Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
The project was about creating art _______ waste.
(a)To
(b)For
(c)From
(d)At

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. Try to make out the core meaning of it. Find out the subject, predicate and the object of the given sentence.

Complete answer:The given sentence conveys that there was a project which had to be about creating art from waste. The four given options are prepositions, and we have to fill in the blank with the most suitable one.
Let us analyze the options:
(a)‘to’- It is used to refer to the end or the end point of something, which is the opposite of what the sentence attempts to convey. Art is not created so that we can waste it. Therefore option ‘a' is incorrect.
 (b)‘For’- It is a preposition of reason that denotes who/what is meant to have or use something. The art is not created so that we can turn it into waste, rather it is made out of waste. Hence option ‘b’ is incorrect.
(c)‘from’- It is used to refer to where something is derived or originated from. In the given sentence, the art is created out of waste, thus waste is the point of origin for the art that is created. Therefore option ‘c' is correct.
(d)’at’- It is a preposition used to refer to a specific place/spot, which is not apt here since the sentence doesn’t refer to a place. So, option ‘d’ is incorrect.
The correct preposition to be filled in is – from. The complete sentence would be – ‘The project was about creating art from waste’.

Note:All the other options are plausible distractions. Don’t confuse between ‘to’ and ‘from’. Both have different meanings and are used differently.