CAT 2003 Slot 2 — VARC Question 20
Each question has a base word that is used in the options given below. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is inappropriate.
Business
Answer & solution
- A
I want to do an MBA before going into business.
My wife runs profitable business in this suburb.
- C
If we advertise we will get twice as much business as we have now.
- D
How you spend your money is as much my business as yours.
Business is a common word which generally is used to mean trade, industry or traffic. In this meaning it has been correctly used in options 1 and 3.
In option 4 business means ‘something that involves one personally’ and again has been used correctly. It is usually used as in this example, ‘it is none of your business.’
Option 1 needs article ‘a’ (to mean one) to be placed before ‘profitable’. The article is required and hence makes the option incorrect.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.