One of those who — Sentence Correction Aptitude Question
One of those who: Choose the correct sentence: Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Hard
- Time target: 75 seconds
Question
Choose the correct sentence:
Options
- He is one of the students who has passed.
- He is one of the students who have passed.
- He is one of the student who have passed.
- He is one of the students whom have passed.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. He is one of the students who have passed.
Worked solution
- The relative clause 'who ... passed' describes students, which is plural.
- So the verb must be have.
- 'One' governs only the main verb is.
Answer: He is one of the students who have passed.
The idea
In 'one of the X who ...', the relative clause modifies X. Test it by turning the sentence round: 'of the students who have passed, he is one'.
Shortcut. Find what 'who' refers to: students, not one, so the relative clause needs a plural verb. That removes 'who has passed'; 'the student' fails on number and 'whom' on case.
Common trap. "He is one of the students who has passed." — agreeing 'who' with the singular one, the subject of the main clause, instead of with students, the noun the clause actually describes.