Ram was / senior to / Sam in college.

A) Ram was B) senior to C) Sam in college D) No Error

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Correct Answer: Option D

The adjectives inferior, superior, senior, junior, prior etc. take the preposition to, not than. E.g.

She always felt inferior to her younger sister.
This material is superior to that.

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Voruganti Rochishna 4 years ago

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Nitin Soni 9 years ago

'To' is right in this sentence.
Because: Superior, Senior, Junior, Inferior, are the words of Latin language,, So 'To' is always follow after these words.
Use of 'Than' is wrong here

Ravi Meher 9 years ago

Thanks sir

Bahar Khan 10 years ago

Its "5"

Sachin Kumar 10 years ago

When we senior,junior, minor etc. between two noun or two gerunds we use to with them .If we senior ,junior,minor etc between two infinite we use "rather than".

Suraj Dubey 11 years ago

pls. explan its rules

Pankaj 11 years ago

I think senior to is wrong because this sentence show comparison between two noun so we must use " then" not "to". please explain

Sarathkumar 11 years ago

why was is used , we can say ram is

Kumar Chandan 11 years ago

@Sarathkumar, given sentence is in past tense so was has been used. @Sidesh
No need to use TOO.
The preposition 'to' is correctly used and use of TOO is discretionary.

Siddhesh 11 years ago

I think sentence is wrong because sentence shows comparison so the correct sentence as per my knowldge is " Ram was too senior to sam in college

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