Noun Test 1

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Noun Test 1

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Question 1
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In the following sentence, a word has been italicized. To what category of noun does it belong?

The streets of some of our cities are noted for their crookedness.

A
Concrete Noun

B
Abstract Noun

C
Collective Noun

D
None

Solution

'Crookedness' is an abstract concept for how crooked/ bent-out-of-shape something is; so it is an abstract noun.
Question 2
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Choose the word which best fills the blank from the four options given.

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Success comes to those who are vigilant not to permit from _______from the chosen path.

A
distraction

B
deviation

C
alienation

D
diversion

Solution

(1), (2) and (4) are close choices. Distraction happens to your thoughts. When we are talking of 'path', it is either deviation or diversion. While diversion is moving away from the main course (road), deviation is moving away from the normal (here "chosen") path.
Question 3
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Choose the option that best corrects the statement at the underlined point:
Neither Mary nor Ellen play the piano well despite many years of training.

A
NO CHANGE

B
plays musical instruments

C
perform on the piano

D
harmonize on the piano

Solution

There are two numbers in Noun-Number: Singular and Plural. When we speak about one person/thing, we use the noun in singular form. When we speak about more than one person/thing, we use the noun in plural form.
The conjunction 'neither ... nor' is always followed by a singular verb.
Hence, the correct answer is B) Plays musical instruments. The remaining options have plural verbs.
Question 4
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Choose the option that best corrects the statement at the underlined point:

Harry Coolidge spends much of his holidays at a British seaside resort. He also spends time at a French village in the mountains and an African city. People wonder whether he has a preference for one of the three station.

A
NO CHANGE

B
place

C
places

D
cities

Solution

There are two numbers in Noun-Number: Singular and Plural. When we speak about one person / thing, we use the noun in singular form. When we speak about more than one person / thing, we use the noun in plural form.
In the sentence, we are referring to 'one' of three places. The subject is 'one' so we must use a singular noun. This rules out options A and B. Option D is incorrect because not all the places mentioned are cities. Hence, the right answer is option C.
Question 5
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Directions For Questions

Choose the word which best fills the blank from the four options given.

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Usha was badly _____ by the news which she got in the letter.

A
eletrified

B
petrified

C
deranged

D
shaken
Question 6
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Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
His films were not successful at first, as viewers thought they were not an inventive example of the genre.

A
NO CHANGE

B
not an engaging instance of the genre

C
not an inventive example of that class of films

D
not inventive examples of the genre

Solution

Option D is the correct answer because it correctly indicates that the sentence is referring to more than just one film with the use of the plural noun 'examples'.
Options A, B and C are incorrect because they only refer to a single example of the genre while in the sentence it is given that there were multiple films.
Question 7
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Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
Raffia palms are a palm tree with the largest leaves of any species in the plant kingdom.

A
NO CHANGE

B
species

C
palm trees

D
types of tree

Solution

There are two numbers in Noun-Number: Singular and Plural. When we speak about one person / thing, we use the noun in singular form. When we speak about more than one person / thing, we use the noun in the plural form.
In the given sentence, the subject is 'Raffia palms' which is plural. So, we need a plural noun. This rules out option A, which is singular. Options B, C and D are all plural. However, option B is incorrect because the word 'species' is already mentioned later in the sentence. So, if used, there would be repetition errors. Option D is incorrect because Raffia palm is a single type of tree, not types of trees. This leaves us with the answer as option C.
Question 8
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Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
One of Jake's colleagues prefer to work during the afternoon and evening shifts.

A
NO CHANGE

B
prefers to work

C
has a preference to work

D
wish to work

Solution

The grammatical subject number determines the number of the verb.
The subject in this sentence is singular since we used the word 'one'. Options B and C have singular verbs, but option C is unecessarily wordy. Hence the right option is B.
Question 9
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Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.
The Times of India and the Economic Times are among the most widely-read newspapers in Indian cities.

A
NO CHANGE

B
magazine

C
publication

D
weekly

Solution

The grammatical subject determines the number of the noun. In the sentence given, we are referring to 'the group of most widely read items.' Hence, there needs to be a plural noun in the blank. The only plural option is option A.
Question 10
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Choose the option that best corrects the underlined phrase:
It is a commonly held belief that children whose fathers were a farmer grow up to be the same.

A
NO CHANGE

B
agriculturalists

C
a forester

D
a woodsman

Solution

Option A: In the given sentence, the nouns 'children' and 'fathers' are plural. So, there should be a consistency in terms of number in a sentence. The phrase 'a farmer' is singular, it refers to only one farmer, whereas 'fathers' is plural. Hence this phrase must be changed and option A is incorrect.
Option B: 'Agriculturists' is a plural noun and agrees with the rest of the sentence, by referring to the fathers of many children. Hence B is the right answer.
Options C and D: In these options too, 'a forester' and 'a woodsman' is singular and does not agree with the sentence. Hence C and D are also wrong.

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Question 1

Concrete Noun

Abstract Noun

Collective Noun

None

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Question 2

distraction

deviation

alienation

diversion

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Question 3

NO CHANGE

plays musical instruments

perform on the piano

harmonize on the piano

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Question 4

NO CHANGE

place

places

cities

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Question 5

eletrified

petrified

deranged

shaken

Question 6

NO CHANGE

not an engaging instance of the genre

not an inventive example of that class of films

not inventive examples of the genre

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Question 7

NO CHANGE

species

palm trees

types of tree

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Question 8

NO CHANGE

prefers to work

has a preference to work

wish to work

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Question 9

NO CHANGE

magazine

publication

weekly

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Question 10

NO CHANGE

agriculturalists

a forester

a woodsman

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