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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. A typical example is Wikipedia, where the overwhelming majority of contributors are male and so the available content is skewed to reflect their interests.
  2. Without diversity of thought and representation, society is left with a distorted picture of future options, which are likely to result in augmenting existing inequalities.
  3. Gross gender inequality in the technology sector is problematic, not only for the industry-wide marginalization of women, but because technology designs embody the values of their makers.
  4. While redressing unequal representation in the workplace is a step in the right direction, broader social change is needed to address the structural inequalities embedded within the current organization of work and employment.
  5. If technology merely reflects the perspectives of the male stereotype, then new technologies are unlikely to accommodate the diverse social contexts within which they operate.

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Solution

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Let's check what each sentence talks about:

  • Sentences 1, 2, 3, 5 → all about technology sector and gender bias
  • Sentence 4 → about workplace in general and employment issues

From passage: "Gross gender inequality in the technology sector is problematic..." (sentence 3) vs "broader social change is needed to address the structural inequalities embedded within the current organization of work and employment" (sentence 4)

The key insight → sentences 1, 2, 3, 5 all focus specifically on technology while sentence 4 shifts to talking about workplace in general.

Flow of coherent paragraph (3-1-5-2):

  • Sentence 3 → opens the argument about tech sector problems
  • Sentence 1 → gives Wikipedia example of male bias
  • Sentence 5 → explains consequence (tech reflects male perspectives)
  • Sentence 2 → broader impact on society from lack of diversity

🔴 Sentence 4 is the odd one out → scope-shift → moves from specific technology sector discussion to general workplace issues. While others talk about "technology sector," "Wikipedia," "new technologies," sentence 4 talks about "workplace," "work and employment" in broad terms that don't connect to the tech-focused theme.

The other four sentences connect smoothly through shared concepts like "reflect their interests" (sentence 1) linking to "reflects the perspectives" (sentence 5), and all staying within the technology domain.

Answer: 4

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