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Fill in the blanks in the given sentences in List-I with the prepositions in List-II

List-IList-II
(Sentences)(Prepositions)
(A) The city has undergone massive demographic changes _____ the last twenty years.(I) upon
(B) The erstwhile prosperous farmers have, of late, fallen _____ evil days.(II) over
(C) The wounded animal flung itself _____ its tormentor.(III) at
(D) The child endured days of fear _____ the thought of being sent to a hostel.(IV) on

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

(A) "changes over the last twenty years" → "over" is used for periods of time spanning duration.

(B) "fallen on evil days" → This is an idiomatic expression meaning to experience misfortune or hard times.

(C) "flung itself upon its tormentor" → "upon" indicates aggressive movement toward someone/something.

(D) "fear at the thought" → "at" is the standard preposition used with "thought" to indicate the cause of an emotion.


Hence, Option 4: (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III) → Each preposition creates grammatically correct and idiomatic expressions with their respective sentences → correct

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