Question

Identify the ‘masculine gender form’ from the given sentence:

The steward asked the passengers on the deck to be away from the railing, owing to high tides.

a)Passengers
b)Deck
c)Steward
d)Tide

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence contains one masculine noun and one gender-neutral noun. The rest of the words are non-living things and hence do not come under any gender.

Complete step by step answer:
Let us look at the given options. We have option a, passengers. Passengers can be from any gender. Passenger is a gender-neutral term and is not specifically used for any gender. Thus, option a is incorrect.

Option b deck and option d tide are both nonliving. Deck is a platform on the ship, it is neither feminine nor masculine. Same is the case with tide. Tide refers to the alternate rising or falling of the sea. Therefore, option b and d are invalid.

Option c steward is a masculine term. It refers to a person (male) who looks after the passengers on a ship (here), aircraft etc. The feminine of it is stewardess. Therefore, the correct answer is c.

Note: Do not get confused between living and nonliving things. Non Living things are not gender specific.