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I know if I say "If it were to rain, it would be a pleasant day". = If it rained, it would be a pleasant day".
But my query is if I say, "If he were to be selected, I would be very happy".
Does it is equivalent to "If he had to be selected, I would be very happy" or "If someone selected him", I would be very happy".
Yes, "If he were to be selected, I would be very happy" is good grammar, and yes, it means the same as, "If someone selected him", I would be very happy".
It does not mean the same as, "If he had to be selected, I would be very happy". There is no meaning of requirement in the original sentence, so "have to" has the wrong meaning.
This is the "second conditional", the condition "he were to be selected" refers to a hypothetical future state that is seen as unlikely. So it means roughly "If someone selects him (though I don't think anyone will select him)..."
