CAT 2021 Slot 3 — VARC Question 19
Directions for sentence exclusion: Five sentences are given below; out of these, four come together to form a coherent paragraph, but one sentence does not fit into the sequence. Choose the sentence that does not fit into the sequence.
Answer & solution
- A
They often include a foundation course on navigating capitalism with Chinese characteristics and have replaced typical cases from US corporates with a focus on how Western theories apply to China's buzzing local firms.
- B
The best Chinese business schools look like their Western rivals but are now growing distinct in terms of what they teach and the career boost they offer.
Western schools have enhanced their offerings with double degrees, popular with domestic and overseas students alike - and boosted the prestige of their Chinese partners.
- D
For students, a big draw is the chance to rub shoulders with captains of China's private sector.
- E
Their business courses now largely cater to the growing demand from China Inc which has become more global, richer and ready to recruit from this sinocentric student body.
Easy
A sentence-exclusion (odd-one-out) set. Find the common subject of the four that cohere, then eliminate the sentence whose focus shifts elsewhere. The five candidates are labelled (a)–(e).
Pin the theme. The thread is Chinese business schools and how they are becoming distinct. (b) introduces it cleanly: "The best Chinese business schools look like their Western rivals but are now growing distinct in terms of what they teach and the career boost they offer."
Build the chain. "What they teach" is detailed by (e) — a foundation course on "capitalism with Chinese characteristics," US cases replaced with local firms. "The career boost" is detailed by (d) — students get to "rub shoulders with captains of China's private sector." (a) adds that courses now cater to a globalising, recruiting China Inc. So b → e → d → a all stay on Chinese schools.
Spot the misfit. (c) is about Western schools: "Western schools have enhanced their offerings with double degrees... and boosted the prestige of their Chinese partners." Every other sentence is about Chinese B-schools; (c) flips the subject to Western institutions. It is the odd one out.
The sentence that does not fit is option (c) — it discusses Western schools, while the rest are about Chinese business schools.