Question

Each of the following questions presents four statements, of which three, when placed in appropriate order, would form a contextually complete paragraph. Pick the statement that is not part of that context.

• A. A less barbaric fix is cloning patients’ hair cells.
• B. Surgical solutions for restoring lush locks have always involved a painful trade-off — transplanting hair from the rear of your head to the top could leave you thin in the back.
• C. The procedure is a matter of vanity, it could provide insight into how to clone other tissues for therapeutic uses
• D. Dr. Farjo makes use of this technique and injects the clones into sparse scalp regions, where each can sprout a fresh hair

Hint:

The odd sentence is often the one that changes the scope from specific to general or introduces unrelated information.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

To identify the odd one out, we must determine which three statements can be arranged into a coherent paragraph on the same theme, and which statement disrupts that flow.

1. (B): Introduces the problem with traditional hair restoration — the trade-off of transplanting hair from one part of the head to another. Sets the context.
2. (A): Suggests a better alternative — cloning patients’ hair cells. Follows logically from (B).
3. (D): Explains the application of cloning by Dr. Farjo, who injects cloned cells into sparse scalp areas. This continues the same technical explanation.
4. (C): Talks about how the procedure could help clone other tissues for therapeutic purposes. While related to cloning, it shifts the focus from hair restoration to broader medical implications, breaking the paragraph’s tight focus on hair treatment methods.

The logical sequence of related sentences is:

(B) → (A) → (D)

(C) is the odd one out because it changes the topic from hair restoration to general medical tissue cloning applications.