Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
He died in $1990$ _________ a car accident.

• A. On
• B. Of
• C. After
• D. Off

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

After

Answer : C

Prepositions are words that indicate relationships with the other words in the sentence. Prepositions of time are used to denote time in a sentence.

Let's look at the usage of various alternatives in the option as preposition of time:

• on : to refer to days / period of time
• of : not generally used as a preposition of time but sometimes used to express time in relation to the following hour
• after : to mean in the following time
• off : not used as a preposition of time

Upon reading the sentence, we understand that the death had occured as a result of the car accident. Therefore, the suitable preposition here is "after".

Thus, the correct complete sentence is:

He died in 1990 AFTER a car accident.