Practice Test: Nouns- 2 - CAT MCQ

A proper noun is a specific name given to an individual person, a particular place, or a unique thing. It typically begins with a capital letter. Examples include names of people (e.g., John, Mary), specific places (e.g., Paris, Mount Everest), and unique things (e.g., The Eiffel Tower, The Mona Lisa).

Uncountable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted as individual units because they are considered to be one continuous mass or abstract concept. In the given options:

d) Oil is an uncountable noun. You cannot count oil as separate units; it is treated as a mass or substance. For example, you might say "a bottle of oil" to refer to a specific quantity, but you wouldn't say "two oils" to refer to two separate units of the substance.

On the other hand:
a) Sister, b) Boy, and c) Slave are countable nouns because you can use numbers to count individual sisters, boys, or slaves.

In grammar, gender refers to the classification of nouns into masculine, feminine, or neuter gender. However, in the case of the words "book," "pen," "room," and "tree," these nouns do not have gender in the sense of being masculine or feminine. They are considered to be neutral or without gender, and this is referred to as the neuter gender.

So, option (c) Neuter Gender is the correct classification for these nouns.

In the given sentence "The horse kicked the girl," the subject is the one performing the action. The verb "kicked" indicates the action, and the one performing the action is the horse. Therefore, "horse" is the subject of the sentence.

The structure of the sentence is Subject-Verb-Object, where "horse" is the subject, "kicked" is the verb, and "the girl" is the object

Childhood and boyhood are both abstract nouns that represent states or stages in life. Abstract nouns refer to concepts, qualities, or states that cannot be perceived by the five senses. In this case, "childhood" and "boyhood" represent specific stages or states of being in the development of a person. Therefore, the correct classification for these nouns is "State."

In the sentence "Haris is a poor man," the word 'man' is a common noun. A common noun is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea and is not specific to any particular individual. In this case, 'man' refers to a general category of individuals, and it is not a specific or proper name for a particular person.

An abstract noun refers to a quality, state, or concept that cannot be perceived by the senses. In this case, "slavery" represents a concept or a state of being rather than a physical and tangible object. It is an abstract noun because it denotes the condition or practice of being a slave, which is a non-material and abstract concept.

On the other hand, "girl," "horse," and "doctor" are concrete nouns. "Girl" and "horse" are common nouns representing specific individuals or objects, while "doctor" is a common noun representing a profession or occupation.

The noun in opposition, "the teacher," is not explicitly marked by case in English. English does not have a distinct case system for nouns like some other languages. However, if we were to choose from the options given, (b) Accusative is commonly associated with the object of a verb, and since "the teacher" is in apposition to "your uncle," it might be considered akin to the accusative case in this context.

In the sentence "The police controlled the crowd," the word "crowd" is a collective noun. Collective nouns refer to a group or collection of individuals considered as a whole. In this case, "crowd" represents a gathering of people. Collective nouns are singular in form but refer to a group of people or things.

The feminine noun for 'colt' is (b) Filly. A filly is a young female horse, corresponding to a colt which is a young male horse.