Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
The prime minister arrived ________ Tokyo last night.
A) To
B) In
C) At
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: A preposition is a word or set of words that comes before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to indicate direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Words like "in," "at," "on," "in," and "to" are examples of prepositions.

Complete answer:
Let us first look into each option:
Option A) To: When indicating that something is moving from one location to another, we use the preposition 'to.' To put it another way, the preposition 'to' is used for verbs like move, walk, go, swim, fly, sail, and so on. For example, On Thursday, we'll fly to San Francisco. But this word does not suit the sentence given in the question. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option B) In: This is used to express incidents that occur over a period of time, such as a month or a year. For example, “They came to the country for the first time in 1978.” “We are taking a vacation in March.” Similarly, in the question it deals with a time period that is “last night”. Hence, “in” is an appropriate option. Hence, this option is correct.
Option C) At: When referring to buildings as places in an area, the preposition 'at' is used. But here we are not specifying a particular building but we are referring to the whole city of Tokyo. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option D) None of the above : This the incorrect option option.

Therefore, the correct option is (B) ‘In’.

Note: Though ‘At’ preposition is similar to the preposition 'in' but they have different usage in sentences. When we are at the start, bottom, or end of something, at a particular address, in a general area, or at a point, the word "at" is used. In a room, a small car, water, a neighbourhood, a city, and a world, the word “in” is used.