Multiple choice

Choose the option in which the collective noun(s) have been picked out correctly from the given sentence.

The decision was unanimous when the jury acquitted him of all the charges.

  1. acquitted

  2. unanimous

  3. decision

  4. jury

  5. there are no collective nouns in the sentence
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The word ‘jury’ is a collective noun for ‘a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court’.

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