Rearrange the following sentences in the correct sequence to form a coherent paragraph:
(A) Palm-leaf manuscripts, on which much of south India’s early writing survives, turn brittle and dark as they age.
(B) For years conservators could only store them carefully and hope that the words would not fade completely.
(C) Some of the texts recovered in this way had not been read by anyone for more than two hundred years.
(D) Recently, however, a team at a library in Chennai began photographing the leaves under infrared light, which reveals letters the eye can no longer see.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (B), (D), (C)
Rearranged Parts:
(A) Palm-leaf manuscripts, on which much of south India’s early writing survives, turn brittle and dark as they age.
(B) For years conservators could only store them carefully and hope that the words would not fade completely.
(D) Recently, however, a team at a library in Chennai began photographing the leaves under infrared light, which reveals letters the eye can no longer see.
(C) Some of the texts recovered in this way had not been read by anyone for more than two hundred years.
Complete paragraph: Palm-leaf manuscripts, on which much of south India’s early writing survives, turn brittle and dark as they age. For years conservators could only store them carefully and hope that the words would not fade completely. Recently, however, a team at a library in Chennai began photographing the leaves under infrared light, which reveals letters the eye can no longer see. Some of the texts recovered in this way had not been read by anyone for more than two hundred years.