2025 · Q13
Select the sentence(s) wherein the use of the preposition or phrasal verb is/are correct:
- 1Raj's apartment was three floors underneath the Subramanian residence.
- 2There was little space below the tin roof and the scaffolding for the squirrel to hide in.
- 3Inside the box was the secret he had been searching for all his life. Select the answer using the codes given below:
General EnglishPrepositions and phrasal verbs
- A3 only
- B1 and 2
- C2 and 3
- DNone of the above
Explanation
Statements 2 and 3 are correct but 1 is not. 'Below' is correctly used for the space under the tin roof, and 'Inside the box was the secret' is a valid inversion with a fronted adverbial. Statement 1 is wrong because 'underneath' is not used for floors of a building; the idiomatic preposition is 'below' ('three floors below the Subramanian residence').