Choose the best option to complete the sentence:
The trip on the Vivek Express to Kanyakumari was the longest train journey ________ my grandparents had ever taken.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → that
Complete sentence: The trip on the Vivek Express to Kanyakumari was the longest train journey that my grandparents had ever taken. Here the blank comes after “the longest train journey”. It joins the clause “my grandparents had ever taken”.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) what | means the thing that; used only when no noun comes before it | I could not hear what the guard said. |
| (2) whom | the object form used for a person | The doctor whom we met at the clinic was very kind. |
| (3) that (answer) | the relative pronoun after a superlative such as “the longest” or “the best” | This is the best dosa that I have ever eaten. |
| (4) whose | shows belonging; a noun always comes right after it | That is the boy whose bicycle was stolen. |