Question

Fill in the blank with the correct interrogative pronoun from the options given below:
______ is the meaning of fragrance?

• A. Who
• B. Whom
• C. What
• D. Which

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

What

Interrogative pronouns are used in an interrogating way i.e in while asking questions(who, which, what, whom, whose etc).

The given sentence asks the meaning of the word 'fragrance'. There can be an unlimited number of answers to describe the word 'fragrance' as it is very subjective.

'Who' and 'Whom' are used when asking questions about people where 'who' is used as the subject of the verb and 'whom' is used as the object of the verb. Therefore, options A and B are incorrect.

'What' and 'Which' are used to ask direct questions about objects or people.

'Which' is used in cases where there are a limited number of options being spoken about whereas 'what' is used when the number of options or answers to a question are unlimited. So, option D) which is incorrect.

Therefore, the correct interrogative pronoun to be used in the sentence is option C) what.