Fill in the blanks: Banyan tree shade

XAT 2011 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Easy · Grammar

_________ you have a doubt, why not go and verify? I shall be waiting in the shade ________ this banyan tree till you come back _________ me.

The option that best fills the blanks in the above sentence would be:

  1. A.

    if; under; on

  2. B.

    as; of; for

  3. C.

    as; of; at

  4. D.

    for; under; at

  5. E.

    if; of; to

Answer

E

Explanation

'If' introduces the condition, 'shade of this tree' and 'come back to me' are standard idioms.

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