Which is "which" referring to ?

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EagerlearnerWhich country's capital has the Effeil Tower ? Does it refer to the "country" or "capital", so is the answer "France" or "Paris" ?

"Which" refers to country. So the answer is "Paris".

Thank you Fandorin for your prompt reply, but I would just like to confirm what you have said.

so the "which" refers to country, and what you said about the answer is "Paris" but Paris is a capital of France (country). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

But I guess you meant "country", right ?

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which country's capital has the Effeil Eiffel Tower ? Does it refer to the "country" or "capital", so is the answer "France" or "Paris" ?

Consider how you would give a long-form answer to this question. You'd say

France's capital has the Eiffel Tower.

So, the answer is 'France'.

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Yes, sorry for misleading, I have made a typo. Yesterday was a tough day.

Eagerlearneris the answer "France" or "Paris"

France. The answer category is always the next noun after which?

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