CAT 2004 — VARC Question 19
Fill up the blanks A, B, C ... F, in the two passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.
"Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns". With that ______A______ statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With _____B________ and _______C______, the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then went into action, and I learned firsthand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be ______D_______; automobiles may be _______E______, and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the ______F_______ until the case is settled."
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.
FALLOUT
Answer & solution
- 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?
The headmaster could not understand the fallout of several of his good students at the public examination.
Fallout is the descent of particulate matter which is a resultant of a nuclear explosion or it is an incidental result (consequence) or side effect.
Option 1 has been used in the sense of the first meaning (nuclear fallout).
Options 2 and 3 have been used in the second sense of ‘consequence’ (political and environmental fallouts).
Option 4 is incorrect, as the word has been used in the sentence to mean failure or dropping out (fallout of his good students). Fallout does not mean failure.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.