Sleep- Tracking
CAT 2018 Slot 2 · VARC · Easy · Odd One Out
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.
- Our smartphones can now track our diets, our biological cycles, even our digestive systems and sleep-patterns.
- Researchers have even coined a new term, "orthosomnia", to describe the insomnia brought on by paying too much attention to smartphones and sleep-tracking apps.
- Sleep, nature's soft nurse, is a blissful, untroubled state all too easily disturbed by earthly worries or a guilty conscience.
- The existence of a market for such apps is unsurprising: shift work, a long-hours culture and blue light from screens have conspired to rob many of us of sufficient rest.
- A new threat to a good night's rest has emerged – smart-phones, with sleep-tracking apps.
Answer
3
Explanation
Sentences 1, 5, 4, and 2 discuss smartphones and sleep-tracking apps affecting sleep. Sentence 3 is a poetic quote/general statement about sleep that does not mention smartphones or apps.
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