In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘no improvement’.

Despite of all his efforts he could not manage to score good in his annual examinations and it disappointed him.

a)            Despite of all your

b)            Despite all his

c)            In spite all his

d)            No improvement

Sol:

‘Despite’ means ‘in spite of’ it already has ‘of’ in it so using ‘of’ with despite makes it superfluous and incorrect use ‘despite’ only or ‘in spite of’.