Multiple choice

The underlined portion of the following question has some errors. Five options are given below. Choose the correct option to improve the sentence. Every leader and every citizen have a duty towards his country.

  1. No change needed.

  2. Every leader and every citizen has a duty towards their country.

  3. Every leader and every citizen have a duty towards their country.

  4. Every leader and every citizen has a duty towards his country.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

'Has' rectifies the error. If two nouns joined by 'and' preceded by 'each / every', singular verb is used with them.