Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition-
The old man divided the money _____ his two sons.
(a)Among
(b)With
(c)Between
(d)In

Answer 1

Hint: Read the sentence and decipher what it wants to convey, now go through the options and use the ‘hit and trial’ method to see which one of them fits the context of the sentence.

Complete answer: In the given question, we have to fill in the blank with the correct and most appropriate preposition. A preposition is a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for ?’.
We will look at each option carefully and know the meaning and figure out the answer through it:
Option ‘a’ among is used when talking about people or things that are not distinct and are viewed as a group. For eg., There lacks unity among the students of class 12th.
Option ‘b’ with is used to refer to what we use to do something. We use the word 'with' to explain where things are. For eg., You were out with your friends yesterday without informing us.
Option 'c' between is used when naming distinct, individual items ( can be 2,3 or more). For eg. The ball rolled between the desk and the wall.
Option 'd' in is used ( to indicate a location)- I am in my friend’s place now. ( used while doing something)- The tagline should be catchy in marketing a product. ( to indicate opinion, belief, feeling, etc.) ( specify day, month, season, year) – I prefer to do Maths in the morning. ( to indicate color, shape and size)- This dress comes in four sizes. After analysing each option carefully and knowing its uses, we came to the point that option 'c' is the right answer. The word to be filled in is 'between'.

Note: Prepositions have no particular form. The majority of prepositions are one-word prepositions, but some are two- or three-word phrases known as complex-prepositions. (i)one-word prepositions (before, into, on)
(ii)complex prepositions (according to, but for, in spite of, on account of)