach the same message and it is transferred from one generation to the next.
2. Western religious spaces do not have details of treatment of principle of Dharma.
3. Ramayana and Mahabharata have made it possible for religious leaders to build the tradition.
4. Western civilizations have been traversed by a different kind of religious leaders.
5. Western ethical and religious space has a long tradition of treatment of human values and Dharma.

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Explanatory Answer

We are looking at an answer choice that overpowers all the points given in the passage (in essence, making the passage ‘redundant’).
The idea of the passage is that the Indian religious and ethical space is special because of the generational discourses that have happened through several saints and scholars. This is different from the Western space.
This “difference” seems to state that there is no such discourse on ethical discourses in the Western space. Options A, B, C and D support the points put forth in the passage.
Only option E makes a statement that points to ethical discourses on Dharma being present in the Western space as well. That would make the whole passage redundant.
Hence, the right answer choice is option E.

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Choice E is the correct answer.