Question

: Five sentences related to a topic are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a meaningful and coherent short paragraph. Identify the odd one out. Choose its number as your answer and key it in.

• A. Ocean plastic is problematic for a number of reasons, but primarily because marine animals eat it.
• B. The largest numerical proportion of ocean plastic falls in small size fractions.
• C. Aside from clogging up the digestive tracts of marine life, plastic also tends to adsorb pollutants from the water column.
• D. Plastic in the oceans is arguably one of the most important and pervasive environmental problems today.
• E. Eating plastic has a number of negative consequences such as the retention of plastic particles in the gut for longer periods than normal food particles.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The largest numerical proportion of ocean plastic falls in small size fractions.

Answer 2

It seems there might be a misunderstanding in your explanation. The sequence you provided, 4153, matches the correct sequence based on your reasoning. In that case, option 2 being the odd one out aligns with the correct answer. Your analysis is accurate, and it confirms that the sequence 4153 is the correct order of the statements, making option 2 the odd one out.