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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.

  1. Displacement in Bengal is thus not very significant in view of its magnitude.
  2. A factor of displacement in Bengal is the shifting course of the Ganges leading to erosion of river banks.
  3. The nature of displacement in Bengal makes it an interesting case study.
  4. Since displacement due to erosion is well spread over a long period of time, it remains invisible.
  5. Rapid displacement would have helped sensitize the public to its human costs.

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Solution

āœ… Correct Answer: 5

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:

  1. "displacement due to erosion is well spread over a long period" (sentence 4)
  2. 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:

🟢 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

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