GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-1

Question

Raman is confident of speaking English _______six months as he has been practising regularly_______the last three weeks

• A. during, for
• B. for, since
• C. for, in
• D. within, for

Answer 1

'within' is used to state that something will occur in a specified time period.

The second blank is interesting with respect to for vs since.

The preposition 'for' is used with a period of time specifying the length of time (two years, one week, etc)  whereas 'since' is used to refer to a time period from a specific point in time (last year, $2010,$ etc)

First blank itself is sufficient to eliminate all incorrect options.

Correct option is D.

Comments

"since" is used to refer to a "time period from"

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examples:

I haven't seen them since 2012

Answer 2

Raman is confident of speaking English_______six months as he has been practicing regularly_______the last three weeks.

Option D is the correct answer. As it makes complete sense when filled in the blanks.

The sentence goes as:

Raman is confident of speaking English within six months as he has been practicing regularly for the last three weeks.

Answer 3

d. within, for

when we read question its sounds in the past tense so by that you can get the idea of  the right answer

Answer 4

Raman is confident of speaking English _within______six months as he has been practising regularly__for_____the last three weeks

 

within, for

Comments

option d is correct