CAT 2025 Question Paper | VARC Slot 3

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Question 1 : 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.

Explanatory Answer

While all other sentences are about how music is a cognitively challenging task that is inherently human, option 1 is about music and its relationship with emotions, which is a different idea. If the sentences are to be put in a paragraph, 4 is the best choice to begin the paragraph. 43 is a link: 4 says the tendency to create and appreciate music is ubiquitous among humans and 3 follows this up by saying 'this inherent connection to musical expression' is deeply intertwined with human identity and experience. 25 is a link too. 2 says music uses 'a myriad brain resources'. 5 talks about the same idea, that music is cognitively demanding. Only sentence 1 does not fit in with the others.

The answer is '1'

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