The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.
- Mental illness continues to struggle for recognition as a significant contributor to poor health in spite of the existence of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017
- The data reveals that an estimated one in seven Indians - or 197 million persons suffered from mental disorders, at varying degrees of severity, in 2017.
- There is always more to human health than meets the eye.
- This is particularly important in the Indian cultural and political context, where the outward appearance of physical well-being is often considered the only visible marker of overall health.
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.
- Mental illness continues to struggle for recognition as a significant contributor to poor health in spite of the existence of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017
- The data reveals that an estimated one in seven Indians - or 197 million persons suffered from mental disorders, at varying degrees of severity, in 2017.
- There is always more to human health than meets the eye.
- This is particularly important in the Indian cultural and political context, where the outward appearance of physical well-being is often considered the only visible marker of overall health.
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Solution
The passage talks about mental health recognition challenges in India.
Link A (3 → 4): "This" in sentence 4 refers back to the concept of hidden health aspects from sentence 3, creating a pronoun-antecedent connection.
Link B (4 → 1): Sentence 4 establishes Indian cultural context about visible health markers, leading logically to sentence 1's discussion of mental illness recognition struggles.
Link C (1 → 2): "The data" in sentence 2 provides specific statistical evidence supporting the mental illness recognition problem outlined in sentence 1.
Introduction: Sentence 3 is the introducing sentence because it presents the broad concept that health has hidden aspects.
Conclusion: Sentence 2 is the concluding sentence because it provides concrete statistical evidence supporting the main argument.
Assembling: The flow moves from general health concept to Indian context to specific problem to supporting data.
Hence the correct order is 3412