Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Cook was an English explorer ___ made three voyages round the world.

• A. what
• B. who
• C. which
• D. where
• E. when

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

who

Relative pronouns have two functions- Like other pronouns they stand for a noun or pronoun placed before them and like conjunctions they join subclauses with main clause and start the adjective clause.

'What' is used when the antecedent is understood.

The relative pronouns 'which' and 'that' are used for things.

The relative pronoun 'who' is used for persons.

the relative pronouns 'when' and 'where' are used to indicate time and place respectively.

The subject of the given sentence is a person. So, the relative pronoun 'who' must be used.

Thus option B is the correct answer. Options A,C,D,E are incorrect.