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Noun — GK Questions with Answers

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  1. Which is a proper noun?
    1. Everest
    2. teacher
    3. river
    4. mountain
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    Answer: (A) Everest

    Everest names one particular mountain.

  2. “A herd of elephants crossed the road.” Here “herd” is a —
    1. proper noun
    2. abstract noun
    3. collective noun
    4. material noun
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    Answer: (C) collective noun

    “Herd” is the name of a group.

  3. The abstract noun of “wise” is —
    1. wiser
    2. wisely
    3. wisdom
    4. wiseness
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    Answer: (C) wisdom

    wise → wisdom.

  4. Pick the abstract noun.
    1. crowd
    2. doctor
    3. gold
    4. honesty
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    Answer: (D) honesty

    Honesty is a quality you cannot touch.

  5. The plural of “baby” is —
    1. babies
    2. babyes
    3. babis
    4. babys
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    Answer: (A) babies

    Consonant + y → -ies.

  6. The plural of “key” is —
    1. kies
    2. keyes
    3. keys
    4. keis
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    Answer: (C) keys

    Vowel + y → only -s.

  7. The plural of “wolf” is —
    1. wolvs
    2. wolfs
    3. wolves
    4. wolfes
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    Answer: (C) wolves

    -f → -ves: wolf → wolves.

  8. Which plural is wrong?
    1. beliefs
    2. knifes
    3. chiefs
    4. roofs
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    Answer: (B) knifes

    knife → knives. Chiefs, roofs, beliefs take only -s.

  9. The plural of “potato” is —
    1. potatoes
    2. potatoies
    3. potates
    4. potatos
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    Answer: (A) potatoes

    Some consonant + o words take -es: potato, tomato, hero.

  10. Which word takes only -s in the plural?
    1. mango
    2. hero
    3. piano
    4. echo
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    Answer: (C) piano

    piano → pianos; the others take -es.

  1. The plural of “child” is —
    1. childrens
    2. childs
    3. childes
    4. children
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    Answer: (D) children

    child → children (irregular).

  2. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. The sheepes are in the field.
    2. The sheeps is in the field.
    3. The sheeps are in the field.
    4. The sheep are in the field.
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    Answer: (D) The sheep are in the field.

    The plural of sheep is sheep.

  3. “Mathematics ___ my favourite subject.”
    1. were
    2. is
    3. have
    4. are
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    Answer: (B) is

    Mathematics is plural in form but singular in meaning.

  4. Choose the correct sentence.
    1. My trouser is torn.
    2. My trousers is torn.
    3. My trousers are torn.
    4. My trouser are torn.
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    Answer: (C) My trousers are torn.

    “Trousers” is always plural.

  5. The plural of “criterion” is —
    1. criterium
    2. criterions
    3. criterias
    4. criteria
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    Answer: (D) criteria

    criterion → criteria (Greek).

  6. The plural of “crisis” is —
    1. crisis
    2. crisies
    3. crisises
    4. crises
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    Answer: (D) crises

    -is → -es: crisis → crises.

  7. The plural of “mother-in-law” is —
    1. mothers-in-law
    2. mothers-in-laws
    3. mother-in-law
    4. mother-in-laws
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    Answer: (A) mothers-in-law

    In a compound noun the main word (mother) takes the s.

  8. “He gave me good ___.”
    1. advices
    2. an advice
    3. advice
    4. advises
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    Answer: (C) advice

    “Advice” is uncountable.

  9. “The ___ are very valuable.” (articles for sale)
    1. gooded
    2. goods
    3. good
    4. a good
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    Answer: (B) goods

    “Goods” (wares) is always plural.

  10. The feminine of “bachelor” is —
    1. madam
    2. maid
    3. bachelorette
    4. spinster
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    Answer: (D) spinster

    bachelor – spinster.

  1. The feminine of “nephew” is —
    1. aunt
    2. cousin
    3. daughter
    4. niece
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    Answer: (D) niece

    nephew – niece.

  2. The feminine of “emperor” is —
    1. emperess
    2. empress
    3. emperoress
    4. empire
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    Answer: (B) empress

    emperor – empress (drop -or, add -ress).

  3. Which noun is of common gender?
    1. host
    2. king
    3. lion
    4. teacher
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    Answer: (D) teacher

    “Teacher” can be male or female.

  4. Which phrase shows ownership by several girls?
    1. the girls school’s
    2. the girl school
    3. the girl’s school
    4. the girls’ school
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    Answer: (D) the girls’ school

    A plural ending in -s takes only an apostrophe.

  5. Choose the correct form.
    1. children’s park
    2. childrens park’s
    3. childrens’s park
    4. childrens’ park
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    Answer: (A) children’s park

    “Children” does not end in -s, so add ’s.

  6. Which is correct?
    1. the table’s leg
    2. the leg of the table
    3. the leg’s table
    4. the table leg’s
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    Answer: (B) the leg of the table

    For lifeless things we normally use “of”.

  7. Ram and Shyam jointly own one shop. Choose the correct phrase.
    1. Ram and Shyams’ shop
    2. Ram’s and Shyam’s shop
    3. Ram and Shyam’s shop
    4. Rams and Shyams shop
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    Answer: (C) Ram and Shyam’s shop

    Joint ownership: ’s on the last name.

  8. Complete: “She has ___ friends, so she feels lonely.” (hardly any)
    1. a little
    2. little
    3. a few
    4. few
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    Answer: (D) few

    “Few” = hardly any.

  9. Complete: “I have ___ milk; I can make one cup of tea.” (some)
    1. a few
    2. little
    3. a little
    4. few
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    Answer: (C) a little

    “A little” = some.

  10. “There were ___ mistakes in her paper than in mine.”
    1. less
    2. fewer
    3. little
    4. much
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    Answer: (B) fewer

    Mistakes are countable → fewer.

  1. “We heard ___ yesterday.” Choose the correct option.
    1. many good news
    2. a good news
    3. good news
    4. good newses
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    Answer: (C) good news

    “News” is uncountable.

  2. Which is correct?
    1. Where are my luggage?
    2. Where is my luggages?
    3. Where are my luggages?
    4. Where is my luggage?
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    Answer: (D) Where is my luggage?

    “Luggage” is uncountable, with a singular verb.

  3. “He is a ___ boy.” (age: ten years)
    1. ten-year-old
    2. ten-years old
    3. tens-year-old
    4. ten-years-old
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    Answer: (A) ten-year-old

    A noun used as an adjective stays singular.

  4. In “Delhi, the capital of India, is crowded,” the phrase “the capital of India” is in —
    1. apposition
    2. address
    3. object
    4. adjective
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    Answer: (A) apposition

    It is another name/description of Delhi.

  5. Which word is both a material and a common noun in different uses?
    1. team
    2. honesty
    3. glass
    4. Mumbai
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    Answer: (C) glass

    glass = material; a glass = a tumbler.

  6. “The police ___ searching the house.”
    1. are
    2. has
    3. is
    4. was
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    Answer: (A) are

    “Police” is always plural.

  7. Which noun is always plural?
    1. news
    2. physics
    3. furniture
    4. scissors
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    Answer: (D) scissors

    Scissors, trousers, spectacles are always plural.

  8. The plural of “species” is —
    1. specieses
    2. species
    3. specie
    4. speciess
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    Answer: (B) species

    Same in singular and plural.

  9. Which pair is correct?
    1. foot – foots
    2. cloth – clothes (garments)
    3. goose – gooses
    4. tooth – tooths
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    Answer: (B) cloth – clothes (garments)

    goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet.

  10. Choose the correctly capitalised sentence.
    1. we go to hills in summer.
    2. We go to Hills in summer.
    3. We go to hills in Summer.
    4. We go to hills in summer.
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    Answer: (D) We go to hills in summer.

    Seasons are written in small letters.

  1. Which one is a correct noun phrase?
    1. a five-day tour
    2. a five days’ tour’s
    3. a five days tour
    4. a five-days tour
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    Answer: (A) a five-day tour

    Noun as adjective is singular.

  2. The noun form of “choose” is —
    1. chooser
    2. choice
    3. choosing-ness
    4. chosen
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    Answer: (B) choice

    choose → choice.

  3. “Sir, may I come in?” — “Sir” is used in the —
    1. objective case
    2. nominative case
    3. vocative case
    4. possessive case
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    Answer: (C) vocative case

    Calling someone = vocative.

  4. “Moses’ laws” — why is only an apostrophe used?
    1. It is a verb
    2. It is wrong
    3. It is a plural
    4. It is an ancient name ending in -s
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    Answer: (D) It is an ancient name ending in -s

    Ancient/famous names ending in -s take just an apostrophe.

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