He visits the needy to relieve them ____ their sufferings and poverty.
- (a)from
- (b)off
- (c)of
- (d)on
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, of. The verb 'relieve' takes 'of' when it means to free someone from a burden ('relieve someone of something'), so 'relieve them of their sufferings' is the correct structure.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)from — Although 'free from' works, the fixed pattern with 'relieve someone' is 'of', not 'from'.
- (b)off — 'Off' signals physical separation and is not used with 'relieve'; it is also an 'of/off' spelling trap.
- (d)on — 'Relieve on' is not an English collocation.
Concept
A verb-preposition item — 'relieve someone of' a burden or duty.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: The new assistant will relieve the manager ____ some of his duties.
- (a)from
- (b)off
- (c)of
- (d)on
Answer(c) of — 'relieve someone of' a duty or burden.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: Nothing could relieve her ____ the anxiety she felt.
- (a)on
- (b)off
- (c)of
- (d)at
Answer(c) of — the fixed pattern is 'relieve somebody of something'.