Question

Replace the underlined word with the correct pronoun:
Deva, who mother is a singer, settled in Bangalore in 1998.
a. whom
b. whose
c. which
d. no change

Answer 1

Hint:
A word that is the name of a thing, person, person, or an idea is called a noun and pronouns are the words that are used instead of a noun.

Complete step by step answer:

Let us examine all the options carefully and find the correct answer. Relative pronouns are basically used to join two sentences and they are which, whom, whose and who. We use whose to signify to whom someone belongs to. Seeing that, the given sentence describes the relationship between Deva and his mother, the option [b] whose is the correct answer as it focuses on why deva belongs to her.
The option [a] is wrong because whom is used when we speak about specific people and is used in the place of the object in the sentence.
The option [c], which cannot be used in the sentence because it is used to signify a thing which is not related to the sentence mentioned here.
The pronoun who, is used in the place of the subject in the sentence. Therefore, the option [d] is also incorrect as the pronoun who, definitely needs to be replaced by the option [b] whose.

Note:
Using the correct pronoun in the sentence is very important and necessary for avoiding basic grammatical mistakes and errors which can lead to improper sentence framing and fewer marks while answering the question. Students should know that, since a personal pronoun works in place of a noun, the number, gender, and person of the pronoun must be according to the noun only.