Wild populations have numerous traits for competitiveness, resistance to parasites, withdrawal to adverse conditions, ______ other aspects of vigour.
- (a)and
- (b)with
- (c)by
- (d)upon
Correct — A, and. The blank closes a list of items ('competitiveness, resistance to parasites, withdrawal to adverse conditions, ___ other aspects of vigour'), and the final member of a series is joined by the coordinating conjunction 'and' — 'X, Y, Z, and other aspects of vigour'. The prepositions 'with', 'by' and 'upon' cannot link the last item of a list; each would turn 'other aspects of vigour' into a stray prepositional phrase and break the series.
- (b)with — A preposition; 'with other aspects of vigour' becomes a prepositional phrase instead of the final coordinated list item.
- (c)by — A preposition that makes no grammatical sense joining a list ('by other aspects of vigour').
- (d)upon — A preposition; 'upon other aspects of vigour' cannot coordinate the last item of the series.
Cloze / conjunction item: the last item of a list is joined by the coordinating conjunction 'and'; prepositions cannot coordinate series members.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: The kit contains a torch, a rope, a whistle ______ a first-aid box.
- (a)with
- (b)and
- (c)by
- (d)for
Answer(b) and — the coordinating conjunction joins the final item of the list.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct word: She speaks Hindi, English ______ French fluently.
- (a)and
- (b)with
- (c)also
- (d)plus
Answer(a) and — the last item of a series takes the coordinating conjunction 'and'.