Complete the passage given below using suitable prepositions.
Earthquake Hits India, a 6.8 Magnitude Registered
New Delhi, India, March 29:
A severe earthquake struck a seismic hot zone (a) ……………………….(in /on) India’s Himalayan foothills today, toppling houses, causing landslides and killing at least 87 people. It was the strongest earthquake (b) ………………………. (of/off)this century with a magnitude (c) ……………………….(of/above) 6.8 and lasting nearly 40 seconds, India’s Seismological Department said. The epicentre was a remote area (d) ………………………. (in/at) the Kumaon hills (e) ………………………. (in/at) the state (f) ……………………….(off/of) Uttaranchal, 185 miles northeast (g) ………………………. (above/off)New Delhi alongside India’s border with China. Police said scores of people were injured and the number (h) ………………………. (of/below)victims was likely to rise.
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a)in
b)off
c)of
d)of
e)in
f)of
g)of
h)of
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