Prepositions – 50 MCQ









1. I was born ___ July. āĻŽāχ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āϞ⧈āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) on | B) at | C) in | D) by
Ans: C) in


Ex:In is used for months. āĻŽāĻžāĻšā§° āφāĻ—āϤ in āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

2. The meeting is ___ Monday. āϏāĻ­āĻž āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) in | B) on | C) at | D) for
Ans: B) on
Ex: On is used for days. āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤ on āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

3. He arrived ___ 7 a.m.āϏāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž ā§­ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) on | B) in | C) at | D) by
Ans: C) at
Ex: At is used for exact time. āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§° āφāĻ—āϤ atāĨ¤

4. She lives ___ Guwahati.āϏāĻŋ āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
A) at | B) on | C) in | D) by
Ans: C) in
Ex: In is used for big places. āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ ināĨ¤

5. The book is ___ the table.āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻ–āύ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) under | B) in | C) on | D) at
Ans: C) on
Ex: On shows surface. āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ = onāĨ¤

6. We met ___ the station.āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡āϚāύāϤ āϞāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) in | B) at | C) on | D) to
Ans: B) at
Ex : At is used for small places. āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ atāĨ¤

7. He went ___ the market. āϏāĻŋ āĻŦāϜāĻžā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ—’āϞāĨ¤
A) in | B) at | C) to | D) on
Ans: C) to
Ex: To shows direction. āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ = toāĨ¤

8. She walked ___ the room. āϏāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻ āĻžāϞ⧈ āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϞāĨ¤
A) into | B) on | C) at | D) in
Ans: A) into
Ex:: Into = movement inside. āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϞ⧈ = intoāĨ¤

9. The cat jumped ___ the bed. āĻŽā§‡āϕ⧁⧰⧀āĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāύāĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϜāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤
A) in | B) into | C) onto | D) on
Ans: C) onto
Ex: Onto = movement to surface. āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞ⧈ = ontoāĨ¤

10. He came ___ school. āϏāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϞ⧈ āφāĻšāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) to | B) from | C) at | D) in
Ans: B) from
Ex: From = starting point. āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋ = fromāĨ¤

11. She cut the apple ___ a knife. āϏāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§°ā§€ā§°ā§‡ āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤
A) by | B) with | C) from | D) of
Ans: B) with
Ex: With = instrument/tool. āϏāρāϜ⧁āϞāĻŋā§° āφāĻ—āϤ = withāĨ¤

12. We talked ___ the problem. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) for | B) on | C) about | D) to
Ans: C) about
Ex: About = topic. āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ = aboutāĨ¤

13. This gift is ___ you. āĻāχ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžā§°āĻŸā§‹ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
A) of | B) to | C) for | D) with
Ans: C) for
Ex: For = purpose. āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ = forāĨ¤

14. He has lived here ___ 2020. āϏāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ āϚāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
A) since | B) for | C) by | D) from
Ans: A) since
Ex: Since = point in time. āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž = sinceāĨ¤

15. I waited ___ two hours.āĻŽāχ āĻĻ⧁āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) since | B) by | C) for | D) at
Ans: C) for
Ex: For = duration. āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻž = forāĨ¤

16. The blanket is ___ the baby.āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦāϞāĻŸā§‹ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) under | B) over | C) on | D) above
Ans: B) over
Ex: Over = covering. āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĨāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ = overāĨ¤

17. The shoes are ___ the bed. āĻœā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāϚāύāĻžā§° āϤāϞāϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) under | B) on | C) over | D) in
Ans: A) under
Ex: Under = below. āϤāϞāϤ = underāĨ¤

18. The ball is ___ the two boxes. āĻŦāϞāĻŸā§‹ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āϚ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) among | B) between | C) beside | D) near
Ans: B) between
Ex: Between = two things. āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ = betweenāĨ¤

19. She is sitting ___ her friends. āϏāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ—ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) between | B) among | C) beside | D) near
Ans: B) among
Ex: Among = more than two. āĻŦāĻšā§āϜāύ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ = amongāĨ¤

20. He slept ___ midnight. āϏāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϜāύāĻŋāĻļāĻžā§° āφāĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) after | B) since | C) before | D) at
Ans: C) before
Ex: Before = earlier. āφāĻ—āϤ⧇ = beforeāĨ¤

21. The boy jumped ___ the river. āĻ›ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāϞ⧀āϜāύ⧇ āύāĻĻā§€āϤ āϜāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤
A) in | B) on | C) into | D) onto
Ans: C) into
Ex: Into = movement inside. āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϞ⧈ = intoāĨ¤

22. The cat jumped ___ the table. āĻŽā§‡āϕ⧁⧰⧀āĻŸā§‹ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϜāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤
A) into | B) onto | C) across | D) through
Ans: B) onto
Ex: Onto = movement to surface. āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞ⧈ = ontoāĨ¤

23. He swam ___ the river. āϏāĻŋ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻš’āϞāĨ¤
A) through | B) across | C) along | D) into
Ans: B) across
Ex: Across = one side to other. āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφāύ āĻĒāĻžā§°āϞ⧈ = acrossāĨ¤

24. We walked ___ the tunnel. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϟāĻžāύ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰⧇āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) across | B) over | C) through | D) along
Ans: C) through
Ex: Through = inside passage.  āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰⧇āĻĻāĻŋ = throughāĨ¤

25. Sit ___ me. āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĨ¤
A) among | B) beside | C) between | D) behind
Ans: B) beside
Ex: Beside = next to. Assamese: āĻ•āĻžāώāϤ = besideāĨ¤













26. The bird flew ___ the tree. āϚ⧰āĻžāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§° āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āω⧰āĻŋ āĻ—ā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) under | B) over | C) beside | D) behind
Ans: B) over
Ex: Over = above something. āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ = overāĨ¤

27. The boy hid ___ the door. āĻ›ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāϞ⧀āϜāύ⧇ āĻĻā§°ā§āϜāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϤ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāχāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) behind | B) beside | C) under | D) across
Ans: A) behind
Ex: Behind = at the back of.  āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϤ = behindāĨ¤

28. The car is ___ the house. āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€āĻŸā§‹ āϘ⧰⧰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) in front of | B) behind | C) beside | D) near
Ans: A) in front of
Ex: In front of = ahead of.  āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āϤ = in front ofāĨ¤

29. They walked ___ the street. āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤ⧇ ā§°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŸā§‹āϤ āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻšā§ˆ āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) across | B) along | C) through | D) over
Ans: B) along
Ex: Along = following a line. ā§°ā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ = alongāĨ¤

30. He ran ___ the shop. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧰ āφāĻ—āĻĢāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧌⧰āĻŋ āĻ—'āϞāĨ¤
A) past | B) across | C) into | D) through
Ans: A) past
Ex: Past = moving by something. āĻĒāĻžā§° āĻšā§ˆ = pastāĨ¤

31. She fell ___ the bike. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) from | B) off | C) out | D) down
Ans: B) off
Ex: Off = separation.  āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ—ā§ˆ = offāĨ¤

32. He ran ___ the room. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻ āĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻĻ⧌⧰āĻŋ āĻ—’āϞāĨ¤
A) out of | B) into | C) through | D) over
Ans: A) out of
Ex: Out of = exit. āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ = out ofāĨ¤

33. She went ___ the stairs. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŋāρ⧜āĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āĻ—’āϞāĨ¤
A) down | B) up | C) across | D) along
Ans: A) down
Ex: Down = lower movement. āϤāϞāϞ⧈ = downāĨ¤

34. He climbed ___ the hill. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞ⧈ āωāĻ āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) up | B) down | C) across | D) along
Ans: A) up
Ex: Up = higher movement. āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞ⧈ = upāĨ¤

35. The bike is ___ the wall. āĻŦāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŸā§‹ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āĻžāϞ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤
A) against | B) beside | C) under | D) over
Ans: A) against
Ex: Against = touching/contact. āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻļāϤ = againstāĨ¤

36. I went ___ my phone.āĻŽāχ āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻĢā§‹āύ āύāϞāχ āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) without | B) with | C) beside | D) by
Ans: A) without
Ex: Without = lack. āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāύ⧇ = withoutāĨ¤

37. Finish it ___ an hour. āĻāĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤
A) within | B) during | C) for | D) in
Ans: A) within
Ex: Within = time limit. āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ = withināĨ¤

38. This is ___ my ability. āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϤāĨ¤
A) beyond | B) within | C) over | D) under
Ans: A) beyond
Ex: Beyond = limits. āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϤ = beyondāĨ¤

39. ___ the news, it will rain. āĻŦā§°āώ⧁āĻŖ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤ⧰āĻŋāϤ āĻ•ā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤
A) According to | B) Because of | C) Due to | D) In spite of
Ans: A) According to
Ex: According to = source/report. āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ = according toāĨ¤

40. We stayed home ___ the storm. āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āϘ⧰āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧋āρ āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻœā§ā§°āĻĒāĻžāϤāĨ¤
A) because of | B) due to | C) because | D) in spite of
Ans: A) because of
Ex: Because of = reason. āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ = because ofāĨ¤

41. The delay was ___ traffic. āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻŸā§ā§°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
A) because | B) due to | C) because of | D) for
Ans: B) due to
Ex: Due to = cause. āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ = due toāĨ¤

42. Let's go out ___ staying in. āϚāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āϝāĻžāĻ“āρ, āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧇āĨ¤
A) instead of | B) as well as | C) in spite of | D) because of
Ans: A) instead of
Ex: Instead of = replacement. āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧇ = instead ofāĨ¤

43. He speaks French ___ English. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢā§ā§°ā§‡āĻžā§āϚ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϝāĻŧ āϞāĻ—āϤ⧇ āχāς⧰āĻžāĻœā§€āĨ¤
A) instead of | B) as well as | C) in spite of | D) for
Ans: B) as well as
Ex: As well as = addition. āϞāĻ—āϤ⧇ = as well asāĨ¤

44. ___ the rain, we played. āĻŦā§°āώ⧁āĻŖā§° āĻĒāĻžāĻ›āϤ⧋ āϖ⧇āϞ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāĨ¤
A) Because of | B) Due to | C) In spite of | D) Since
Ans: C) In spite of
Ex: In spite of = contrast. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ = in spite ofāĨ¤








 













45. She took money ___ her wallet. āϏāĻŋāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϚāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āϧāύ āϞ⧈āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A) out of | B) from | C) of | D) with
Ans: A) out of
Ex: Out of = source. āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ = out ofāĨ¤

46. We met ___ the concert. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āύāϚāĻžā§°ā§āϟāϤ āϞāĻ— āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤
A) at | B) in | C) on | D) by
Ans: A) at
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