Discussion
His indolence is a great drawback __________ his success.
Answer: D
The right preposition is to: 'His indolence is a great drawback to his success.'
Drawback, meaning a disadvantage or hindrance, is followed by to when it names the thing hindered: 'a drawback to the plan', 'a drawback to his progress'. Indolence, or laziness, hinders his success.
'A drawback of' is used for a disadvantage that belongs to a thing ('a drawback of the design'), which is not the sense here. For, in and about do not form the idiom with drawback in this sentence.
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