NOUNS â MCQs:: Suitable for clas VIIIâXII
Instructions: Choose the correct answer. / āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
1. Courage is a ___. / Courage āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Courage is a quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
2. The ___ of bees is called a swarm. / āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āϞāĻā§° ___ swarm āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ (collective noun / proper noun)
Ans: collective noun → It represents a group → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
3. London is a ___. / London āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Name of a city → āĻ āĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
4. Sugar is a ___. / āĻā§āύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
5. The ___ of the students was excellent. / āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°-āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§āϏāĻāϞ⧰ ___ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (behaviour / run)
Ans: behaviour → Abstract noun → āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ / āĻā§āĻŖā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
6. The ___ of lions moved silently. / āϏāĻŋāĻāĻšā§° ___ āύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (pride / team)
Ans: pride → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
7. Honesty is always rewarded. / āϏāϤāϤāĻž āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
8. The teacher wrote on the ___. / āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ ___ āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ (board / write)
Ans: board → Concrete noun → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
9. Gold is a ___. / āϏā§āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
10. The ___ of birds flew across the sky. / āĻā§°āĻžāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ ___ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻ'āϞāĨ¤ (flock / family)
Ans: flock → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
11. Democracy is a ___. / āĻāĻŖāϤāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Idea / concept → āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
12. The students of Class IX are hardworking. / Class IX ā§° āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°-āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§āϏāĻāϞ āĻāώā§āĻāĻā§°āĨ¤ “students” is a ___. (common noun / proper noun)
Ans: common noun → General name → āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
13. Himalaya is a ___. / āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Name of a mountain → āĻ āĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
14. Water is a ___. / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
15. The ___ of the army advanced. / āϏā§āύāĻžā§° ___ āĻāĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ āĻ'āϞāĨ¤ (regiment / soldier)
Ans: regiment → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
16. Patience is a virtue. / āϧā§ā§°ā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖāĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
17. Shakespeare wrote many plays. / Shakespeare āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ “Shakespeare” is a ___. (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Person’s name → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ / āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
18. Iron is a ___. / āϞā§āĻšāĻž āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
19. The ___ of wolves howled at night. / āĻŦāĻžāĻā§° ___ āύāĻŋāĻļāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ (pack / team)
Ans: pack → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
20. Happiness is important. / āϏā§āĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Feeling → āĻ āύā§āĻā§ąā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
21. The ___ is on the table. / ___ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ (book / read)
Ans: book → Thing → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
22. The ___ is very tall. / ___ āĻŦā§° āĻĄāĻžāĻā§°āĨ¤ (tree / grow)
Ans: tree → Thing → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
23. My ___ reads newspaper. / āĻŽā§ā§° ___ āĻŦāĻžāϤ⧰āĻŋā§° āĻāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤ (grandfather / read)
Ans: grandfather → Person → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤
24. The ___ works in a hospital. / ___ āĻāĻāύ āĻšāĻžāϏā§āĻĒāϤāĻžāϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ (nurse / work)
Ans: nurse → Person → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤
25. The ___ of students is excellent. / āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°-āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§ā§° ___ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻāĨ¤ (behaviour / run)
Ans: behaviour → Abstract noun → āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ / āĻā§āĻŖā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
26. The ___ of soldiers marched forward. / āϏā§āύā§āϝ⧰ ___ āĻāĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ āĻ’āϞāĨ¤ (regiment / team)
Ans: regiment → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
27. Oil is a ___. / āϤā§āϞ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
28. London is a ___. / London āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Place → āĻ āĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
29. The ___ of bees collected nectar. / āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° ___ āĻŽāϧ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ (swarm / team)
Ans: swarm → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
30. Friendship is a ___. / āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Feeling / quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / āĻ āύā§āĻā§ąā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
31. The ___ of cows grazed in the field. / āĻā§°ā§ā§° ___ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (herd / group)
Ans: herd → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
32. Honesty is a ___. / āϏāϤāϤāĻž āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
33. Shakespeare is a ___. / Shakespeare āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Person → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ / āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
34. Water is a ___. / āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
35. The ___ of soldiers was disciplined. / āϏā§āύā§āϝ⧰ ___ āĻļā§āĻā§āĻāϞāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤ (regiment / team)
Ans: regiment → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
36. Happiness is a ___. / āϏā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Feeling → āĻ āύā§āĻā§ąā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
37. The ___ of birds flew high. / āĻā§°āĻžāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ ___ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻ'āϞāĨ¤ (flock / group)
Ans: flock → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
38. Iron is a ___. / āϞā§āĻšāĻž āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
39. London is a ___. / London āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Place → āĻ āĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
40. Courage is a ___. / āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
41. The ___ of lions is dangerous. / āϏāĻŋāĻāĻšā§° ___ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻāĻāύāĻāĨ¤ (pride / team)
Ans: pride → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
42. Patience is a ___. / āϧā§ā§°ā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
43. The ___ is shining brightly. / ___ āĻāĻā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ (sun / shine)
Ans: sun → Thing → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
44. Gold is a ___. / āϏā§āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
45. The ___ of bees buzzed loudly. / āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° ___ āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ (swarm / team)
Ans: swarm → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
46. Shakespeare wrote many plays. / Shakespeare āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ (proper noun / common noun)
Ans: proper noun → Person → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ / āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
47. Friendship is valuable. / āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύāĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Feeling → āĻ āύā§āĻā§ąā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
48. The ___ of cows grazed in the field. / āĻā§°ā§ā§° ___ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (herd / group)
Ans: herd → Collective noun → āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
49. Oil is a ___. / āϤā§āϞ āĻāĻāĻž ___āĨ¤ (material noun / abstract noun)
Ans: material noun → Substance → āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĨ¤
50. Honesty is rewarded. / āϏāϤāϤāĻž āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ (abstract noun / concrete noun)
Ans: abstract noun → Quality → āĻā§āĻŖ / abstract nounāĨ¤
Exam Tip:
- Collective nouns = āĻā§āĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ
- Abstract nouns = āĻ āύā§āĻā§ą / āĻā§āĻŖ / āĻāĻžāĻŦ
- Material nouns = āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠/ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ
- Proper nouns = āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ / āĻ āĻžāĻ / āύāĻžāĻŽ
- Common nouns = āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽ