This is the 1965th most frequent French word.
suivant
"Suivant" means "following" or "next."
In this sentence, 'suivant' is used as an adjective to indicate the next item in a sequence, associating with 'chapitre' which is masculine singular.
Je vais lire le chapitre suivant du livre.
I will read the next chapter of the book.
Here, 'suivant' is used as a preposition meaning 'following' or 'according to', denoting adherence to 'instructions'.
Suivant les instructions, nous avons construit le modèle.
Following the instructions, we built the model.
In this case, 'suivant' as an adjective modifies 'question', meaning the next one in order, while 'suivante' is in the feminine singular form to agree with 'question'.