S1. Sufism is an English word coined in the Nineteenth Century S6. It may also have been suffa, the platform outside a place of Islamic worship P. Historians have understood this term in several ways Q. According to some scholars, it is derived from suf, meaning wool R. Others derive it from safa, meaning purity S. The word used for Sufism in Islamic texts is tasawwuf

Directions : In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

  1. A. Q S R P
  2. B. S P Q R
  3. C. P Q S R
  4. D. R P S Q

Correct Answer: B. S P Q R

Explanation

Sentence S provides the Islamic equivalent to the English word introduced in S1. P introduces the different ways historians understand it, and Q and R provide the specific derivations, leading into S6.

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