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Articles 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.
Q51. Our life promises a lot ________ pleasure and we must learn to enjoy it.
👁 1 viewsExplanation: The correct preposition is of in the phrase a lot of when talking about uncountable nouns like pleasure.
- Correct: Our life promises a lot of pleasure.
- Wrong: with, for, at do not collocate with "a lot" to modify "pleasure" here.
- Reason: "a lot of" + uncountable noun is the standard form; “a lot” is followed by of.
Q52. He is very good ________ making stories.
👁 1 views- Rule: Adjectives like "good" are followed by at + a gerund (doing something). So, "good at making stories."
- Why others are wrong:
- in — not the fixed collocation with "good" + gerund.
- about — not used to express skill. for — means usefulness, not skill: "good for" something else.
Q53. 'My India' by Corbett deals ________ the author's familiarity with and love of India.
👁 0 viewsQ54. We have been living in this house ________ 1965.
👁 0 viewsQ55. Please write to me ________ this address.
👁 0 viewsQ56. He climbed ________ the tree.
👁 0 viewsThe correct answer is up.
Climb means go up. We use up to show moving toward the top of the tree.
Use up to show moving upward.
She pulled the box up the stairs.
Q57. He doesn't believe _________ helping others.
👁 0 viewsQ58. For a whole month they lived _______ fruit and water.
👁 0 viewsQuestion: For a whole month they lived _______ fruit and water.
- A. with
- B. on
- C. in
- D. from
Correct answer: on
Explanation: We say "lived on" when someone ate or drank only certain things. Here, they ate only fruit and drank water for a month.
Q59. People with recurrent migraine are always looking __________ a way to end their pain.
👁 0 viewsThe correct word is "for".
We use look for with "a way" to show we are searching for something.
Look for + noun = to search for something.
She is looking for a solution to the problem.
Q60. The woman is standing __________ the door.
👁 0 viewsThe correct answer is at.
We use at for a specific place, like a point near a door.
Use at for a specific place or point.
She is waiting at the door.