Question

Frame a Wh- question to get the following answer
  This word means something.
A) When does this word mean?
B) Who does this word mean?
C) What does this word mean?
D) Why does this word mean?

Answer 1

Hint: Firstly understand the grammar and question word given in the question. Then understand each vocabulary of the word. Check if the way they are utilized in the above given options are correct or not.

Complete answer:
A wh-type question is used when asking questions. What, Why, Which, When, Who, Whom, Where, Whose and How are wh-type questions.
Option A) This is not the correct option as the sentence talks about a word which means something. And “When” is usually used to describe the place or the time period. So, this is an incorrect option to be chosen.
Option B) This is not the correct option as the sentence talks about a word which means something. And “Who” is usually used to describe the person, not the thing. So, this is an incorrect option to be chosen.
Option C) This is the correct option to be chosen because the given sentence wh-type question can be constructed on the basis of what the word actually means. So, this is the correct option to be chosen/ opted.
Option D) This is not the correct option as the sentence talks about a word which means something. And “Why” is usually used to describe the action or the reason. So, this is an incorrect option to be chosen.

Hence the correct answer is option ’C’.

Note: The highlighted part of the sentence talks about a word which means something. So, wh-type questions can be constructed about what the word means. The action, place, thing, person etc are not mentioned. Fine grasp of the subject and activities and place mentioned in respect to the sentence is very important to solve such types of questions.