Fill in the blanks with correct words.Jaipur is the ______ city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, which was founded on 18 November 1727 by …
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Fill in the blanks with correct words. Jaipur is the ______ city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, which was founded on 18 November 1727 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amer, after ______ the city is named.
The use of article the before the first blank suggests that we need to use the superlative (and not comparative) adjective.
A superlative adjective is used when you compare three or more things. We add –est for the superlative. A comparative adjective is used to compare two things. We add –er at the end for the comparative.
Examples:
Rajesh is taller than Mahesh. (taller is the comparative adjective used here to compare two people)
Rajesh is the tallest boy in the entire class (tallest is the superlative adjective used to compare Rajesh with all the other boys of the entire class).
Superlative adjective uses the article the before them.
(The tallest, the largest, the greatest)
So, largest will be a proper fit for the first blank.
Now, let us discuss the difference in the usage of who and whom.
Whom refers to the object of the sentence, generally used after a preposition.
Who refers to the subject of the sentence.
Tip- if we can replace who with he/she/they (subject pronouns), then who is used correctly in the sentence.
If we can replace whom with him/her/them (object pronouns), then whom is used correctly in the sentence.
Examples:
To whom do you wish to call? (I wish to call him)
Who is waiting in the room? (She is waiting in the room)
Following this tip, we see that the city of Jaipur was founded by the king and hence named after him. So, the second blank should use whom and not who.