Question

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.
I’d like to eat at a restaurant _____ serves excellent North Indian food.
a. What
b. Whatever
c. Which
d. Whichever

Answer 1

Hint: The given options are examples of pronouns, adverbs or determiners. To get the correct answer, use the given options to find out which makes the sentence sound most logical.

Complete answer:
Let us use the given options and see which suits the sentence the most.

> If we use option a, the sentence will be: I’d like to eat at a restaurant what serves excellent North Indian food. This sentence does not make sense because what is usually used when you want to ask something. What is the time? What is the answer to this question?

> Using option b will make the sentence look like: I’d like to eat at a restaurant whatever serves excellent North Indian food. This sentence is also wrong because whatever is used in sentences such as: I will eat whatever you serve me. This means I’ll have anything you give me. But in the given sentence, there is a particular demand for North Indian food. Thus, this option is also ot correct.

> If we use option c, the sentence will be: I’d like to eat at a restaurant which serves excellent North Indian food. This makes the sentence logical. We can verify it by changing it into a question such as, “Which restaurant do you want to eat at?” The answer will be, “The restaurant which serves excellent North Indian food”.

> If we use option d, the sentence will be: I’d like to eat at a restaurant whichever serves excellent North Indian food. Though this answer sounds correct, it is wrong. That is because of the placement of the word. To use the word whichever, the sentence would have to be written as: Whichever restaurant serves excellent North Indian food, I’d like to eat at that restaurant.
Therefore, we can see that option c is the correct answer.

Note: Students may get confused between ‘which’ and ‘whichever’. The words which and whichever are different in meaning but in the given context, both can be applied provided the placement of the word is correct. The best option in such cases is to use the word in the sentence and use it to see if the sentence makes sense.