Question

Choose the most suitable option.
A _____________ of bananas.
A) Bouquet
B) Bunch
C) Cluster
D) Pack

Answer 1

Hint: Collective noun is a type of noun and collective nouns are the names given to the collection or a number of people or things. For example: words like herd, group, array are some of the examples of collective nouns.

Complete answer:
Let us look into the given options:
Option A) Bouquet – is an incorrect answer because ‘bouquet’ is a collection of different or same flowers in a creative arrangement. Thus, ‘a bouquet of bananas’ is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Bunch – is the correct answer because ‘bunch’ is a collective noun and the name bunch is given to a number of things that are usually of the same type and growing together. Therefore, bananas grow together and have the same type. We use the word bunch in many more ways and that is bunch of bananas, bunch of cats, bunch of flowers etc. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option C) Cluster – is an incorrect answer because ‘cluster’ is a name given for the group of people, animals and objects. For example: cluster of desks, cluster of stars and cluster of computers. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Pack – is an incorrect answer because ‘pack’ is a word given for the group of wolves. Thus, this is an incorrect option.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: Nouns are naming words such as it defines the name of a person, thing, animal and etc. For example: Rita is a girl.' Here, both ‘Rita’ and ‘girl’ are nouns. Rita is a proper noun and ‘girl’ is a common noun. There are different types of nouns: proper nouns, common nouns, material nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, compound nouns and collective nouns.