GATE — Physics (PH) — 2019

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Question 1

Multiple ChoiceQuantitative Aptitude

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The fishermen, __________ the flood victims owed their lives, were rewarded by the government.

Correct Answer:

A

whom

B

to which

C

to whom

D

that

“To whom,” C, completes the sentence. The victims owed their lives to the fishermen. In the relative clause, the preposition “to” therefore belongs before the object pronoun “whom.”

“Which” is inappropriate for these people, “that” cannot follow the missing preposition in this construction, and “whom” alone would omit the relation required by “owed their lives to.”

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