Question

Please help Which one of the following sentences contains a collective noun?

a. The quality of mercy is not strained.
b. Listen, my children, and you shall hear.
c. Who among you is a butcher, a baker, or a candlestick maker?
d. The legislature met in secret session

Answer 1

The following sentence contains a collective noun: The legislature met in secret session.

Answer 2

A collective noun refers to a group taken as a whole, and the most famous example is perhaps "the police".
In the sentences above the only collective noun is d. "The legislature".