NinetynineCAT 2021 Slot 2 VARC Q17 Odd Sentence Out
Question 17 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2021 Slot 2, with CAT's official answer and a worked 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. The care with which philosophers examine arguments for and against forms of biotechnology makes this an excellent primer on formulating and assessing moral arguments.
2. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why: what is wrong with re-engineering our nature?
3. Breakthroughs in genetics present us with the promise that we will soon be able to prevent a host of debilitating diseases, and the predicament that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to enhance our genetic traits.
4. To grapple with the ethics of enhancement, we need to confront questions that verge on theology, which is why modern philosophers and political theorists tend to shrink from them.
5. One argument is that the drive for human perfection through genetics is objectionable as it represents a bid for mastery that fails to appreciate the gifts of human powers and achievements.
1. The care with which philosophers examine arguments for and against forms of biotechnology makes this an excellent primer on formulating and assessing moral arguments.
2. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why: what is wrong with re-engineering our nature?
3. Breakthroughs in genetics present us with the promise that we will soon be able to prevent a host of debilitating diseases, and the predicament that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to enhance our genetic traits.
4. To grapple with the ethics of enhancement, we need to confront questions that verge on theology, which is why modern philosophers and political theorists tend to shrink from them.
5. One argument is that the drive for human perfection through genetics is objectionable as it represents a bid for mastery that fails to appreciate the gifts of human powers and achievements.
TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.
Answer: 1 Odd Sentence Out TITA
Solution
- Sentences 3, 2, 4 and 5 form a paragraph on the ethics of genetic enhancement: the promise and predicament (3), why it disquiets us (2), the need to confront near-theological questions (4), and one argument against it (5).
- Sentence 1 is a reviewer's remark that a book is 'an excellent primer' on moral arguments, which sits outside the discussion. It is the odd one out.