What kind of adjective is the underlined word in the sentence?
For Annual Day, the principal wore a Banarasi saree in deep maroon.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Proper Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
“Banarasi” comes from Banaras, the name of a city.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Possessive Adjective | shows whom a thing belongs to (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) | Sunil left his umbrella in the bus. |
| (2) Adjective of Number | how many people or things there are, or their place in order (one, three, many, second) | Our flat is on the second floor. |
| (3) Distributive Adjective | takes people or things one at a time (each, every, either, neither) | Every seat in the auditorium was taken. |
| (4) Proper Adjective (answer) | formed from a proper noun, the name of a particular place or person; it begins with a capital letter | We had Hyderabadi biryani at the wedding. |