NinetynineCAT 2023 Slot 1 VARC Q20 Odd Sentence Out
Question 20 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2023 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer and a worked 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. Having an appreciation for the workings of another person's mind is considered a prerequisite for natural language acquisition, strategic social interaction, reflexive thought, and moral judgment.
2. It is a 'theory of mind' though some scholars prefer to call it 'mentalizing' or 'mindreading', which is important for the development of one's cognitive abilities.
3. Though we must speculate about its evolutionary origin, we do have indications that the capacity evolved sometime in the last few million years.
4. This capacity develops from early beginnings in the first year of life to the adult's fast and often effortless understanding of others' thoughts, feelings, and intentions.
5. One of the most fascinating human capacities is the ability to perceive and interpret other people's behaviour in terms of their mental states.
1. Having an appreciation for the workings of another person's mind is considered a prerequisite for natural language acquisition, strategic social interaction, reflexive thought, and moral judgment.
2. It is a 'theory of mind' though some scholars prefer to call it 'mentalizing' or 'mindreading', which is important for the development of one's cognitive abilities.
3. Though we must speculate about its evolutionary origin, we do have indications that the capacity evolved sometime in the last few million years.
4. This capacity develops from early beginnings in the first year of life to the adult's fast and often effortless understanding of others' thoughts, feelings, and intentions.
5. One of the most fascinating human capacities is the ability to perceive and interpret other people's behaviour in terms of their mental states.
TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.
Answer: 2 Odd Sentence Out TITA
Solution
- 5 introduces the capacity to interpret behaviour in terms of mental states; 4 traces how 'This capacity develops' from infancy to adulthood; 1 says it is a prerequisite for language, social interaction and moral judgment; 3 adds its evolutionary timing.
- These four form a chain about the capacity itself: what it is, its development, its importance, its origin.
- Sentence 2 is a stray naming note ('It is a theory of mind ... some prefer mentalizing') with a vague 'It' and a generic claim about cognitive development; it does not link to 4's 'This capacity', which follows 5 directly. So 2 is the odd one.