Multiple choice

According to Wikipedia, scapegoat is an individual, group or country blamed or punished for the mistakes of others or accused unnecessarily. Which of the following is not a scapegoat?

  1. Manager of football team made to resign for team's failure

  2. A girl being slapped by her mother for a glass broken by her brother

  3. A person getting selected in a company because of a reference

  4. A candidate getting rejected due to another candidate's misconduct
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Explanation

Scapegoat is for the purpose of passing the blame, not for achievement.

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