Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternatives. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is d.

The stolen goods were found to the tree.

Here, by is the correct option as it is used in indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object. To is used to express the motion in the direction of a particular location, at is used in expressing the time when an event takes place. Of is used for expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference.