Question

Identify the ‘masculine gender noun’ from the given sentence:
Lily was scared of her landlord, to the extent of not meeting his eye.
A)Eye
B)Landlord
C)Lily
D)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Look for an animal or a person that is male in gender.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Every noun has a gender. There are three types of genders in the English Language, just like in Hindi. They are Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. If a person or animal is male, his gender is masculine. Similarly, if a person or animal is female, her gender is feminine. Objects are neither masculine nor feminine. The gender of such objects is neuter. It is important to note the gender of a noun because some pronouns are gender-specific like he and her.
 Let us look at some examples.
1)She goes to school.
Here, she stands for a girl. Female persons are feminine in gender.
2) Matt plays hockey well.
Here, Matt is a boy. Male persons are masculine in gender.
3) The ship was full of passengers.
Here, the ship is a noun. It is neither masculine nor feminine. Hence, its gender is neuter.
 Let us look at our given question.
Lily was scared of her landlord, to the extent of not meeting his eye.
First, let us identify the masculine and feminine nouns in this sentence. Lily is a female. The landlord is a male. As we have only been asked to identify the masculine gender noun, we will only look at the landlord. We have already discussed that the landlord is masculine. This means that Option B. Landlord is the correct answer.

 Note: Option A is neuter in gender. Option C is feminine in gender. Option D is wrong as all the nouns have some gender.