The company was fined ___ violating safety regulations.

About this MCQ

This Hard Prepositions MCQ checks one syllabus fact.

The question is: “The company was fined ___ violating safety regulations.”

The accepted answer is B. For. “The company was fined ___ violating safety regulations.” is answered by For (option B). Option A (“Of”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of For. Option C (“By”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of For. Remaining alternatives (With) fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once For is identified. Prepositions questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations. Prepositions recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC, PPSC, NTS, and CSS papers.

Correct answer

B. For

Explanation

“The company was fined ___ violating safety regulations.” is answered by For (option B). Option A (“Of”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of For. Option C (“By”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of For. Remaining alternatives (With) fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once For is identified. Prepositions questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations. Prepositions recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC, PPSC, NTS, and CSS papers.

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