Olympiad Test Level 1: Gender and Number (Feminine/Masculine and Singular/Plural)- 1

Thief can be a male as well as a female. Since, we cannot judge the masculine/feminine gender of the 'thief' hence; it is a common gender.

Desk is a non living thing and cannot be a male or a female. Hence; it is a neuter gender.

Cousin can be a male as well as a female hence; it is a common gender.

Since we can count both keys and table hence; the correct countable nouns are both 'keys' (a) and 'table' (c). The answer is both (a) and (c).

(d) king is a countable noun, (b) and (c) are not nouns. Since we cannot count the abstract noun 'kindness' in numbers hence; the correct uncountable noun is 'kindness'.

(a) and (c) groom and bride are opposite genders of each other, (b) married isn't a noun, (d) spinster is the correct female gender for 'bachelor'.

Nephew is the male gender of the female noun 'niece'. Hence, the correct answer is 'nephew'.