CAT 2021 Slot 3 · VARC · Question 4
CAT 2021 Slot 3 previous year question on Odd One Out, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:
1. They often include a foundation course on navigating capitalism with Chinese characteristics and have replaced typical cases from US corporates with a focus on how Western theories apply to China’s buzzing local firms.
2. The best Chinese business schools look like their Western rivals but are now growing distinct in terms of what they teach and the career boost they offer.
3. Western schools have enhanced their offerings with double degrees, popular with domestic and overseas students alike—and boosted the prestige of their Chinese partners.
4. For students, a big draw is the chance to rub shoulders with captains of China’s private sector.
5. Their business courses now largely cater to the growing demand from China Inc which has become more global, richer and ready to recruit from this sinocentric student body.
Answer & solution
Answer: 3
Four sentences describe how the best Chinese business schools are becoming distinct:
Sentence 2 introduces the idea: they look like Western rivals but are growing distinct in what they teach and the career boost they offer.
Sentence 1 covers what they teach: courses on capitalism with Chinese characteristics, local cases.
Sentence 5 says their courses meet the demand of China Inc, which recruits from this sinocentric student body.
Sentence 4 covers the career boost: students get to rub shoulders with China's business leaders.
The order 2-1-5-4 is complete.
Sentence 3 is about Western schools and their double degrees. It shifts the focus from the Chinese schools' distinctiveness to Western schools.
Shortcut: 'They' in 1 and 'Their' in 5 refer to Chinese schools. Sentence 3 is the only one whose subject is Western schools.
Hence, the answer is 3.
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