Sentences:
1. Imperial monuments could advertise a ruler’s military victories and political authority to distant provinces.
2. One proposed example of such a multisensory experience is a covered walkway whose paired arches reflect sounds towards one another.
3. Some architectural historians argue that people experience built spaces through sound and touch as well as sight.
4. That reflection of footsteps and voices would turn the walkway into a sensory corridor, directing attention to features visitors might otherwise overlook.
5. For this acoustic effect to work, the arches would need to be positioned so that sounds from people beneath them reached the opposing surfaces.
Q10. Four sentences form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and enter its number.
1. Imperial monuments could advertise a ruler’s military victories and political authority to distant provinces.
2. One proposed example of such a multisensory experience is a covered walkway whose paired arches reflect sounds towards one another.
3. Some architectural historians argue that people experience built spaces through sound and touch as well as sight.
4. That reflection of footsteps and voices would turn the walkway into a sensory corridor, directing attention to features visitors might otherwise overlook.
5. For this acoustic effect to work, the arches would need to be positioned so that sounds from people beneath them reached the opposing surfaces.
Q10. Four sentences form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and enter its number.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: 1
Solution
Answer: 1
1. Sentence 3 introduces the general claim that built spaces are experienced through several senses.
2. Sentence 2’s “such a multisensory experience” refers to that claim and introduces the paired-arch walkway.
3. Sentence 5’s “this acoustic effect” requires the sound-reflecting example in 2; it explains the arrangement needed to produce it.
4. Sentence 4’s “That reflection” then explains the visitor’s resulting experience. The retained sequence is 3–2–5–4.
5. Sentence 1 concerns political messaging and military prestige, not the mechanism of sensory experience. It is the odd sentence: answer 1.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check:
The linked sentences move from a general sensory claim to one acoustic example, its necessary arrangement and its effect on visitors. Political advertising does not supply or develop any link in that mechanism, so sentence 1 is removed.
Apply: Build the reference chain: several senses → such a multisensory experience → this acoustic effect → that reflection. This fixes 3–2–5–4; remove political prestige in 1.
Check: The linked sentences move from a general sensory claim to one acoustic example, its necessary arrangement and its effect on visitors. Political advertising does not supply or develop any link in that mechanism, so sentence 1 is removed.
1. Sentence 3 introduces the general claim that built spaces are experienced through several senses.
2. Sentence 2’s “such a multisensory experience” refers to that claim and introduces the paired-arch walkway.
3. Sentence 5’s “this acoustic effect” requires the sound-reflecting example in 2; it explains the arrangement needed to produce it.
4. Sentence 4’s “That reflection” then explains the visitor’s resulting experience. The retained sequence is 3–2–5–4.
5. Sentence 1 concerns political messaging and military prestige, not the mechanism of sensory experience. It is the odd sentence: answer 1.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check:
The linked sentences move from a general sensory claim to one acoustic example, its necessary arrangement and its effect on visitors. Political advertising does not supply or develop any link in that mechanism, so sentence 1 is removed.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles.Apply: Build the reference chain: several senses → such a multisensory experience → this acoustic effect → that reflection. This fixes 3–2–5–4; remove political prestige in 1.
Check: The linked sentences move from a general sensory claim to one acoustic example, its necessary arrangement and its effect on visitors. Political advertising does not supply or develop any link in that mechanism, so sentence 1 is removed.
G Strategy: Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles. Apply: Build the reference chain: several senses → such a multisensory experience → this acoustic effect → that reflection. This fixes 3–2–5–4; remove political prestige in 1. Check: The linked sentences move from a general sensory claim to one acoustic example, its necessary arrangement and its effect on visitors. Political advertising does not supply or develop any link in that mechanism, so sentence 1 is removed.