CAT 2023 Question Paper | VARC Slot 2

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Question 20 : 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. The banning of Northern Lights could be considered a precursor to censoring books for "moral", world view or religious reasons.
2. Attempts to ban books are attempts to silence authors who have summoned immense courage in telling their stories.
3. Now the banning and challenging of books in the US has escalated to an unprecedented level.
4. The widely acclaimed fantasy novel Northern Lights was banned in some parts of the US, and was the second most challenged book in the US.
5. The American Library Association documented an unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022, about 2,500 unique titles.

Explanatory Answer

All sentences except 2 focus on the banning and challenging of books in the US. Option 2 focuses on authors who have summoned courage in telling their stories. This is a related but slightly different idea.

Sentence 3 is the best opening sentence as it is the most general one. 5 adds to 3, supporting 3 with data. Sentences 4 and 1 discuss a specific case-- the banning of the book Northern Lights. 3541 makes a cogent paragraph.

The answer is '2'