CAT 1991 — VARC Question 11
Nouns & PronounsEasy
From the statements in questions choose the one that expresses the idea most correctly.
Answer & solution
We invited only the people who he said were his friends.
- B
We invited only the people whom he said were his friends.
- C
We invited only the people whom he said was his friends.
- D
We invited only the person whom he said were his friends.
Solution
We should use ‘who’ for subjects who do the action. In the given sentence ‘who’ is the subject of the verb
‘were’.
Hence, option (a).