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CAT 2017 Slot 2 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Medium · Odd One Out

This is a medium Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2017 Slot 2 paper. It tests Odd One Out. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.

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Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

  1. Over the past fortnight, one of its finest champions managed to pull off a similar impression.
  2. Wimbledon's greatest illusion is the sense of timelessness it evokes.
  3. At 35 years and 342 days, Roger Federer became the oldest man to win the singles title in the Open Era - a full 14 years after he first claimed the title as a scruffy, pony-tailed upstart.
  4. Once he had survived the opening week, the second week witnessed the range of a rested Federer's genius.
  5. Given that his method isn't reliant on explosive athleticism or muscular ball-striking, both vulnerable to decay, there is cause to believe that Federer will continue to enchant for a while longer.
Answer

4

Explanation

21 is a unit: 2 talks of the sense of timelessness Wimbledon evokes. 1 follows this up with the observation that one of its finest champions managed to pull off a similar impression. 3 explains how Federer managed this. 5 adds to 3, predicting that Federer's will "continue to enchant for a while longer" as his skills are not "vulnerable to decay". 2135 is a cogent paragraph on the idea of display of timelessness in tennis. 4 is the odd one out, as it is about a specific week in the tournament.

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