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QUESTION 191
Complete the sentence selecting the correct preposition from the given options –“A new bridge is being built ………. the river Niger.”
  • C during
  • A in
  • D on
  • B ant
Answer: Jab koi cheez kisi nadi ya sadak ke upar bani hoti hai, to 'over' ya 'across' ka upyog sabse aam hai. Lekin diye gaye vikalpon mein 'on' ka arth yahan 'ke upar' ke sandarbh mein liya ja sakta hai.
QUESTION 192
Choose the correct preposition to fill in the blank space.I must apologize ____ being late, my car broke down.
  • B for
  • D upon
  • C with
  • A to
Answer: Jab aap kisi kaam ya galti ke liye maafi maangte hain, to 'apologize for' ka prayog hota hai. Jab aap kisi vyakti se maafi maangte hain, to 'apologize to' ka prayog hota hai.
QUESTION 193
Fill in the blank with suitable preposition :She will not easily agree ____ proposal.
  • B by
  • D to
  • A with
  • C on
Answer: Kisi prastav (proposal) ya yojana (plan) se sehmat hone ke liye 'agree to' ka upyog kiya jaata hai. Kisi vyakti se sehmat hone ke liye 'agree with' ka upyog hota hai.
QUESTION 194
Match List-I with List-IIList-I List-IIa. Munich is a large city ____ the south of Germany. I. atb. Were there many people ____ the concert on Friday? II. duringc. We shouldn’t speak ____ eating. III. ind. We didn’t speak ____ the meal. IV. whileChoose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
  • B a - I, b - II, c - III, d - IV
  • D a - III, b - I, c - IV, d - II
  • C a - IV, b - III, c - II, d - I
  • A a - II, b - IV, c - III, d - I
Answer: Sahi jodi hai: (a) a city 'in' the south (kisi kshetra mein), (b) people 'at' the concert (kisi event par), (c) speak 'while' eating (kuch karte samay), (d) speak 'during' the meal (kisi avadhi ke dauraan).
QUESTION 195
I prefer tea____ milk.
  • C from
  • A to
  • B than
  • D for
Answer: Jab 'prefer' (pasand karna) shabd ka upyog karke do cheezon mein tulna ki jaati hai, to 'than' ke bajay hamesha 'to' ka upyog kiya jaata hai.
QUESTION 196
Fill in the blanks with correct set of prepositions. Some great works ______ art give us symbols to decode. Others decode us. Sean Scully's Backs and Fronts, an enormous 20-foot-long, 11-panel painting of strident stripes and raucous rhythms is one of those. It changed the course ______ art history _____ the early 1980s by restoring to abstract painting a dimension it had lost - its capacity ______ intense feeling.
  • A of, of, in, for
  • D for, along, than, by
  • B in, with, for, by
  • C by, within, into, for
Answer: Sahi kram hai: works 'of' art (kala ki kritiyan), course 'of' history (itihaas ka kram), 'in' the early 1980s (1980 ke dashak mein), capacity 'for' feeling (bhavna ki kshamta).
QUESTION 197
Complete the sentence by choosing the most appropriate preposition from the options given below:I reached the school _______ the gates closed.
  • A by
  • C later
  • D before
  • B from
Answer: 'Before' ka arth hai 'se pehle'. Is vaakya ka matlab hai ki main gate band hone 'se pehle' school pahunch gaya.
QUESTION 198
Directions: Fill up the blanks with the most appropriate word from the option given below. What are you _________ in the kitchen cupboard?
  • D looking for
  • A looking in
  • C looking to
  • B looking on
Answer: 'Look for' ek phrasal verb hai jiska arth hai 'kuch dhoondhna' (to search for something).
QUESTION 199
I’ll be ready to leave ____ about twenty minutes.
  • D across
  • B in
  • A at
  • C on
Answer: Bhavishya mein ek samay avadhi ke baad kisi kaam ke hone ko batane ke liye 'in' ka upyog hota hai. 'In twenty minutes' ka matlab hai 'ab se 20 minute baad'.
QUESTION 200
Choose the most appropriate word to complete the given sentence:The City Centre Mall was crowded _____ tourists.
  • D of
  • B with
  • A from
  • C by
Answer: 'Crowded with' ek nishchit phrase hai jiska arth hota hai 'kisi cheez se bhara hua hona'.