Displacement in Bengal

CAT 2018 Slot 1 · VARC · Easy · Verbal Ability

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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. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

  1. Displacement in Bengal is thus not very significant in view of its magnitude.
  2. A factor of displacement in Bengal is the shifting course of the Ganges leading to erosion of river banks.
  3. The nature of displacement in Bengal makes it an interesting case study.
  4. Since displacement due to erosion is well spread over a long period of time, it remains invisible.
  5. Rapid displacement would have helped sensitize the public to its human costs.
Answer

5

Explanation

Sentences 3, 2, 4, and 1 form a coherent sequence discussing how displacement due to gradual erosion in Bengal remains invisible/not significant in perceived magnitude. Sentence 5 brings in a hypothetical notion of 'rapid displacement' which does not fit into the paragraph.

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