Question

Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:

• A. The logic of displaying one’s inner qualities through outward appearance was based on a distinction between being a woman and being feminine.
• B. 'Appearance' became a signifier of conduct - to look was to be and conformity to the feminine ideal was measured by how well women could use the tools of the fashion and beauty industries.
• C. The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.
• D. The denigration of working-class women and women of colour often centres on their perceived failure to embody feminine beauty.
• E. ‘Woman’ was considered a biological category, but femininity was a ‘process’ by which women became specific kinds of women.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Statement (A) discusses how the assessment of a woman's inner qualities was simplified to the differentiation between "being a woman" and "being feminine".
Statement (B) elaborates on how the gauge of the "feminine ideal" was contingent upon a woman's physical appearance.
Statement (C) stands out as the anomaly in this sequence.
Statement (D) extends this notion by illustrating how failure to conform to this ideal resulted in the marginalization of working-class women and women of color. 
Statement (E) underscores the disparity between these concepts, with the former categorized as a 'biological aspect' and the latter as a 'dynamic process'.

So, the correct answer is (C): The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.