Questions & Answers about आरक्षण के अनुसार सीट इस कोच में है।
What does आरक्षण के अनुसार literally mean?
It literally means according to the reservation.
In this kind of sentence, आरक्षण usually means a booking or reserved-seat record, especially in a train context. So the phrase is basically saying that the location of the seat is being stated based on what the reservation says.
Why is it के अनुसार and not some other form?
Because अनुसार is used in a fixed pattern meaning according to or in accordance with.
So you learn it as a chunk:
- X के अनुसार = according to X
Examples:
- नियमों के अनुसार = according to the rules
- योजना के अनुसार = according to the plan
- आरक्षण के अनुसार = according to the reservation
So here, it is best to treat के अनुसार as one structure.
Why is यह changed to इस in इस कोच में?
Because Hindi uses an oblique form before a postposition such as में.
- यह = direct form
- इस = oblique form
So:
- यह कोच = this coach
- इस कोच में = in this coach
The same thing happens with वह:
- = that coach