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Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

When Jane died (1)________ 1850, she was called "one of the most distinguished novelists (2)_______ England has produced" and "the first who (3)_______ that beautiful kind of fiction, the historical romance." The Porter sisters' careers ended (4)_________ as the Bronte sisters were getting started in the early Victorian (5)________.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Option 1: who

Option 2: what

Option 3: whose

Option 4: which


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: which


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .

The word which is a relative pronoun used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition within a sentence. In this case, "which" would be used because it refers to the distinguished novelists who are the object of the action being produced by England.

Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "She was called "one of the most distinguished novelists which England has produced."

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