CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Word Usage questions
CAT/2004
Question . 18
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.
FALLOUT
A : Nagasaki suffered from the fallout of nuclear radiation.B : People believed that the political fallout of the scandal would be insignificant.C : Who can predict the environmental fallout of the WTO agreements?D : The headmaster could not understand the fallout of several of his good students at the public examination.
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Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Word Usage question
Option D is correct. In options (a), (b) & (c), the use of the word ‘fallout’ is acceptable with its meaning but in (d) it does not make any sense - ‘failure’ would be a better word.