क्या यह सही जवाब है?

to be

Breakdown of क्या यह सही जवाब है?

• यह: this
• क्या: question marker
• जवाब: answer

Questions & Answers about क्या यह सही जवाब है?

What does क्या do at the beginning of this sentence?

At the beginning of a sentence, क्या is a common way to mark a yes/no question.

So:

• यह सही जवाब है। = This is the correct answer.
• क्या यह सही जवाब है? = Is this the correct answer?

In this position, क्या does not mean what. It is functioning like a question marker.

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Can क्या also mean what in Hindi?

Yes. क्या can mean what, but its meaning depends on where and how it is used.

For example:

• यह क्या है? = What is this?
• क्या यह सही जवाब है? = Is this the correct answer?

So in your sentence, because क्या is placed at the beginning and the rest of the sentence is a statement structure, it signals a yes/no question, not what.

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Why is the word order different from English?

Hindi often keeps the same basic order for a statement and then adds क्या at the beginning to turn it into a yes/no question.

Statement:

• यह सही जवाब है।
  Literally: This correct answer is.

Question:

• Literally: