CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC · Question 18
CAT 2023 Slot 2 previous year question on Odd One Out, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.
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. Self-care particularly links to loneliness, behavioural problems, and negative academic outcomes.
2. “Latchkey children” refers to children who routinely return home from school to empty homes and take care of themselves for extended periods of time.
3. Although self-care generally points to negative outcomes, it is important to consider that the bulk of research has yet to track long-term consequences.
4. In research and practice, the phrase “children in self-care” has come to replace latchkey in an effort to more accurately reflect the nature of their circumstances.
5. Although parents might believe that self-care would be beneficial for development, recent research has found quite the opposite.
Answer & solution
Answer: 3
Sentence 2 defines latchkey children.
Sentence 4 notes that 'children in self-care' has replaced 'latchkey'.
Sentence 5 says parents may think self-care is beneficial, but recent research finds the opposite.
Sentence 1 specifies the negative outcomes: loneliness, behavioural problems, poor academic results. The sequence 2-4-5-1 builds a clear case.
Sentence 3 qualifies the research – long-term consequences have not yet been tracked. That hedge undercuts the firm conclusion the other four sentences build, and it does not link to any of them directly.
Shortcut: in an odd-one-out set that builds a firm argument, a sentence that adds a caveat about the evidence is often the outlier.
Hence, the answer is 3.
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