Grammar

Medium

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

List-I List-II
(Sentences) (Prepositions)
(A) We were faced _____ a difficult choice. (I) near
(B) The rest house is _ the river. (II) of
(C) I saw Rohit sitting _ the new student in the class. (III) with
(D) The report was full _____ mistakes. (IV) beside

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Prepositions)
(A) We were faced _________ a difficult choice.	(I) near
(B) The rest house is _________ the river.	(II) of
(C) I saw Rohit sitting _________ the new student in the class.	(III) with
(D) The report was full _________ mistakes.	(IV) beside

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

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

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

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

✅ Correct Option: 2

(A) "We were faced with a difficult choice" - "faced with" is the correct collocation when encountering a situation or problem.

(B) "The rest house is near the river" - "near" indicates proximity/location close to the river.

(D) "The report was full of mistakes" - "full of" is the standard collocation to indicate something is filled or containing something.

Hence, Option 2: (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II) -> All prepositions correctly match their respective sentences following standard English grammar and common collocations -> correct

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