CMAT Odd Man Out Questions

1.  Wrist : Band $$\rightarrow$$ A band is worn on the wrist.

2.  Neck : Tie $$\rightarrow$$ A tie is worn around the neck.
3.  Waist : Belt $$\rightarrow$$ A belt is worn around the waist.
4.  Shoe : Laces $$\rightarrow$$ Laces are used to fasten a shoe, not something worn on a part of the body. 

                            $$\rightarrow$$ Pairs 1, 2, 3 : An item worn on a specific body part.
                                Pair 4 : Laces are not directly worn on a body part.

Therefore, the odd one out would be the Option D. 

Flood, hurricane and earthquake are natural disasters, while a bomb blast is a man-made mode of destruction. 

Making it the odd one out. 

Therefore, Option D is the correct answer. 

Option D is the odd one out because it uses the present perfect continuous tense ("have been residing"), while the other sentences use the past perfect continuous tense ("had been...")

Option A is the correct answer.

Option A uses the simple past tense ("wrote"), while the other three options use the passive voice with "was" + past participle ("was composed," "was written"), which emphasizes the action being completed in the past.

A compound sentence is one that contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, or, for, but, etc). Let's analyse the sentences one by one:

(A) Her fear is that she may fall ill.
This is a complex sentence with one independent clause ("She may fall ill") and a dependent noun clause ("Her fear is that"). It is not compound.

(B) Sheela is clever, still she does not do well in her studies.
This contains two independent clauses ("Sheela is clever" and "she does not do well in her studies") joined by the conjunctive adverb "still," functioning like a coordinating conjunction. It is compound.

(C) Noel was caught stealing, therefore he was punished. 
This has two independent clauses ("Noel was caught stealing" and "he was punished") linked by "therefore." It is compound.

(D) That animal is either a fish or a serpent.
This is a Compound Sentence because it connects two independent clauses ("That animal is  a fish" and "[that animal is] a serpent") using the coordinating conjunction "either...or".

The correct answer is option b) (B), (C) and (D) only.

Bajra, Barley, and Rice are all cereals or grains primarily grown for their seeds, which are used as staple food crops. Mustard is primarily an oilseed crop, grown for its seeds that are processed to produce mustard oil or used as a spice.

Since mustard serves a different primary purpose (oil production or seasoning) compared to the others (staple food grains), it is the odd one out.