Question

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.

• A. The UK is a world leader in developing cultivated meat and the approval of a cultivated pet food is an important milestone.
• B. If we're to realise the full potential benefits of cultivated meat the government must invest in research and infrastructure.
• C. The first UK applications for cultivated meat produced for humans remain under assessment with the Food Standards Agency.
• D. The previous UK government had been looking at fast-tracking the approval of cultivated meat for human consumption.
• E. It underscores the potential for new innovation to help reduce the negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The given sentences discuss the development and approval process of cultivated meat, emphasizing the UK's leadership and the implications for innovation and environmental benefits. Out of the sentences, we need to identify the one that doesn't align with the coherent narrative about cultivated meat advancements and approvals.

The coherent paragraph should include sentences that collectively discuss:

• The UK's leadership in developing cultivated meat and significant milestones.
• The approval process of cultivated meat in the UK.
• The benefits of cultivated meat, such as reducing negative impacts of intensive animal agriculture.
• The necessity for government investment in research and infrastructure for cultivated meat.

By evaluating each sentence:

• Sentence 1: Discusses UK’s leadership and milestone in cultivated pet food, which aligns with the theme.
• Sentence 2: Highlights the importance of government investment, supporting the theme of development and potential benefits of cultivated meat.
• Sentence 3: Talks about the approval process for human consumption, which is a key part of the coherent narrative.
• Sentence 4: Discusses past governmental actions regarding fast-tracking approval. However, this sentence slightly shifts the focus to historical actions, rather than current developments and implications, making it an outlier.
• Sentence 5: Emphasizes the potential benefits and innovations of cultivated meat.

Thus, the sentence ‘The previous UK government had been looking at fast-tracking the approval of cultivated meat for human consumption.’ is contextually inconsistent with the other sentences that focus on current achievements and future potential of cultivated meat. It's more about historical political actions rather than current advancements and their implications, making it the odd one out.

Odd Sentence: The previous UK government had been looking at fast-tracking the approval of cultivated meat for human consumption.