Fill the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the most appropriate pair of prepositions from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Prepositions) |
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(A) When you go via a particular place, you go ____ that place on your way ____ another place. |
(I) out of : from |
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(B) When you are going up or down a road, you're going ____ it ____ one end of it. |
(II) through : to |
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(C) When you are asked to wait outside a room, you have to be ____ the room, but you mustn't move too far ____ it. |
(III) from : to |
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(D) We flew straight ____ London ____ San Francisco. |
(IV) along : towards |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) When you go via a particular place, you go through that place on your way to another place. | (II) through : to | Through shows passing across a place. To shows the destination. |
| (B) When you are going up or down a road, you're going along it towards one end of it. | (IV) along : towards | Along means following the length of a road. Towards shows the direction of movement. |
| (C) When you are asked to wait outside a room, you have to be out of the room, but you mustn't move too far from it. | (I) out of : from | Out of means not inside. "Far from" is the fixed pattern for distance. |
| (D) We flew straight from London to San Francisco. | (III) from : to | From marks the starting point and to the end point of the journey. |