Question

Fill in the blank with suitable pronouns-
During your trip ____ country did you visit first? _____ car did you use to drive there?
a) Who, whose
b) Which, whose
c) Which, who
d) Who, which

Answer 1

Hint: Pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. Example- Rahul is a dance. He has won many awards. Here, we have replaced ‘Rahul’ with ‘he’ to avoid repetition.

Complete step by step answer:
As given in the hint, pronouns are used to replace the noun of a given sentence.
As we can see the above given statements are interrogative, we will be using interrogative pronouns for the same.
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask a question and represent things that we are unaware of in the sentence. The most commonly used interrogative pronouns are; who, which, whose and whom.
We use ‘who’ whenever we ask a question about a person. Example- Who did you meet?
We use ‘which’ whenever we ask about a particular thing or place. Example- Which is your book?
We use ‘whose’ whenever we ask a question about possession. Example- Whose book did you take?
Let’s examine the given options:
Who, whose- In the first blank, X is asking Y about the country he visited. We cannot use ‘who’ in this case. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Which, whose- ‘Which’ is used to ask questions about a place and ‘whose’ is used to ask questions related to possession. Hence, it is the correct option.
Which, who- We cannot use ‘who’ to ask a question about possession. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Who, which- We cannot use ‘who’ to ask a question about a place or a thing. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct option is Option ‘b’.

Note: Do not get confused, as each interrogative pronoun has a different use or function.