Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
___________ Objections, he came to the meeting.
A. Instead of
B. Despite of
C. According to
D. Between

Answer 1

Hint:Prepositions and postpositions are a class of terms used to convey spatial or temporal relationships or to mark different semantic functions, called ad positions. A preposition is a word (usually a short word) that sits before a noun to illustrate the connexion between the noun and a neighbouring word. The commonly used prepositions are- A preposition is a word (usually a short word) that sits before a noun to illustrate the connexion between the noun and a neighbouring word.

Complete answer:
The sentence given indicates a contrast.
Instead of, is used for exchange shows.
Despite of is used to demonstrate contrast.
According to means ‘as reported by’ or ‘as stated by’
Between is used to demonstrate the connexion or comparison between two objects that are clearly separated.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.
Options A, C , D are erroneous.

Additional information:
 Prepositions show how two words are linked. Lots of prepositions (e.g., "on," "in," "near," "behind," "under," "inside") tell us where things are relative to each other. For example: The cat sat on the mat.
Object of a Preposition- The word (or phrase) that follows a preposition is called the object of a preposition. If there is a preposition, there will always be an object of the preposition. A preposition cannot exist by itself.
Prepositional phrases- A prepositional phrase is made up (including any modifiers) of a preposition and the object of the preposition. There are very prominent prepositional sentences. They act either as adjectives or adverbs.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’

Note:In order to shape different phrasal verbs, the prepositions given in the options are added to the verb 'putting'. Essentially, phrasal verbs are multi-word verbs.