Identify the Parts of Speech in the given sentence

Question of The Day09-01-2021

Each of the following sentences has a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response.

Who took the decision of broadcasting the news at the earliest?

Answer

Correct Answer : c ) Interrogative Pronoun

Explanation :

The underlined word is to express possession to whom the decision belongs or who is responsible for making the decision.

The underlined word is used to pose a question.

‘Who’ here is an interrogative pronoun because it is used to pose a question.

It is also used as a relative pronoun. ‘Who’ as a relative pronoun is used to refer to the nearest subject.

Example: The farmers who are protesting at the street are from Punjab.

Hence, (C) is the correct answer.

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