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Pranay SB

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Generally, when someone is 'an authority', the meaning is that he/she is an expert, and the preposition 'on' fits the best.

I am also not good at English. But, you are an English Knowledge expert and not good at grammar. You guys are not at all maintaining your standards. Dropping answers recklessly. Your every action would mislead thousands of students giving mocks in your website. In the aptitude section also some of the questions are misleading just because of grammatical errors. Please take my feedback positively and answer deliberately.

Question:

Directions : Sentences given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

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Irfan Habib, a noted historian, is great authority _____ Indian history.  

Options:
A)

of

B)

in

C)

on

D)

over

Solution:

Ans: (c) ‘On’ is the correct answer.

Generally, when someone is ‘an authority’, the meaning is that they are expert, and the preposition ‘on’ is best. The abstract noun ‘authority’, as a thing that you can have, uses the preposition ‘over’.

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