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Gateway to SBI Mains : English (Prepositions)Dear Readers,

Moving forward in our series named "Gateway to SBI Mains",today we will be posting the concepts on Prepositions. It is one of the easyand crucial factor in any banking or SSC exams. You can find questionsrelated to prepositions in Error Detection, Sentence Correction and ClozeTest. Do read it and do remember it.

PrepositionsA preposition is a word placed before a noun (or a pronoun) to show in whatrelation the person or thing denoted by it stands to something else.

Kinds of Preposition1) Simple Prepositions : They are the simple words used as prepositions. For example, at, by, for, from, in, of, off,on, out, over, through, till, to, under,up, with.2) Compound Prepositions : They are generally formed by prefixing apreposition (usually a = on or be = by) to anoun, an adjective or an adverb. For example,about, above, across, along, amidst, among, around, before,behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, inside, outside,underneath, within, without.3) Phrase Prepositions : When a group of words is used with the force of asingle preposition, it is known as a phrase preposition.For example, He succeeded in spite of obstacles.4) Participial Prepositions: When the present participle of a verb acts as apreposition, it is known as a participle preposition.For example, There have not been too many celebrations in recent timesbarring those happened after Diwali.

Rules based on frequent asked questions

Rule : In is used with names of countries and large towns; at is more oftenused when speaking of small towns and villages.Incorrect: He lives at Germany.Correct: He lives in Germany.

Rule : In and at are used in speaking of things at rest; to and into are used inspeaking of things in motion.Incorrect : This week the song jumped at the top of the charts.Correct: This week the song jumped to the top of the charts.

Rule : Till is used of time and to is used of place.Incorrect: The office will remain open to six in the evening.Correct: The office will remain open till six in the evening.

Rule : With often denotes the instrument used by the agent.Incorrect: The ball was hit by the bat.Correct: The ball was hit with the bat.

Rule : Both since and from are used before a noun denoting some point oftime. However, while since is preceded by a verb in the perfect tense, fromis used with thenon­perfect tense.Incorrect: India has been playing Test cricket from 1932.Correct: India has been playing Test cricket since 1932.

Rule : While since or from is used with a point of time, for is used with aperiod of time.Incorrect: The parcel has been lying here since 10 days.Correct: The parcel has been lying here for 10 days.

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Correct: The parcel has been lying here for 10 days.

Rule : Beside means by the side of while besides means in additions to.Incorrect: He sat besides the chair.Correct: He sat beside the chair.

Rule : Between is used for only two things or persons while among is usedfor more than two.Incorrect: You have to choose among tea and coffee.Correct: You have to choose between tea and coffee.

Rule : Above and below merely denote position while over and under alsocarry a sense of covering or movement.Incorrect: The bird flew above the lake.Correct: The bird flew over the lake.

Rule : During is used when we are talking about the time within whichsomething happens. For is used when we are talking about how longsomething lasts.Incorrect: There were few incidents of irregularity for the Emergency years.Correct: There were few incidents of irregularity during the Emergency years.

Rule: The preposition “off” denotes “separation”, “at a distance from” or “farfrom” whereas the preposition “of” denotes cause, origin, quality, possession.Incorrect: He put of his coat.Correct: He put off his coat. (Separation)Incorrect: He died off cancer.He died of cancer. (Cause)

Rule : The word compare is followed by to when it shows that two things arealike. It is followed by with when we look at the ways in which two things arelike and unlike each other.Incorrect: Sanath Jayasuriya's batting may be compared with the sales of auseful book: they score fast right from the beginning.Correct: Sanath Jayasuriya's batting may be compared to the sales of auseful book: they score fast right from the beginning.

Rule : When we simply speak of a thing having got better, we talk of animprovement in it. When we compare two things, the second of which isbetter than the first, we talk of an improvement on the first thing.Incorrect: There has been an improvement on the weather.Correct: There has been an improvement in the weather.

Rule : In means at the end of, while within means before the end of, the saidtime duration.Incorrect: We left at 5 o'clock expecting to come back in an hour and watchthe 6 o'clock movie.Incorrect: We left at 5 o'clock expecting to come back within an hour andwatch the 6 o'clock movie.

Some important points about prepositions1. The words “superior”, “inferior”, “senior”, “junior” etc. take thepreposition “to” with them.Incorrect: Ram is senior than Mohan.Correct: Ram is senior to Mohan.

2. The words “prefer”, “preferrable”, “preferred” also take thepreposition “to” with them.Incorrect: I prefer tea than coffee.Correct: I prefer tea to coffee.

3. The words “inspite of” and “despite” share the same meaning. Theonly difference is that inspite takes the preposition “of” whereas despitedoes not take any preposition.Incorrect: Despite of bad weather, he went to school.Correct: Despite bad weather, he went to school.In the same way, the word “consist” takes the preposition “of” whereas“comprise” does not take any preposition.Incorrect: The classroom comprises of twenty students.Correct: The classroom comprises twenty students.

Following questions are based on the above conceptsDirections: Choose the most appropriate preposition in each of thefollowing sentences.

1. The peasant refused to grovel _______ the feet of his master.a) onb) aboutc) upond) at

e) None of these

2. He was killed _______ a highway man ______ a dagger.a) by; forb) by; with

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3. Give an example pertinent ________ the case.a) withb) forc) ond) toe) None of these

4. Are not these slums a disgrace ______ the civic authorities.a) forb) toc) towardsd) one) None of these

5. Take this medicine and you will get rid _______ the bad cold.a) fromb) overc) at d) ofe) None of these]

6. President Saddam Hussain has lived _______ the gun all his life.a) withb) forc) byd) one) None of these

7. He had to repent _______ what he had done.a) atb) ofc) overd) fore) None of these

8. The commentator seems to be enamoured _______ it.a) withb) overc) ford) one) None of these

9. The man died _______ fever last week.a) withb) fromc) ofd) bye) None of these

10. He has not been cured _______ his disease.a) ofb) fromc) byd) throughe) None of these

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