Year
CAT 2021
Section
Verbal
Topic
Odd One Out
Difficulty
Medium
Question
Slot-1
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:
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There is a dark side to academic research, especially in India, and at its centre is the phenomenon of predatory journals.
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But in truth, as long as you pay, you can get anything published.
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In look and feel thus, they are exactly like any reputed journal.
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They claim to be indexed in the most influential databases, say they possess editorial boards that comprise top scientists and researchers, and claim to have a rigorous peer-review structure.
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But a large section of researchers and scientists across the world are at the receiving end of nothing short of an academic publishing scam.
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:
-
There is a dark side to academic research, especially in India, and at its centre is the phenomenon of predatory journals.
-
But in truth, as long as you pay, you can get anything published.
-
In look and feel thus, they are exactly like any reputed journal.
-
They claim to be indexed in the most influential databases, say they possess editorial boards that comprise top scientists and researchers, and claim to have a rigorous peer-review structure.
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But a large section of researchers and scientists across the world are at the receiving end of nothing short of an academic publishing scam.
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