CAT 2023 Slot 3 VARC Question 20

Type-in-the-answer (no negative marking) · Verbal Ability · Odd One Out · Try it, then check the answer and solution below.

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
Boa Senior, who lived through the tsunami, the Japanese occupation and diseases brought by British settlers, was the last native of the island chain who was fluent in Bo.
2
The indigenous population has been steadily collapsing since the island chain was colonised by British settlers in 1858 and used for most of the following 100 years as a colonial penal colony.
3
Taking its name from a now-extinct tribe, Bo is one of the 10 Great Andamanese languages, which are thought to date back to pre-Neolithic human settlement of south-east Asia.
4
The last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman Islands, breaking a 65,000-year link to one of the world's oldest cultures.
5
Though the language has been closely studied by researchers of linguistic history, Boa Senior spent the last few years of her life unable to converse with anyone in her mother tongue.
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Answer: 2

Step-by-Step Explanation:
1
Identify the Context: The sentences discuss the decline of the Bo language in the Andaman Islands, focusing on Boa Senior, the last fluent speaker.
2
Analyze Each Sentence:
Sentence 1: Introduces Boa Senior and her fluency in Bo.
Sentence 2: Talks about the indigenous population decline due to British colonization.
Sentence 3: Provides background on the Bo language.
Sentence 4: Announces Boa Senior's death, ending the Bo language.
Sentence 5: Details her inability to converse in Bo later in life.
3
Determine Coherence: Sentences 1, 3,

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