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The sentence would have Option C, Mare as the correct answer.

The given sentence has only one male gender noun, and it is ‘stallions’. The word ‘stallion’ means the male horse, and the exact counterpart of the same would be termed as Option C, mare, which is used for the female horse. Option A, Horse is a breed and is a common gender noun, much like human, which is categorized as male and female. Option B, Pony, is a the term given for the offspring of a horse, which again is a common gender noun.

Hence, Option C, Mare, is the correct answer.

The given sentence will have option C, Niece as the correct answer.

In the given sentence, the only male noun that is present is the word, ‘nephew’. The word ‘nephew’ means a person’s sibling’s son. Thus, the feminine gender noun for the same would be ‘Niece’, which will mean a person’s sibling’s daughter.

Option A, daughter will be the feminine gender noun for son, while Option B, Aunt will be the same for Uncle and Option D, Mother will be written against Father.

Thus, Option C, Niece, is the correct answer.

The given sentence will have Option A, aunt, as the correct answer.

The given sentence has only one male gender noun and it is ‘uncle’. Ram, here is a proper noun, and thus cannot be converted though it is a male name; while officer is actually a common gender noun and can be used for both the genders.

Thus, ‘uncle’, when converted into feminine gender will become ‘aunt’, whereas the male noun counterparts for Mother, Daughter and Sister are Father, Son and Brother respectively, and none of three are present in the sentence.

Thus, Option A, Aunt, Is the correct answer.

The given sentence would have Option B, Waitresses as the correct answer.

The given sentence has ‘waiter’ as the male gender noun, which means a person serving food at hotels. The female counter part of the same would be Option B, Waitresses, as it means the same and is a female gender noun. Option A, Customer is actually a common gender noun, while Option C, Waiters is the plural form of waiter, thus making them both the wrong answers.

Hence, Option B, Waitresses is the correct answer.

The answer to the given sentence is Option C, Duchess.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, after dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. Here, we are dropping the ‘e’ from the noun and adding the syllable to get Option C, ‘Duchess’, which is the feminine counterpart of the noun and will mean the same, being the ruler over a certain area.

Option A, Empress and Option B, Queen, are actually feminine counterparts of Emperor and King, respectively and are hence wrong answers.

Thus, Option C, Duchess, is the correct answers.

The answer to the given sentence is Option A, Lioness.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, without dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. Here in the sentence, the male gender noun, ‘Lion’ has to be kept as it is, while adding the syllable. Thus, the meaningful counterpart that we get is ‘Lioness’, which means the female version of the Lion from the cat family. While Option B, Cheetah is a common gender noun, option C, tigress, is a feminine gender noun which is the counterpart of Tiger.

Thus, Option A, Lioness, is the correct answer.