Number & Gender
1. The feminine form of the word ‘Author’ is:
a) Authoress
b) Authores
c) Authors
d) Authorss
Ans: a
2. ‘Duchess’ is the feminine of-
a) Earl
b) Dutchman
c) Duke
d) Chess
Ans: c
3. What is the opposite gender of ‘poet’? [Ru 05-06]
a) Poetess
b) Female poet
c) Poet
d) Poetress
Ans: a
4. Which one is the correct masculine form of ‘She-ass’? [Du 02-03]
a) He-ass
b) Pea-ass
c) Jack-ass
d) Jhone-ass
Ans: c
5. The masculine gender of ‘Bride’ is- [Ru 07-08]
a) Husband
b) Bridegroom
c) Brider
d) Bride
Ans: b
6. What is the feminine gender of ‘Tiger’?
a) Tigren
b) Tigress
c) Tigeri
d) Tigerian
Ans: b
7. The opposite gender of ‘Emperor’ is- [BRUR 16-17]
a) Emperori
b) Empress
c) Empros
d) Emprossi
Ans: b
8. Masculine gender of ‘Abbot’ is- [IU 14-15]
a) Abess
b) Abbes
c) Abbess
d) Abbotess
Ans: c
9. Which one is Masculine gender?
a) Lion
b) Peeress
c) Hostess
d) Jewess
Ans: a
10. Which one is not Feminine gender?
a) Authoress
b) Patroness
c) Heiress
d) Peer
Ans: d
11. Which one is masculine gender? [Ru 09-10]
a) Nurse
b) Judge
c) Virgin
d) Shrew
Ans: b
12. Which of the following is always feminine?
a) Fowl
b) Foal
c) Spouse
d) Shrew
Ans: d
13. Which of the noun is used in the feminine form?
a) Anger
b) Time
c) Moon
d) None
Ans: c
14. ‘The moon has hidden her face behind the cloud.’ Here the moon is …………. gender? [CU 03-04]
a) masculine
b) feminine
c) common
d) none
Ans: b
15. Which one is masculine noun? [Ru 08-09]
a) Miss
b) Spring
c) Liberty
d) Death
Ans: d
16. The plural form of ‘dogma’ is- [Ru 18-19]
a) dogma
b) dogmata
c) dogmum
d) dogmac
Ans: b
17. The plural of ‘formula’ is- [Ru 18-19]
a) formulas
b) formulae
c) a + b
d) none
Ans: c
18. The plural number of ‘Bureau’- [Iu 13-14]
a) Bureax
b) Bureaux
c) Buraes
d) Bureas
Ans: b
19. The plural form of ‘radius’ is- [CU 12-13]
a) raddi
b) radiuses
c) radises
d) radius
Ans: b
20. The plural of ‘stimulus’ is- [JKKNIU 16-17]
a) stimuli
b) stimulusis
c) stimula
d) stimulii
Ans: a
