Question

: Identify the 'masculine gender noun' from the given sentence:
The heir to be chosen was going to face a tough task in the evening.
a)Face
b)Task
c)Heir
d)Evening

Answer 1

Hint: Gender is a system of noun classification and includes masculine and feminine. Masculine nouns are used for men, boys and male animals.

Complete step by step answer:
Masculine gender refers to men, boys and male animals. It also means having qualities, appearance or a set of attributes associated with men. Noun is a word which is used to identify any of a class of people, places or things (referred to as a common noun) or to name a particular one of the common nouns ( referred to as proper nouns).

Here face is a noun used to refer to the front part of a person’s head. It is used to refer to both male and females and hence is incorrect. Task is a noun which means a piece of work to be done or completed and is again neutral. Hence this option is also marked out. Evening is the period of time at the end of the day. It isn’t gender specific and hence is incorrect.

The word heir means a person who is legally entitled to the property or rank of another person after his/her death. It is masculine noun. The feminine form of this word is heiress.
Example: They saw themselves as heirs of the throne after the king died.

Note: While finding gender specific nouns, take care of the gender neutral nouns.