Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The poor old man has gone blind ____ his left eye.
a) from
b) in
c) on
d) by

Answer 1

Hint: We have to select the correct preposition. A preposition talks about the “position” of the object in a sentence and it is placed before the object. Thus, the word consists of two words- “pre” and “position”. In the given question, we have to find out the preposition used to describe in which eye the man has gone blind so the relation between the blindness of the man and his left eye is to be established.

Complete answer:
 The correct answer is option b. It is commonly said that the man has gone blind in his left eye. With blindness, we always use “in”. She is blind in her right eye. No other preposition is used with blindness in the eye.
Option a is wrong because “from” talks about a point of origin. She is from Delhi. This means that she lives in Delhi and comes from there. You have to go from the office to the bank. So the point of origin is the office.
Option c is wrong because “on” means being on top of something or based on something. For example, they had to write an essay on the history of Shakespeare. The postman placed the letters on the doormat.
Option d is wrong because “by” is used in sentences like She ran by the post office on her way to the office. This means she stopped at the post office before going to her office. “By” is also used to mention a time: Be here by 5 o’clock. This means you cannot come after 5 o’clock.

Note:
 Use the options in the sentence to see which makes the sentence most probable. The options in the question are such that there is hardly any chance to be confused if you know your prepositions well. Some prepositions are mandatorily used with certain expressions and this question is an example of them.