Question

Either of the roads ___________ to Vasantha Nagar.
(1) lead
(2) leads
(3) have led
(4) are led

Answer 1

(1) leads
singular verb is used with either

Answer 2

The correct option to be used in the blank in the sentence is the option (2) leads.

Either of the roads leads to Vasantha Nagar.

Explanation

Word ‘either’ is a determiner; it is used to mean ‘either refers to one thing of a group of two’. It can be any one of the two things in a group.  

Example

I have two laptops, I can use either of them anytime.  

The important thing to be kept in mind is we use singular verb with either.