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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. No known real researcher of human behaviour would say that gender is all nature or all nurture.
  2. The evidence for a biological basis for gender certainly doesn't mean we should be complacent in the face of sexism.
  3. Many people are uncomfortable with the Idea that gender Is not purely a social construct.
  4. Despite this empirical truth, researchers who study the biological basis of gender often face political pushback.
  5. There's a political preference for gender to be only a reflection of social factors and so entirely malleable.

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Solution

✅ Correct Answer: 2

From passage: "No known real researcher of human behaviour would say that gender is all nature or all nurture"

This sentence 1 sets up the main idea -> Gender is both biological and social, not just one.

Sentence 3 -> People feel uncomfortable when gender isn't purely social

Sentence 4 -> Because of this discomfort, researchers face political pushback

Sentence 5 -> Explains why the pushback happens -> People prefer gender to be only social

Flow: 1 → 3 → 4 → 5 creates a clear story about the nature vs nurture debate and political resistance.


Now checking sentence 2: "The evidence for a biological basis for gender certainly doesn't mean we should be complacent in the face of sexism"

🔴 Sentence 2 -> context-shift -> Suddenly talks about sexism and being complacent, which is completely different from the main discussion about whether gender is biological or social. The other sentences focus on the research debate, but this one jumps to fighting discrimination.

🟢 Sentences 1, 3, 4, 5 -> Stay focused on the same topic -> The ongoing debate about gender being biological vs social and the political issues around this research.

Answer: 2

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