Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
The formation of clouds was __________ a rapid fall in the temperature.
(a) Because
(b) Due to
(c) Like
(d) From

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and try to understand what it is trying to convey. Now go through the options and recall what each of them means. You can use the hit and trial method to see which option fits the context of the sentence and expresses it the best.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options includes a preposition that indicates the cause.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'because', refers to ‘By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that’.Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it is a conjugation and we need a preposition.
Option (b.), ‘due to', refers to ‘caused by; resulting from’.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct as we needed a preposition that indicates the cause.
Option (c.), ‘like', refers to ‘Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of’.Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we needed a preposition that indicates the cause, not similarity.
Option (d.), ‘from', refers to ‘With the source or provenance of or at’. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as we needed a preposition that indicates cause, not origin.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of prepositions. A preposition is a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word.