Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Preposition

Question:

Complete the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate prepositions from List-II:-

List-I (Sentences)

List-II (Prepositions)

(A) The case was put ____ the judge.

(I) across

(B) She is suffering ____ fever.

(II) before

(C) A jeep hit him while he was going ____ the main road.

(III) among

(D) He is not popular ____ the students.

(IV) from

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

List-I (Sentences)

List-II (Prepositions)

Explanation 

(A) The case was put ____ the judge.

(II) before

Put before means to present something (like a case) formally for consideration or judgment.

(B) She is suffering ____ fever.

(IV) from

Suffering from is the standard construction used to indicate the cause of an illness or affliction.

(C) A jeep hit him while he was going ____ the main road.

(I) across

Across means moving from one side to the opposite side of something (like a road or a room).

(D) He is not popular ____ the students.

(III) among

Among is used when referring to a number of people or things that are treated as a group (more than two)