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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 12

SSC CGL - 4th March 2020 Shift 1 • English • Q12

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In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

The boy which stole the money was caught by the police.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. The boy which.

  1. The error lies in part 3 of the statement because of the wrong use of "Relative Pronoun".
  2. We need to replace "Which" with "Who" for making the statement grammatically correct.

Grammatical Concept:- 

  • If the antecedent of a relative pronoun is "person" we need to use "who" as the relative pronoun.
  • As in the given statement, there is the use of "which" we need to replace it with "who"
  • Hence, the chosen option will be correct.

The correct sentence will be- 

The boy who stole the money was caught by the police.