Q.Which of the following is NOT an essential quality of an entrepreneur?

This asks us to spot the option that contradicts what entrepreneurs actually do.

We test each option against the known qualities of a successful entrepreneur.

• (a) Calculated risk-taking — a defining entrepreneurial quality. Essential.
• (b) Innovativeness — the capacity to create new products and methods is central to entrepreneurship. Essential.
• (c) Avoidance of all decision-making — an entrepreneur must take sound, timely decisions under uncertainty; avoiding decisions altogether is the opposite of what is required. NOT a quality. …

Misreading the question as asking for a quality that IS essential. The question asks for the exception — the option that does not belong. Decision-making is …