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📚 Prepositions Practice
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Q51. He complimented her ________ new dress.
Explanation: Correct: He complimented her on new dress — the fixed phrase is compliment sb on sth (praise about something). Wrong options: A) for — not used with “compliment” here. B) of — incorrect collocation. D) about — not the standard preposition with “compliment.”
Q52. He tried to prevent me __________ doing my duty.
Answer: D) from Rule: prevent someone from doing something is the correct collocation. Reason: "prevent" requires from before the gerund to show what is being prevented. A, B, C: "against", "at", "with" do not form the fixed phrase with prevent in this sense. Usage: He tried to prevent me from doing my duty.
Q53. He will dispense __________ your services.
Explanation Correct: with — The phrasal verb dispense with means to do away with or no longer require someone’s services. Rule/usage: dispense with + noun/gerund to indicate elimination or removal. Why others are wrong: of — not used with dispense in this sense. off — not correct in this fixed phrase. on — changes meaning; not the collocation here.
Q54. He was assured by his friends _________ every type of help in an emergency.
Answer: C) of Rule: Assure someone of something means to tell them that they will receive that thing. Here, “assured … every type of help” uses of after “assured …” → He was assured of every type of help. Other options fail: about (not correct with “assured”); by is used to indicate the agent; with isn’t the fixed collocation here.
Q55. All is not well _________ the automobile sector.
Answer: in Correct choice: C – Use in to indicate a state or condition within a place or field, e.g., “not well in the economy/sector.” Why others are wrong: A. of is used for ownership or part of, not a state. B. down is not used with “well” to describe a sector’s condition here. D. to indicates direction/recipient, not state.
Q56. He slipped _________ his old ways and started drinking again.
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Q57. Regular exercise is conducive _________ health.
Explanation (HTML): Correct: B) to — The phrase is conducive to + noun. Here, it means helpful for health. Rule: Use to after conducive when linking to the object (health). Why others are wrong: A. in — conducive in is not used. C. for — conducive for is not standard; we use to. D. of — conducive of is incorrect.
Q58. Mr. Murugan has been in this college ________ 2010.
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Q59. The deceased left ________ children.
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Q60. The bus ________ fifty passengers fell _______ the river.
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