CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Word Usage questions
CAT/2004
Question . 17
Directions for Question : In this question, the word at the top is used in four different ways, numbered (a) to (d). Choose the option in which the usage of the word is Incorrect or Inappropriate.
PASSING
A : She did not have passing marks in mathematics .B : The mad woman was cursing everybody pas sing her on the road.C : At the birthday party all the children enjoyed a game of pass ing the parcel.D : A pas sing taxi was stopped to rush the accident victim to the hospital.
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Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Word Usage question
Option A is correct. In (a), the use of the word ‘passing marks’ is wrong, it should have been ‘pass marks’. Other follow with the meaning of the word passing - transient, fleeting, brief, advance, etc.