Question

Choose the correct abstract noun from the underlined adjective.
India fought for many decades to be free from British rule. The country finally got it’s _______________ in the year 1947.
A) Freedom
B) Freeness
C) Free
D) Freely

Answer 1

Hint: Abstract noun are those nouns that are intangible in nature. Intangible are things that cannot be seen or touched but can make sense and feel. For example: emotion, feeling, quality or idea, love, joy, anger, happiness, bravery, cowardice etc.

Complete answer:
Let us look into the given options:
Option A) Freedom – is the correct answer because ‘freedom’ is an abstract noun. The meaning of freedom is ‘privilege, liberty, release, due’. Freedom is a noun. Freedom is counted as an abstract noun. India fought for many decades to be free from British rule. The country finally got its freedom in the year 1947. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option B) Freeness – is an incorrect answer because ‘freeness’ is not a word in English dictionary. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Free – is an incorrect answer because ‘free’ is an adjective but not a noun. The meaning of ‘free’ is ‘not controlled by anybody’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Freely – is an incorrect answer because ‘freely’ is an adverb but not a noun. The meaning of freely is ‘in a way that is not controlled or limited’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: The abstract noun of the word free is ‘freedom’. The word free is adjective and adjective is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase. For example: silly, yellow, fun, fast etc.
The word freely is an adverb. An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, determiner, clause, preposition and an adverb always ends with ‘ly’. For example: quickly, softly, beautifully, greedily etc.