What kind of determiner is the underlined word in the sentence?
Many passengers on the ferry to Majuli had to stand all the way across the Brahmaputra.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Quantifier
Here “many” comes before “passengers” and tells how many of them had to stand.
| Option | Meaning and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Demonstrative determiner | points to a thing: this, that, these, those | These oranges came from Nagpur. |
| (2) Distributive determiner | takes people or things one at a time: each, every, either, neither | Every player got a new jersey. |
| (3) Interrogative determiner | asks a question about a noun: which, what, whose | Which bus goes to the airport? |
| (4) Quantifier (answer) | comes before a noun and tells how many or how much: some, many, few, enough | There is enough food for everyone at the langar. |