Nouns MCQs

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Nouns MCQs

Practice Nouns MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Learn about common nouns, proper nouns, collective nouns, abstract nouns and concrete nouns through multiple choice questions designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Teaching and other competitive exams.

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Question #341
What is the plural of 'criterion'?
A. criteria
B. criterias
C. criterions
D. criteri
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Greek: criterion -> criteria.
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Question #342
The noun 'hair' as a mass is:
A. countable
B. uncountable
C. both
D. none
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
As a mass, uncountable. Individual strands: countable (hairs).
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Question #343
Find the abstract noun: 'His honesty is unquestionable.'
A. is
B. honesty
C. his
D. unquestionable
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Quality.
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Question #344
The noun 'fleet' is:
A. proper
B. abstract
C. material
D. collective
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Group of ships.
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Question #345
What is the noun form of 'wide'?
A. width
B. wide
C. wider
D. wideness
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Width'.
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Question #346
The noun 'swine' as plural:
A. swines
B. swine
C. swinies
D. swine is singular only
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Same form.
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Question #347
The plural of 'staff' can be:
A. both depending on meaning
B. staves
C. staff
D. staffs
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Staff (employees) -> staffs; staff (stick) -> staves.
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Question #348
Identify the error: 'He has a twenty rupees note.'
A. a
B. twenty
C. rupees
D. note
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
When used as adjective, 'twenty-rupee' (singular).
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Question #349
The word 'gallows' is:
A. uncountable
B. both
C. plural
D. singular
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
'Gallows' is singular: 'The gallows is ready.'
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Question #350
The noun 'horse' can be feminine as:
A. gelding
B. colt
C. stallion
D. mare
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Mare.
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Question #351
What is the plural of 'oasis'?
A. oasises
B. oasis
C. oases
D. oasii
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
-is -> -es: oasis -> oases.
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Question #352
The noun 'baggage' is:
A. countable
B. collective
C. plural
D. uncountable
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Uncountable.
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Question #353
Find the error: 'He has bought two dozens apples.'
A. has bought
B. dozens
C. apples
D. two
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Two dozen' (no s, no of).
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Question #354
The noun 'crowd' takes:
A. singular verb only
B. plural verb only
C. none
D. can be singular or plural
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Collective.
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Question #355
What is the noun form of 'deep'?
A. deepth
B. depth
C. deepening
D. deepness
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
'Depth'.
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Question #356
The noun 'fish' is:
A. same singular and plural
B. singular only
C. uncountable
D. plural only
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Same form; fishes also used for different species.
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Question #357
Which is the feminine of 'wizard'?
A. wiz
B. witch
C. sorceress
D. wizardess
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Witch.
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Question #358
Identify the error: 'He is a five-feet tall man.'
A. man
B. five-feet
C. a
D. tall
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Hyphenated adjective uses singular: 'five-foot tall'.
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Question #359
The noun 'species' is:
A. both
B. uncountable
C. plural
D. singular
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Same singular and plural.
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Question #360
The noun 'staff' as a group of employees is:
A. proper
B. material
C. abstract
D. collective
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Collective.
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