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Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Shiva is a good boy.

  1. What is Shiva?

  2. Shiva is a good boy, isn't he?

  3. Shiva is what?

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on thing, "what" should be used. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Tina is jogging.

  1. What is Tina doing?

  2. Who is jogging?

  3. A & B both

  4. Tina is jogging, isn't she?


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on both thing and person,  both "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Jay is doing something.

  1. Jay is doing what?

  2. Jay is doing something, isn't he?

  3. Is Jay doing something?

  4. What is Jay doing?


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on thing, "what" should be used. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Ajay just left from work.

  1. When did Ajay leave from work?

  2. Why did Ajay leave from work?

  3. Ajay left from work, didn't he?

  4. Ajay is leaving from work, isn't he?


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on time, "when" should be used. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Raj is typing a letter to his mother.

  1. Who is Raj typing a letter to?

  2. What is Raj doing?

  3. Who is typing a letter?

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on thing and person both direct and indirect, "whom", "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, Option D is correct. 

Frame 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Mother is cooking food in the kitchen.

  1. Where is the mother cooking the food?

  2. Mother is cooking the food, isn't she?

  3. Mother is doing what?

  4. Mother is in the kitchen, isn't she?


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on place, "where" should be used. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
Krishna got a tattoo.

  1. Who got a tattoo?

  2. Krishna got a tattoo, didn't he?

  3. What did Krishna get?

  4. A & C both


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on both thing and person,  both "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect. 

Frame a 'wh' question for the given sentence:
My father caught the thief and locked him in a room.

  1. Where did the father lock the thief?

  2. What did the father do?

  3. What did the father do with the thief?

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Since the emphasis is on place, thing, purpose and person, "where", "what" and "who" should be used. Hence, D is correct. 

Frame a question such that the underlined part of the sentence given is the answer:
The old man had entrusted all his wealth to his step-daughter

  1. To whom had the old man entrusted all his wealth?

  2. Who to had the old man entrusted all his wealth?

  3. Whom to had the old man entrusted all his wealth?

  4. What had the old man entrusted his step-daughter with?


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wh-questions are used to ask certain types of questions. What, when, why, whom, who, whose, where and how are the wh-questions. 

Whom is used to refer to the object of the verb or preposition. 
'Step-daughter' is the object in the sentence to whom the old man had entrusted all his wealth.
Thus, option A is the correct answer. Rest of the options are not grammatically correct. 

Frame a question such that the underlined part of the sentence given is the answer:
The girl in the movie was born in the late eighties

  1. When was the girl in the movie born?

  2. What time was the girl in the movie born?

  3. Where was the girl in the movie born?

  4. Which time was the girl in the movie born in?


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wh-questions are used to ask certain types of questions. What, when, why, whom, who, whose, where and how are the wh-questions. 

When is used to ask about the time.
'In the late eighties' is the born time of the girl referred to in the movie. 
Thus, option A is the correct answer. Rest of the options are not grammatically correct.