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Question 16 :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. No known real researcher of human behaviour would say that gender is all nature or all nurture.
2. The evidence for a biological basis for gender certainly doesn't mean we should be complacent in the face of sexism.
3. Many people are uncomfortable with the idea that gender is not purely a social construct.
4. Despite this empirical truth, researchers who study the biological basis of gender often face political pushback.
5. There's a political preference for gender to be only a reflection of social factors and so entirely malleable.

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Explanatory Answer

Sentence 2 says the evidence for a biological basis for gender should not mean that we remain complacent in the face of sexism. Sexism is an idea that is not mentioned in any of the other four sentences. So, 2 is the odd one out.
If the remaining sentences were to be arranged in a paragraph, 1 would be the opening sentence. 14 is a link. Gender is not all nature or all nurture, but despite this truth, researchers who study the biological basis of gender often face political pushback. 3 and 5 explain why there is a pushback: Many people are uncomfortable with the idea that gender is not purely a social construct and there is a political preference for gender to be only a reflection of social factors. 1435 is a cogent paragraph.

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Hence, the answer is '2'

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