Odd one out

In these kind of questions, a set of words, names, numbers or jumbled alphabets are given and the candidates are asked to point out the one which is not a part of the set.

Some examples of variety of questions which come under this section, are as follows:

Type 1: 22, 33, 66, 99, 121, 279, 594

Solution: Each of the number except 279 is a multiple of 11. Therefore 279 is odd one.

Type 2: Endemic, Epidemic, Niche, Rife.

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Solution: All the other words refer to something which is widespread, except Niche which means-a

position particularly well suited & hence this is contrary.

Type 3 :

Which of the following four sets of letters is unlike the other three? DCKL, MNST, NMYZ, QPST (a) DCKL(b) MNST (c) NMYZ (d) QPST

Solution : In MNST, the letters are in alphabetical order. In the other three, the order of the letters will be alphabetical only when the first two are interchanged.

Question in this section are comparatively easier than other ones. You need to attempt questions carefully to get all attempts correct.