Underline the subject in the following sentence: Ninety-five per cent of an individual’s life is determined by his birth and death.

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Ninety-five per cent

Ninety-five per cent of an individual’s life

his birth and death

is determined by his birth and death

answer is B.

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Concept-By Reading the given sentence and understanding what it wants to convey. We have to Point out who/what the sentence is about and what it tells about it.
A subject of a sentence means what the sentence is about while the predicate is something which tells about the subject. Generally, the predicate starts from the verb of the sentence. The first verb in the given sentence is “is” since it is a helping verb. Thus, the subject of the given sentence will be the word before “is”.
“Ninety-five per cent of an individual’s life” is a correct answer and makes sense. Therefore, It is the subject of the sentence.
Hence, The correct option is (2) Ninety-five per cent of an individual’s life.

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