Question

Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun:
A ___________________ of parrots flew high in the sky.
a. Bunch
b. Flock
c. Herd
d. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: As the word suggests collective nouns is the name for a collection or a number of people or things. Like a herd, group, flock, pack etc. So here you have to find the appropriate collective noun that indicates the number of parrots together.

Complete answer:
We know what collective nouns are, right? One must also know that there are different collective nouns used for different things for e.g. – a group of people, a litter of puppies, a herd of deer etc.
Now, with parrots’ collective nouns like – company, pandemonium, or flock is used. This directly indicates that the correct option would be – option b.
Option a & c are incorrect as bunch & herd are not used to represent a group of parrots. Bunch is used to indicate groups like – bunch of bananas, bunch of grapes etc. and herd is used to define a group of certain kinds of animals like – a herd of deer, herd of buffaloes etc.
And option d is incorrect because option b is correct.

Note: You need to have some knowledge and understanding of how and where collective nouns are used.