FALLOUT (CAT 2004)

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FALLOUT (CAT 2004)

Options:

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.

Answer: Option D
:
D
Option: (d)

'Fallout' as used in choice (a) refers to the after-effects of nuclear radiation. The word as used in choices (b) and (c) refers to 'political impact' and 'environmental impact' in the respective sentences. The usage is appropriate in all these choices. However, it has been used inappropriately in choice (d). The word that should have been used instead of 'fallout' is 'failure'.

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