VerifiedHint: We know that nouns are words that depict people, places, things and else. They are classified into material nouns, abstract nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, possessive nouns, regular nouns and irregular nouns. As the name says, countable nouns are those nouns that can be counted. For example, ‘bottles’, ‘boxes’, ‘sheets’, ‘trees’ etc. can be classified as countable nouns. On the other hand, uncountable nouns like ‘water’, ‘grass’ etc. are known as ‘uncountable’ nouns because they can’t be counted like ‘bottle’. Thus, the basic difference between countable and uncountable nouns is that the former can be counted whereas the latter cannot be counted.
Complete answer:
1. We know the basic difference between countable and uncountable nouns.
2. So, in this question, the noun which can be counted as a number will be countable.
3. We know that milk is a liquid. So, it can’t be counted. Thus, it is not the correct answer.
4. We can see that the second option i.e., ‘rice-like ‘milk’, cannot be counted as they are counted when they are produced. Thus, it is not also the correct answer.
5. Objects like ‘bags’, ‘bottles’ and ‘boxes’ are countable. Thus, ‘bags’ is the correct answer.
6. When we buy bread, we don’t say ‘I want two bread or three bread’. Certainly not. So, we can say that bread is an uncountable noun.
Therefore, the correct answer to this question is option C.
Note: Nouns like ‘water’, ‘milk’, ‘bread’ and ‘rice’ are termed as ‘uncountable’ because they can’t be counted in numbers. Whereas,‘ sheets’, ‘bottles’, ‘sacs’ or ‘leaves’ are ‘countable’ because we can count them in numbers like one, two and three and more. Notice the funny part as the countable noun ‘bags’ contain the uncountable nouns like ‘rice’.
