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Prepositions

The students are keen ___ participating in extracurricular activities.

Difficulty: Hard

About this MCQ

This Hard Prepositions MCQ checks one syllabus fact.

The question is: “The students are keen ___ participating in extracurricular activities.”

The accepted answer is A. On. “The students are keen ___ participating in extracurricular activities.” is answered by On (option A). Option B (“For”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of On. Option C (“About”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of On. Remaining alternatives (With) fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once On 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

A. On

Explanation

“The students are keen ___ participating in extracurricular activities.” is answered by On (option A). Option B (“For”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of On. Option C (“About”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of On. Remaining alternatives (With) fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once On 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.

Source: Prepositions Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide

Tags: prepositions, FPSC, PPSC, grammar, English usage, NTS

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