Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition:
Flour is made ______ wheat.
A. From
B. On
C. By
D. With

Answer 1

Hint:Prepositions are phrases that demonstrate associations with the other phrases in the sentence. Place prepositions are used to refer to a place, usually to indicate something or someone's location.

Complete answer:
  Prepositions are commonly short words, and they are usually put in front of nouns directly. Typically, it is a function word that combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase that normally communicates a predication or modification.

Prepositions signify direction, time, place, space and other abstract kinds of relationships. Let us look at examples for each. The prepositions are in italics for your convenience.
Direction: Look to the left and you will see our destination.
Time: We have been working since this morning.
Location: We saw a movie at the theater.
Space: The dog hid under the table.

Now, let us solve the given question. Option B - Use of 'On' is done to describe the items put upon the other side. 'The cup is on the table,' for instance. We can't use 'on' here because 'flour' is not put upon 'wheat'. Option B is therefore incorrect. Option C - 'By' is used to denote the operation being done by the agent. For instance,' The ball was kicked by me.' Because 'wheat' cannot perform any action, we cannot use 'by' here. Option C is therefore wrong. Option D - To clarify 'accompanied by', 'with' is used. For instance,' Chandler is with Joey at Central Park.' We cannot use 'with' here because the sentence doesn't describe two items that are followed by each other. Option D is therefore incorrect. Option A - To show the source of something, 'from' is used. For instance, 'He came from Meerut.' We can use 'from' here, as the given sentence explains the source of how flour is made from wheat.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’

Note: If you get confused about which preposition will fit the best in the given blank, always refer to its relation with the noun. You can always look up in grammar books for better understanding.