Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
__________ Greenland and Antarctica, the world has $13.15$ billion hectares of land.

• A. On
• B. Excluding
• C. Throughout
• D. As of

Answer 1

The correct option is B Excluding

The given sentence indicates not taking Greenland and Antarctica into account. The preposition that fits correctly in the sentence is 'excluding'. Excluding is used for saying that you are not including someone or something in what you are saying. Thus option B is the correct answer.

Options A,C,D are incorrect.