Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
During the long drought, many families in the village had to subsist ______ dry rotis and a little salt.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → on
Complete sentence: During the long drought, many families in the village had to subsist on dry rotis and a little salt. In the drought the families had only dry rotis and salt to eat.
| Option | Used to show | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) from | where something starts or comes from | The train from Howrah is late today. |
| (2) of | something belongs to or is a part of something | The walls of the old fort are very thick. |
| (3) with | being together, or the thing used to do something | Sonu dug the flower bed with a small spade. |
| (4) on (answer) | fixed with “subsist”, before the food or money: to stay alive on a small amount of food or money | The old sadhu subsisted on fruit and milk. |