GATE2019 EC: GA-2

Question

The boat arrived ______ dawn.

• A. in
• B. at
• C. on
• D. under 

Answer 1

As the sentence is intended to specify a particular time instance of the arrival of the boat, ‘at’ is the most appropriate option. We also use ‘at’ to specify places like ‘at the market’.

Correct option is $(B).$

Comments

@Lakshman Patel RJIT could you please explain why “in” can’t be the answer , as wecan use “ in” as

I will do this in the morning or he arrived in the morning??