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Preposition MCQ (A / An / The) – Daily Practice Set with Answers
Practice Preposition MCQs for SSC, Banking, Railways,
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Rule tip: Prepositions often depend on fixed usage: interested in, good at, depend on, fond of, and arrive at/in.
Q11. Ram made the most _________ his resources.
👁 12 viewsQ12. What is the time _______ your watch?
👁 15 viewsQ13. The beautiful lady was compared ________ the moon by the poet.
👁 15 viewsQ14. Competitors ___________ the globe took part in the game.
👁 14 views- Sentence: Competitors around the globe took part in the game.
- Around + the globe = “worldwide/throughout the world.” It’s a fixed phrase meaning “in many parts of the world.”
- From the globe — incorrect; “from” shows starting point, not scope.
- Over the globe — unnatural; not common collocation here.
- Across the globe — acceptable in some contexts, but here around is the natural fit with “the globe”.
Q15. The senior officer was angry ________ the subordinates.
👁 9 viewsQ16. His bungalow went through a make ________
👁 8 viewsQ17. His path was beset _________ difficulties.
👁 19 viewsQ18. Place a ladder _________ the wall.
👁 6 views- Against means in contact with and pressed to a surface. A ladder is placed so that it leans and rests on the wall.
- Along would mean parallel to the wall, not supported by it.
- With indicates accompaniment, not how a ladder stands.
- On would imply the ladder is on top of the wall, which is incorrect.
Rule: use against for objects touching or leaning on a surface.
Q19. He travelled all ________ the world when he was eight years old.
👁 7 views- Why this is correct: The idiom is all over the world, meaning everywhere around the world. So “all over the world” fits the sentence.
Q20. Dr. Sharma concluded his speech _________ stressing on Buddha's teaching of the importance of charity.
👁 12 views- The correct sentence uses by to show the manner/means of ending the speech: “concluded his speech by stressing …”
- Rule: by + gerund expresses the way something is done or how it ends.
- Other options are wrong: with or in stressing is not idiomatic here; at stressing is incorrect in this context.
- Note: After “stress,” the common structure is to use the gerund (stressing) or to say “stress the importance of …”