She is a woman ____ humble origin.
- (a)off
- (b)of
- (c)from
- (d)within
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, of. 'Of' links a person to a defining quality or source, so 'a woman of humble origin' is the standard way to describe someone whose background is modest.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)off — 'Off' signals separation or moving away and is never used to state a person's background; it is also a common spelling confusion with 'of'.
- (c)from — One may come 'from' a humble background, but the fixed descriptive phrase here is 'a woman of humble origin', not 'from humble origin'.
- (d)within — 'Within' means inside something and cannot express a person's origin or quality.
Concept
A preposition item — a person's defining quality or origin is expressed with 'of' ('a man of courage', 'a woman of humble origin').
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: He is a man ____ great integrity.
- (a)off
- (b)of
- (c)from
- (d)at
Answer(b) of — a defining quality of a person is stated with 'of'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: She comes ____ a large farming family.
- (a)of
- (b)off
- (c)from
- (d)within
Answer(c) from — one comes 'from' a family or place, which contrasts with 'a woman of humble origin'.