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Prepositions (sentence completion): Fill in the blank with the correct preposition “Success in this examination depends ______ hard work alone.” Choose the best preposition.

Difficulty: Easy

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Correct Answer: on

Explanation:

Concept

Fixed pattern: “depend on/upon something.”

Option analysison — correct: “depends on hard work.”at/over/for — incorrect with “depend.”

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