CAT 2003 Slot 2 — VARC Question 21
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.
Service
Answer & solution
Customers have to service themselves at this canteen.
- B
It's a service lift; don't get into it.
- C
I'm not making enough even to service the loan.
- D
Jyoti's husband has been on active service for three months.
In sentence 1, customers don’t have to service themselves. Rather, they have to serve themselves.
Service in option 2 means ‘intended for use in supplying or serving’. In that use, we have examples like service elevator or service entrance. The same can mean ‘something used for maintenance or offering repairs.’
‘Servicing the loan’ as in option 3 means ‘paying interest to clear off debt (loan)’ and has been used correctly.
Service in option 4 can mean ‘armed forces of a nation’ or ‘a government branch’.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.