Directions: 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. By and large, according to Rutger Bregman in his new book Humankind, we have a rather pessimistic view – not of ourselves exactly, but of everyone else.

2. Although one of the most contested concepts in political philosophy, human nature is something on which most people seem to agree.

3. We see other people as selfish, untrustworthy and dangerous and therefore we behave towards them with defensiveness and suspicion.

4. This was how the 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes conceived our natural state to be, believing that all that stood between us and violent anarchy was a strong state and firm leadership.

5. But life becomes a great deal more complex and knowledge far more extensive when there are settlements of many thousands

Directions: Four of the five given sentences, when ordered logically, form a coherent paragraph. Find the contextually odd sentence.

A. A code, based on love, generosity, compassion and rights for every member of society.

B. Over his lifetime, through his advices, he championed the cause of women, advocating love and respect for them – as mothers, wives, daughters – and emphasised their status having an equal share in humanity.

C. He drove change by saying that paradise was beneath the feet of the mother, indicating that if a person wanted to achieve the ultimate goal of paradise, he would need to love, respect and serve his mother.

D. The Prophet established not just the religion of God, but a code of life.

E. Arab society in the pre-Islamic era was buried in superstitions and dogmas cultivated over centuries.

Directions: Four of the five given sentences, when ordered logically, form a coherent paragraph. Find the contextually odd sentence.

A. This could be the reason for the expression, ‘gut feeling’ as what you feel is the sum of the feelings of all inhabitants in your body.

B. Biologically, you are a walking ecosystem because more than 100 trillion bacteria live inside of you, especially in your gut.

C. Therefore, it is clear that you are not really the body; your body includes many other living organisms that affect the way you move, the way you digest and the way you think, feel and respond.

D. Unlike the small intestine, the large intestine produces no digestive enzymes.

E. That is perhaps more than the total of all human beings who have ever been born so far.

Directions: Four of the five given sentences, when ordered logically, form a coherent paragraph. Find the contextually odd sentence.

A. Depending on which seed you sow in the soil of this life, those will be the trees you see in the garden of your life.

B. Love, kindness, peace, understanding, doubt and confusion are like the seeds you have been given.

C. The most accurate way to sow seeds is by the use of a seed drill. A seed drill is a machine that sows seeds at proper distance and depth.

D. They all start out as little seeds, but as they sprout and grow, they manifest their particular characteristics.

E. Everything in your life begins with you sowing seeds.

Directions: Four of the five given sentences, when ordered logically, form a coherent paragraph. Find the contextually odd sentence.

A. We must absorb the same amount of carbon that we emit, by planting more trees and adopting eco-friendly, sustainable practices – being mindful of our carbon footprint.

B. Carbon neutrality means having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks.

C. The recently concluded COP26 conference held in Glasgow has highlighted the urgency to address the problem of climate change and rapidly rising global temperatures.

D. The planet is crying for help. Scientists have proposed that we work towards being carbon neutral to balance our carbon emissions.

E. Spiritual mentor Meena Om often talks about the need to complete one’s karma cycle to travel light. 

Directions: Four of the five given sentences, when ordered logically, form a coherent paragraph. Find the contextually odd sentence.

A. From the arrival of our earliest memories, we’ve been schooled on what is good behaviour and what is bad behaviour.

B. God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

C. But who decides what is bad? Who decides what is good?

D. As we adapt to life’s persistent reinvention, our gods change with us, and with them what is and is not culturally and morally good, or bad.

E. Evaluating appropriate and inappropriate behaviour is essential to our ability to better ourselves and the world in which we live.

Directions: Four of the five given sentences, when ordered logically, form a coherent paragraph. Find the contextually odd sentence.

A. It is the largest natural source of snow outside the Earth’s two poles – North and South – and is often called the Third Pole of the Earth.

B. Among all the mountains of the world, the Himalayas is the youngest, tallest, most beautiful and picturesque mountain range.

C. The Himalayan Griffon is one of the vulture species that has survived the diclofenac scare as compared to other species found in India.

D. Himalayan mountain ecosystems regulate rains, winds, moisture, and temperatures even in the plains of Asia. 

E. These mountains constitute the world’s highest ‘water towers’, serving as a source of clean drinking water for about two billion people, that is, about one-quarter of the world’s population.

Directions: 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. A solution to this problem is to develop a suitable regulatory system that would enable farmers to overcome their constraints.

2. The farmers, especially smallholders, across India continue to experience various limitations in performing farming activities. 

3. Governments can play a critical role in this regard by implementing laws and regulations that influence farmers’ access to agricultural inputs.

4. Based on eight indicators, the EBA measures the degree to which government regulatory systems in 101 countries worldwide make it simpler for their farmers to operate agricultural activities. 

5. There are extreme debates around the recently implemented farm laws by Government.

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. The joy — at least at first — of the internet revolution was its democratic nature.

2. There is something mass market and unappealing about that.

3. The poor and the middle class are told that screens are good and important for them and their children.

4. Facebook is the same Facebook whether you are rich or poor. Gmail is the same Gmail. And it’s all free.

5. And as studies show that time on these advertisement-support platforms is unhealthy, it all starts to seem to declass, like drinking soda or smoking cigarettes, which wealthy people do less than poor people.

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

P: Journalistic criticism is defined as criticism that appears on a regular basis in newspapers, magazines, and other forms of popular media.
Q: There are two types of film criticisms.
R: The study and appraisal of films and the film medium is known as film criticism.
S: Academic film criticism examines a film's place in the history of its genre, or in the history of cinema as a whole.
T: Film critics earns a yearly average salary of $63,474.

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

P: There are many exciting activities to engage in Costa Rica, all of which take place in the greenest habitat and are surrounded by exotic wildlife.
Q: Costa Rica is a paradise for people seeking something different, and a trip there will present everyone with a unique life experience.
R: Costa Rican coffee is widely regarded as having some of the greatest flavour, and it is exported to a multitude of countries.
S: Visitors will discover everything they are seeking for in Costa Rica, including adventure, sun, beaches, forest, wildlife, and wellness, among other things.
T: Eco-tourism, Rural tourism, deep sea diving are the main attractions for tourists who come to Costa Rica.

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

P: The Premier League is a private company wholly owned by its 20 Member Clubs that make up the League at any one time.
Q: Each individual club is independent, working within the rules of football, as defined by the Premier League, The FA, UEFA, and FIFA, as well as being subject to English and European law.
R: Each of the 20 clubs are a Shareholder in the Premier League. Consultation is at the heart of the Premier League and Shareholder meetings are the ultimate decision-making forum for Premier League policy and are held at regular intervals during the course of the season.
S: Liverpool has the highest chance of winning this year's English Premier League.
T: Clubs have the opportunity to propose new rules or amendments at the Shareholder meeting. 

Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

P: The optimum time to sell a stock is while it is still rising and appears to be strong to everyone.
Q: A stock market crash occurs when stock prices drop dramatically throughout a large segment of the market, resulting in a massive loss of paper wealth.
R: Crashes often follow speculation and economic bubbles.
S: Panic selling and underlying economic causes crashes.
T: Crashes are often associated with bear markets