Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate option
The tiger sprang ______ the deer in the video about jungle beasts.
This question has multiple correct options
a) on
b) upon
c) in
d) with

Answer 1

Hint: The biggest hint has already been given in the question that there are multiple correct options. Prepositions are used to signify the position of the subject with respect to the object. If a tiger is springing to kill a deer, where do you think the tiger will land?

Complete answer:
 Since the question has multiple correct options, options a and b are both correct. The tiger can spring on or upon the deer. There is hardly any difference between the two prepositions. The tiger sprang on/upon the deer means it landed on the deer.
Option c is wrong because a tiger cannot spring in a deer. That sounds like the tiger got inside the deer which is just an absurd imagination!
Option d is wrong because the tiger springing with the deer means both of them were springing together and having a good time! That is highly impossible because tigers hunt deers, they don't play with them or spend time with them. A tiger attacks a deer as soon as it sees the latter.

Note:
 Always read the instructions of the questions very carefully. If a student does not notice that the question has multiple correct options, he or she will mark only one answer as correct and get fewer marks. Or the student might waste a lot of time choosing between two correct answers! Thus, always read the instructions very carefully.