Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:
On a long solo trek in the hills, one learns a great deal about ________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → oneself
Complete sentence: On a long solo trek in the hills, one learns a great deal about oneself. Here “one” means any person in general. The one who learns and the one learnt about are the same person.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) yourself | goes with “you” as the subject, not with “one” | You should trust yourself more. |
| (2) oneself (answer) | the reflexive form of “one”; when “one” means any person in general, the same word is kept later in the sentence | One should not be too hard on oneself. |
| (3) one | not a reflexive form; a word that points back to the doer must end in -self | One never knows when the rain will start in Mumbai. |
| (4) ourselves | goes with “we” as the subject | We made ourselves comfortable on the long train ride. |