NinetynineCAT 2025 Slot 3 VARC Q1 Odd Sentence Out
Question 1 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2025 Slot 3, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
Five jumbled 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 out and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
1. The profound emotional impact of music has inspired ongoing research into its relationship with emotions.
2. Music is a universal phenomenon that utilizes a myriad brain resources.
3. This inherent connection to musical expression is deeply intertwined with human identity and experience.
4. The proclivity to create and appreciate music is ubiquitous among humans, permeating daily life across diverse societies.
5. Engaging with music is among the most cognitively demanding tasks a human can undergo, and it is identified across cultures.
1. The profound emotional impact of music has inspired ongoing research into its relationship with emotions.
2. Music is a universal phenomenon that utilizes a myriad brain resources.
3. This inherent connection to musical expression is deeply intertwined with human identity and experience.
4. The proclivity to create and appreciate music is ubiquitous among humans, permeating daily life across diverse societies.
5. Engaging with music is among the most cognitively demanding tasks a human can undergo, and it is identified across cultures.
TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.
Answer: 1 Odd Sentence Out TITA
Solution
- Sentences 2, 5, 4, 3 share one theme: music is universal, cognitively demanding, found across cultures, and tied to human identity. 'This inherent connection' in 3 refers back to the ubiquity in 4.
- Sentence 1 shifts to music's emotional impact and the research it inspires, which none of the others discuss. It is the odd one out.