Question

Identify the masculine noun(s) among the following:
King, nun, bridegroom, lord, widow
a)King
b)Widow
c)King, bridegroom, lord
d)King, nun, bridegroom

Answer 1

Hint: Find the feminine noun(s) out of the given options and the rest will be masculine. You can either identify each word first or start from the last two options as they contain 3 each, so finding the correct option or cancelling out the wrong option would be easier.

Complete step by step answer:

 Let us start by identifying each word. First, king refers to a male ruler of an independent state, who inherits this right from birth. It is a masculine noun. Nun refers to a woman who has devoted her life to religion and is a member of a religious community. It is a feminine noun. Bridegroom refers to a man who is about to get married or is used to refer to a man before or after his marriage. It is a masculine noun. Lord refers to a person (mostly male) with power, authority or influence. It is again a masculine noun. Widow refers to a woman who has lost her spouse to death and has not remarried. It is a feminine noun. So, option b widow is incorrect.

 Option a may or may not be correct. Before we decide let’s take a look at the remaining two options. Option c contains 3 words, king, bridegroom, and lord. All these three words are masculine nouns. Therefore, our answer would be c not a as a has only one out of the three.

Option d has 3 nouns but one out of them is a feminine noun, which nun. So, option d is ruled out too.

Note: Carefully check all the options before choosing the answer as one can go for a as the answer if option c is not looked at carefully. A and c both contain masculine noun forms but in the given question there are more than one masculine noun. So, the answer would be