Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- Displacement in Bengal is thus not very significant in view of its magnitude.
- A factor of displacement in Bengal is the shifting course of the Ganges leading to erosion of river banks.
- The nature of displacement in Bengal makes it an interesting case study.
- Since displacement due to erosion is well spread over a long period of time, it remains invisible.
- Rapid displacement would have helped sensitize the public to its human costs.
Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- Displacement in Bengal is thus not very significant in view of its magnitude.
- A factor of displacement in Bengal is the shifting course of the Ganges leading to erosion of river banks.
- The nature of displacement in Bengal makes it an interesting case study.
- Since displacement due to erosion is well spread over a long period of time, it remains invisible.
- Rapid displacement would have helped sensitize the public to its human costs.
Entered answer:
Solution
Step 1: Look for the opening sentence
We need a sentence that introduces the topic broadly -> Sentence 3 works best: "The nature of displacement in Bengal makes it an interesting case study" - this is a general introduction.
Step 2: Find the logical flow
After introducing the topic, we need specifics -> Sentence 2 gives us a reason: "A factor of displacement... Ganges leading to erosion"
Step 3: Connect with keywords
Sentence 4 continues the "erosion" theme -> "Since displacement due to erosion is well spread over time, it remains invisible"
Step 4: Find the conclusion
Sentence 1 wraps up with "thus" -> "Displacement in Bengal is thus not very significant in view of its magnitude"
From passage: The coherent flow is: 3 -> 2 -> 4 -> 1 (introduction -> cause -> effect -> conclusion)
Now check what doesn't fit:
Sentence 5 talks about "Rapid displacement would have helped sensitize the public"
But the rest of the paragraph describes:
- "displacement due to erosion is well spread over a long period" (sentence 4)
- The actual displacement is "invisible" and gradual
This creates a contradiction -> The paragraph discusses gradual, invisible displacement while sentence 5 introduces a hypothetical about rapid displacement.
The elimination process:
š¢ Sentence 5 is the odd one -> introduces counterfactual scenario -> While others describe the actual nature of gradual displacement in Bengal, this one talks about a hypothetical rapid scenario
All other sentences work together to describe the gradual, invisible nature of displacement, making sentence 5 the clear outsider with its hypothetical rapid displacement scenario.
Answer: 5