Question
Raman is confident of speaking English _______ six months as he has been practising regularly _______ the last three weeks.
Official answer and solution
- Official answer
- D
- From
- Official GATE 2020 answer key
Solution
Identify the correct prepositions of time for future duration and past ongoing duration.
In the first blank, 'within six months' expresses that the action will be completed before the end of the six-month period. 'during' would need a definite article (during the six months), and 'for' typically indicates duration rather than a deadline.
In the second blank, 'for the last three weeks' correctly indicates the duration over which the practice has continued continuously. 'since' requires a specific starting point in time rather than a duration.
Hence, the appropriate pair of prepositions is 'within, for'.
D
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Source
- Paper
- GATE 2020 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
- Question
- 1 of 65, printed as GA Q.1
- Section
- General Aptitude
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