Question

Identify the concrete noun(s) in the following sentence:
Harish was rewarded for his honesty by the minister.
a) Harish, honesty
b) Harish, minister
c) Honesty, minister
d) Harish, rewarded

Answer 1

Hint: Concrete nouns are those nouns which can be identified or felt. It thus describes an object rather than an abstract concept.

Complete answer : Nouns are the terms that denote or describe an object, person, emotion, or idea. Concrete nouns are those nouns that we use to mention the things that can be experienced with our five senses. All the living and nonliving things and objects are thus described using concrete nouns.
Concrete nouns can be countable or uncountable; singular or plural. It can also be a common noun or a proper or collective noun.
The name of a particular person is a proper noun as well as a concrete noun. That being the case, the name ‘Harish’ is a concrete noun.
>In option a, we are given ‘honesty’ too. Honesty is an abstract noun as it is a character of a person. Hence, this option can be ruled out.
>In option b, we are given with two proper nouns and both can be concrete nouns too. Therefore, option b is the right answer.
>Option c again has ‘honesty’ in it. Therefore, this set of nouns is also wrong.
>Option d ‘Rewarded’ is a verb and hence cannot be the right choice. Thus, option d is also proved incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘b’.

Note:Although pronouns (he, she, it) replace the nouns, they cannot be entirely considered as a noun in function. They are just a type of the nouns.