GATE 2019 MT – Question 1

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

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

whom
to which
to whom
that

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Correct answer: (C) to whom

Explanation

The construction is “owe something to someone”. The fishermen are people and the relative clause is nonrestrictive, so “to whom” supplies both the required preposition and personal relative pronoun. The completed clause is “to whom the flood victims owed their lives”, C.

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