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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2016 — General Studies · Question 22 of 200

Q22
EnglishParts of Speech
Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition. The crew were ____ the ship for a month.
  1. a.on board
  2. b.aboard
  3. c.on
  4. d.off

Answer: (A) on board

'On board' is the correct prepositional phrase — the crew were on board the ship. The key gives (A). 'Aboard' works without the article ('aboard ship') but with 'the ship' 'on board' is the standard form.

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