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Question:

Each of the questions below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the options.

When identity is thus ‘defined by contrast’, divergence with the West becomes central.
Indian religious literature such as the Bhagavad Gita or the Tantric texts, which are identified as differing from secular writings seen as ‘western’, elicits much greater interest in the West than do other Indian writings, including India's long history of heterodoxy.
There is a similar neglect of Indian writing on non-religious subjects, from mathematics, epistemology and natural science to economics and linguistics.
Through selective emphasis that point up differences with the West, other civilizations can, in this way, be redefined in alien terms, which can be exotic and charming, or else bizarre and terrifying, or simply strange and engaging.
The exception is the Kamasutra in which western readers have managed to cultivate an interest.

Explanation:

Comparing statements B and D for starters as per the options, statement B scores over statement D.
BD versus BC (as per the options) – By several reading of the sentences it is possible to see that BC is mandatory or that statement C cannot be placed next to any other statement available except immediately after statement B because of its ‘there is similar neglect. The neglect is mentioned only in statement B.
BCED and BCDE would have been very difficult to decide. Fortunately we are not required to decide this, because BCED is the only choice.
Statement A then falls automatically at the end of the paragraph.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.