Check for None in Scala Option type isEmpty method

I'm using the Option Type's isEmpty method to check if there is no value. I do not want to use the case match as in my situation, I just want to check if there is None as I would throw an error to the caller. But the isEmpty method fails even though the value is None.

Here is what I tried!

val questionOption = Question.getQuestionForQuestionId(userExam.get.examId, currQuesId + 1)

if(questionOption.isEmpty) {
    Left(Failure(FailureCode.NO_DATA_FOUND, "Cannot get next exam question you tampered your cookie or cookie is lost.... >> TODO... modify the exception message"))
} 

It is not getting inside the if condition. I tried to do a println on the questionOption and it prints None. So wondering why I'm not getting inside the if condition.