ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A question mark, also known as an interrogation point or interrogation mark, is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate that a sentence is a question.

Detailed explanation-2: -The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism) is a punctuation mark that indicates an interrogative clause or phrase in many languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -A question mark replaces a period at the end of a sentence when the sentence is a question. Sometimes, question marks are known as interrogation points. The question mark symbol is one of the main three end marks for sentences; the other two are the period and the exclamation point.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is a question mark for? The main purpose of a question mark, perhaps unsurprisingly, is to indicate that a sentence is a question. Direct questions often (but not always) begin with a wh-word (who, what, when, where, why). Why did the chicken cross the road?