General knowledge questions/answers about prepositions in the English language for competitive examinations.
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Mostly, it is used before a noun or pronoun. It may be cause, reason, place, condition event etc.
1.What preposition is used to indicate time when saying “___ noon”?
Ans. “At”
2.Which preposition is correct: “She sat on the table” or “She sat in the table”?
Ans. “She sat on the table.”
3.Fill in the blank: “The book is ___ the shelf.”
Ans. “On”
4.Which preposition is used for specific times: “___ 5 PM”?
Ans. “At”
5. What preposition is used to indicate direction towards a place: “He is going ___ school”?
Ans. “To”
6.Which preposition indicates location inside something: “She is ___ the car”?
Ans. “In”
7.Fill in the blank: “The cat jumped ___ the wall.”
Ans. “Over”
8.What preposition is used for surfaces: “The keys are ___ the table”?
Ans. “On”
9.Which preposition shows origin: “She is ___ France”?
Ans. “From”
10.Fill in the blank: “We walked ___ the park.”
Ans. “Through”
11.Which preposition is used with days of the week: “___ Monday”?
Ans. “On”
12.What preposition do we use to indicate possession: “The book ___ the author”?
Ans. “Of”
13.Fill in the blank: “The meeting is ___ 2 PM.”
Ans. “At”
14.What preposition do we use for transport: “He travelled ___ bus”?
Ans. “By”
15.Which preposition is used for larger periods of time: “___ the summer”?
Ans. “During”
16.Fill in the blank: “The picture is ___ the wall.”
Ans. “On”
17. What preposition is used to show the recipient of something: “A gift ___ her”?
Ans. “For”
18. Which preposition indicates movement from a lower to a higher position: “She climbed ___ the ladder”?
Ans. “Up”
19.Fill in the blank: “The plane flew ___ the clouds.”
Ans. “Above”
20.What preposition do we use to describe a reason: “She was praised ___ her hard work”?
Ans. “For”
21.Which preposition is correct: “He is interested ___ science”?
Ans. “In”
22.Fill in the blank: “The coffee is ___ the cup.”
Ans. “In”
23.What preposition do we use with addresses: “She lives ___ 123 Main Street”?
Ans. “At”
24.Which preposition indicates movement from a higher to a lower position: “The cat jumped ___ the table”?
Ans. “Off”
25.Fill in the blank: “The town is ___ the coast.”
Ans. “On”
26. What preposition indicates direction and purpose: “She went ___ the store to buy milk”?
Ans. “To”
27. Which preposition shows a specific point in time: “The movie starts ___ 7 PM”?
Ans. “At”
28. Fill in the blank: “The report is due ___ Friday.”
Ans. “On”
29. What preposition is used to show a relationship of time or space: “She sat ___ him”?
Ans. “Beside”
30. Which preposition shows duration: “They worked ___ three hours”?
Ans. “For”
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