Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2) and (3) should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (4) as your answer.

After his retirement from the Presidency College, Bose founded the great institute which now bear his name.

  1. which now bears his name

  2. which now has born his name

  3. which now has borne his name

  4. No improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Error of subject-verb agreement. Here, pronoun 'which' qualifies to the mentioned college. It being a singular noun, usage of singular auxilary is required. Hence, 'bear' should be replaced by 'bears'. Thus, option 1.

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