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SSC CGL 2019 (13 Jun Shift 1)

Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part of the sentence. If no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’. ‘Meera has a friend who parents live in Dubai.’ (Underlined: has a friend who parents live)

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Answer: Option C — has a friend whose parents live

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The parents belong to the friend, so the possessive relative pronoun ‘whose’ is needed.

Why the others are wrong: (A) ‘which’ is used for things, not people; (B) ‘have’ does not agree with the singular ‘Meera’, and ‘whom’ is the object form; (D) ‘who parents’ is ungrammatical.

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Possession by a person ⇒ whose

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Sentence Improvement — Preparation

This question tests your understanding of Sentence Improvement, a key topic in the English Language section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.

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