Question

1. On the basis of the gender of the nouns, pick the odd one out in each
series:
1. (a) monk
(b) daughter
c) dog
(d) hare​

Answer 1

(a) Monk is a masculine gender and it's feminine gender is Nun.

(b) Daughter is a feminine gender and it's masculine gender is Son.

(c) Dog is a masculine gender and it's feminine gender is Bítch.

(d) Hare is a masculine gender and it's feminine gender is Doe (a female deer).

Therefore, the (b) daughter is the odd one.

Additional Information-

There are four genders of noun such that -

Masculine gender, Feminine gender, Common gender and Neuter gender.

• Masculine gender refers to male only.

• Feminine gender refers to female only.

Sita is a girl.

Here, the word 'girl' is a noun and used to describe the female group.

Similarly,

Ram is Riya's brother.

Here, the word 'brother' is a noun and used to describe the male group.

In grammar, the word gender is used to describe the feature of nouns.

→ Boy (masculine) Girl (feminine)

→ Fox (masculine) Vixen (feminine)

→ Uncle (masculine) Aunt (feminine) & so on.

• Common gender refers to both male and female. Example: Teacher, students, doctor etc.

• Neuter gender refers to non-living things. Example: pen, eraser, table etc.