Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
There are three main groups of oils: animal, vegetable, and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come (1) ________whales, those enormous creatures of the sea (2) ____________are the largest remaining animals in the world. (3) _____________the whale from the cold of the Arctic seas, nature (4) ____________it with a thick covering of fat called blubber. (5) ____________the whale is killed; the blubber is stripped (6) _____________and boiled down. It produces a great (7) ____________of oil which can be made into food for human (8)_____________. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so (9)___________as the whale. The livers of the cod and the halibut, two (10) __________of fish, yield nourishing oil.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option for blank number 2.
Option 1: what
Option 2: who
Option 3: whom
Option 4: which
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Correct Answer: which
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The sentence structure suggests that the text is describing whales as "enormous creatures of the sea".
Therefore, which is the appropriate relative pronoun here to introduce additional information about the whales.
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