Question

Identify the odd word out and say why it is the odd one. 

 

 

a) Pneumonia, diphtheria, chicken pox, cholera.

b) Lactobacilli, rhizobia, yeast, clostridia

c) Root rot, rust, rubella, mozaic

Answer 1

a) Pneumonia, diphtheria, chicken pox, cholera.

Odd word: Chicken pox

Because chicken pox is a viral disease while all the other are bacterial disease.

b) Lactobacilli, rhizobia, yeast, clostridia

Odd word: rhizobia

Because rhizobia is the bacteria found in plants while all the other are the bacteria related to human food products.

c) Root rot, rust, rubella, mozaic

Odd word: rubella

Because rubella is the human disease while all the other are the diseases found in plants.