A. Alex had never been happy with his Indian origins. B.He set about rectifying this grave injustice by making his house in his own image of a country manor.
C. Fate had been unfair to him, if he had his wish, he would have been a count or an Earl on some English estate, or a medieval monarch in a chateau in France.
D. This illusion of misplaced grandeur, his wife felt, would be Alex's undoing.
(A) initiates the passage explaining the reason for unhappiness of Alex as Indian origins (C) explains what he would rather have been (B) tells how Alex rectifies his grave injustice. (D) concludes thepassage by explaining the wife's reaction.
Alternate Method:-
Statement A will be the opening statement because other statements have pronouns in them. Option D gets eliminated. Statement A talks about Alex being un-happy with his Indian origins. Statement C talks about why Alex is unhappy. Logically statement A is followed by statement B. This combination is available in only one answer option ie answer option "C".