The team is confident ________ winning the upcoming inter-school trophy.

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A to
B for
C of
D about

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Answer: C. of

Answer: C) of
Explanation: While people casually say "confident about," the strict traditional grammatical collocation for the adjective confident is followed by the preposition "of" + gerund (confident of winning).

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The team is confident ________ winning the upcoming inter-school trophy.

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