The CEO's decision to quit was as shocking to the Board as it was to ______. A. I B. me C. my D. myself

GATE 2019 · General Aptitude · Pronouns · medium

Answer: B. me

1. Identify the blank's grammatical role: The blank appears after the preposition 'to' in the phrase '...as it was to ____'. Any pronoun following a preposition must be in the object case.
2. Eliminate incorrect options: Option A ('I') is a subject pronoun — cannot follow a preposition. Option C ('my') is a possessive adjective — modifies a noun, not used standalone here. Option D ('myself') is a reflexive pronoun — requires a prior referent in the same clause ('it was to myself' lacks one).
3. Confirm the correct answer: Option B ('me') is the object pronoun for first person singular, correctly following the preposition 'to'. The sentence reads: '...as it was to me.' — grammatically perfect.