Question

Choose out the collective noun(s) from the following sentence.

All the students in the class remained silent.

• A. class, students
• B. students
• C. class
  
• D. none

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

class

A collective noun is a name used to represent a group of people, animals of things. It is generally singular in construction.

The collective noun in this specific sentence is 'class' which refers to a group of people organizedfor studying. Hence option C is the correct answer.

Options A and B are incorrect because they contain the word 'students' which is not a collective noun rather the plural to the term 'student'. Simply put, plural nouns refer to two or more distinct nouns while collective nouns refer to two or more nouns in a single group.

Option D is incorrect because we have already chosen the correct answer.