Question

There is much difficulty __________ getting __________ this place and it is not possible to reach __________ without the grace of the lord. The option that best fills the blanks in the above sentence would be:

• A. in; to; it
• B. to; to; it
• C. to; in; it
• D. in; to; in
• E. in; to; to

Hint:

For preposition-based blanks, recall common collocations: “difficulty in doing,” “getting to a place,” and “reach it” are standard usages in English grammar.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: First blank.
Phrase: “There is much difficulty __________ getting...” The correct preposition here is

in. The idiomatic expression is “difficulty in doing something.” \Rightarrow So, “difficulty in getting...” is correct.

Step 2: Second blank.
Phrase: “...getting __________ this place...” Here, the required preposition is

to. The expression is “getting to a place.” \Rightarrow So, “getting to this place...” is correct.

Step 3: Third blank.
Phrase: “...not possible to reach __________ without the grace of the lord.” The object of “reach” must refer back to “this place.” Hence, the pronoun must be

it. \Rightarrow So, “reach it...” is correct.

Step 4: Verify full sentence.
Final version: \[ \text{There is much difficulty in getting to this place and it is not possible to reach it without the grace of the lord.} \] This is grammatically correct and meaningful. \[ \boxed{\text{in; to; it}} \]