Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
There were ten children in the class, six of which was crying.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e whom were.
Statement: There were ten children in the class, six of which was crying.
Correct statement: There were ten children in the class, six of whom were crying.
The use of the determiner "which" is incorrect.
Which is used to refer to something previously mentioned. So, the plural form whom should be used as we are referring to six children. And the singular form "was" should be replaced by the plural form "were".