Question:

One hardly knows what to do. Here ‘one’ is used as?

AAdverb

BVerb

CNoun

DPronoun

Answer:

D. Pronoun

Explanation:

Here the ‘one’ is a pronoun

  • A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
  •  Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does not need to be named specifically.
  • Common pronouns are he, she, you, me, I, we, us, this, them, that. 
  • A pronoun can act as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, and more and takes the place of any person, place, animal or thing.
     

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