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Question
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.
Options
in favour of
in case of
according to
on the whole
on account of
on behalf of
in spite of
instead of
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Solution
on account of his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.
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