Question

“It is __ no interest ___ me whether we’ll win or lose,” said the football player.
a) -/for
b) of/-
c) of/to
d) -/-
e) in/for

Answer 1

Hint: 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.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us have two prepositions to fill in the blanks as the first blank requires a proposition that expresses a characteristic of no interest, and the second blank needs a preposition to express the direction towards ‘me’.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), '-/ for', is incorrect as both the blanks need to have a preposition.
Option (b.), ‘of/-', incorrect as both the blanks need to have a preposition.
Option (c.), ‘of/to', is correct as ‘of’ can be used to express qualities and characteristics, and ‘to’ is used to express direction as is needed.
Option (d.), ‘-/-', incorrect as both the blanks need to have a preposition. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect.
Option (e.), ‘in/for', is incorrect as ‘in’ indicates something contained by something, and ‘for’ is used to express towards.
Hence option (c) is correct.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of hyphens. A hyphen is a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text. Here, it is used to signify an empty blank, where no word is needed.