Question:
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition:
The committee decided to defer the decision ______ next Friday pending further investigation.
The committee decided to defer the decision ______ next Friday pending further investigation.
रिक्त स्थान की पूर्ति के लिए सर्वाधिक उपयुक्त preposition का चयन करें:
The committee decided to defer the decision ______ next Friday pending further investigation.
The committee decided to defer the decision ______ next Friday pending further investigation.
Options:
- until
- at
- since
- for
- until
- at
- since
- for
Correct Answer: a)
Explanation:
‘Defer’ (meaning postpone) is followed by ‘to’ or ‘until’ when referring to a future point in time up to which an action is delayed. Here ‘until’ is the correct preposition.
निर्णय को किसी निश्चित समय तक स्थगित करने के संदर्भ में ‘until’ का प्रयोग उपयुक्त है।