Question

Five jumbled 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 out and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.

• A. The Bayeux tapestry was, therefore, an obvious way to tell people about the downfall of the English and the rise of the Normans.
• B. So if we take expert in Anglo-Saxon culture Gale Owen-Crocker’s idea that the tapestry was originally hung in a square with certain scenes facing each other, people would have stood in the centre.
• C. Art historian Linda Neagley has argued that pre-Renaissance people interacted with art visually, kinaesthetically (sensory perception through bodily movement) and physically.
• D. That would make it an 11th-century immersive space with scenes corresponding and echoing each other, drawing the viewer’s attention, playing on their senses and understanding of the story they thought they knew.
• E. The Bayeux tapestry would have been hung at eye level to enable this.

Hint:

For “odd sentence out” questions, first build the strongest possible mini-paragraph with four sentences; the one that doesn’t fit that structure—by topic or logical flow—is your answer.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

To solve the problem of identifying the odd sentence out from the given sentences, we need to focus on the context and coherence of the paragraphs formed by these sentences. Here is the process to arrive at the solution: 

1. Identify the central theme: The sentences revolve around the Bayeux tapestry, discussing how it was presented and perceived historically.
2. Forming a logical sequence:
   • Sentence 3: "Art historian Linda Neagley has argued that pre-Renaissance people interacted with art visually, kinaesthetically (sensory perception through bodily movement) and physically." — This introduces the idea of how art was experienced.
   • Sentence 5: "The Bayeux tapestry would have been hung at eye level to enable this." — This connects to the above statement by describing the physical interaction with the tapestry.
   • Sentence 2: "So if we take expert in Anglo-Saxon culture Gale Owen-Crocker’s idea that the tapestry was originally hung in a square with certain scenes facing each other, people would have stood in the centre." — This builds on the idea by providing a specific arrangement to facilitate such an experience.
   • Sentence 4: "That would make it an 11th-century immersive space with scenes corresponding and echoing each other, drawing the viewer’s attention, playing on their senses and understanding of the story they thought they knew." — Concludes the idea by establishing the immersive atmosphere created by the setup.
3. Identify the odd sentence:
   • Sentence 1: "The Bayeux tapestry was, therefore, an obvious way to tell people about the downfall of the English and the rise of the Normans." — This sentence shifts the focus from the arrangement and sensory experience of the tapestry to its historical narrative role, which is disconnected from the thematic sequence formed by the other sentences.

Thus, the odd sentence out is Sentence 1.

Answer 2

Step 1: Find a coherent sequence among four sentences. & nbsp;

Sentence 3 gives a general claim: how pre-Renaissance people interacted with art (visually, kinaesthetically, physically).

Sentence 5 applies this idea specifically to the Bayeux tapestry: it would have been hung at eye level “to enable this” — i.e., the kind of embodied interaction mentioned in 3. So we get: 3 → 5.

Sentence 2 then introduces Owen-Crocker’s idea about the tapestry being hung in a square with viewers in the centre — further specifying how people would interact with it spatially.

Sentence 4 draws the conclusion from 2: “That would make it an 11th-century immersive space...”, clearly referring back to the arrangement described in 2.

Thus, a coherent paragraph is: 3 → 5 → 2 → 4

Step 2: Identify the odd one out.

Sentence 1 talks about the Bayeux tapestry as a way to tell people about the downfall of the English and rise of the Normans — its narrative/political function. This does not connect to the rest of the sentences, which focus on how people physically and sensorially interacted with the tapestry as an immersive space.

Conclusion:

Therefore, the odd sentence out is: 1