Question

__________ 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:

• A. if; under; on
• B. as; of; for
• C. as; of; at
• D. for; under; at
• E. if; of; to

Hint:

Always check standard collocations: “if” for conditions, “shade of” for trees, and “come back to” for direction. These phrases are fixed in English usage.

Answer 1

Answer: (E)

Step 1: First blank.
The sentence begins: \[ __________ you have a doubt, why not go and verify? \] Since this is a conditional clause, the correct conjunction is

if, not “as.” \Rightarrow “If you have a doubt...” is correct.

Step 2: Second blank.
Phrase: \[ \text{I shall be waiting in the shade __________ this banyan tree...} \] The correct preposition is

of. We commonly say “the shade of a tree.” \Rightarrow “in the shade of this banyan tree...” is correct.

Step 3: Third blank.
Phrase: \[ \text{...till you come back __________ me.} \] Here, the preposition should be

to, because we say “come back to me.”

Step 4: Verify sentence.
Final sentence: \[ \text{If you have a doubt, why not go and verify? I shall be waiting in the shade of this banyan tree till you come back to me.} \] This is grammatically and idiomatically correct. \[ \boxed{\text{if; of; to}} \]