What part of speech is the word “that” in the sentence?
“The book that you gave me is excellent.”

Correct option is A

The correct option is (a).

• Explanation: In the sentence, “that” introduces the clause “that you gave me” and refers back to the noun “book”. Therefore, it functions as a relative pronoun.
• A relative pronoun connects a noun with a subordinate clause and gives additional information about that noun.
• Here, “that” helps describe which book is being talked about.

Grammar Rule involved (English/ Hindi):
• Relative pronouns such as who, whom, whose, which, that are used to introduce relative clauses.
• Relative pronoun antecedent noun के बारे में अतिरिक्त जानकारी देता है।
• यहाँ “that” noun “book” को qualify कर रहा है।

Meanings of other options:
• Conjunction – A word used to join words or clauses (समुच्चयबोधक)
• Determiner – A word placed before a noun to identify it (निर्धारक)
• Demonstrative adjective – A word like this, that, these, those used before a noun to point it out (संकेतवाचक विशेषण)

So the correct answer is (a)