Question

(Q.1-20):Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct. If none of the given sentences is correct, mark (5), i.e None correction required, as the answer.

1) Roamingcattle posea threat to motorists.

2) Roamingcattles posea threat to motorists.

3) Roamingcattle posesa threat to motorists.

4) Roamingcattles posesa threat to motorists.

5) None of these

A 1) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B 2) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C 3) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D 4) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E 5) Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Rule ⇒ Certain collective nouns, though singular in form, are always used in the plural sense and take a plural verb. For example, gentry, cattle, poultry, alphabet, offspring etc. Thus, though ‘Cattle’ is a collective noun, it will take plural verb ‘pose’.

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