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21.She is in ____ hurry.
A.a
B. an
C. the
D.No article
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:The word ‘hurry’ is singular and begins with consonant sound. Hence, indefinite article ‘a’ will be used.
22. This is quite ____ good poem.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. None of these
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:There is a single ‘poem’ that is talked about. ‘Poem’ is a common noun and indefinite article will be used. The word before the blank starts with consonant sound and will take ‘a’ article.
23.The professor had a big nose,____ small mouth and ____ enormous mustache.
A. a, an
B. the, a
C. an, an
D. No article, a
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:’Mouth’ and ‘mustache’ both are singular countable noun. The word ‘small’ begins with consonant sound and therefore ‘a’ will be used before ‘small mouth’. The word ‘enormous’ begins with vowel sound and therefore ‘an’ will be used before ‘enormous mustache’.
24. Srimukhi has a master’s degree from ____ University of Hydarbad.
A. a
B. an
C.the
D. None of these
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:Here, the sentence talks about the ‘University of Hyderabad’ as specific class. Since we are referring to specific things, we need to use definite article ‘the’.
25.Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to ____ airport?
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:The definite article ‘the’ is used before specific things/places. Here, we are referring to a specific airport.
26. It’s ____ nice morning. Let’s go for ____walk.
A. a, a
B. no article,a
C. the, no article
D. an,no article
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:In the given sentence, ‘nice morning’ and ‘walk’ both begins with consonant sound when pronounced and both are unspecific. Therefore, ‘a’ is the suitable article to fill in both the blanks.
27. It’s going to rain. I must buy ____ umbrella quickly.
A. a
B. the
C. an
D.None of these
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:Here, ‘Umbrella’ is a general thing and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts with vowel sound. ‘An’ article will be used.
28. Ankara is ____ capital of Turkey.
A. the
B.an
C. a
D.None of these
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:Definite article is used with positions, directions, numbers etc. Hence, ‘capital’ will follow ‘the’ article.
29. Many people consider him ____ greatest cosmic actor of silent cinema.
A.an
B.a
C.the
D.no article
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:Option C is correct as ‘The’ is used with words with superlatives. ‘Greatest’ is superlative.
30. That evening, ____ police man knocked on my door.
A.a
B. an
C. the
D.No article
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:When a noun’s identity is not known, it’s a non-specific noun, hence an indefinite article is used. Indefinite articles like ‘a’ or ‘an’ are used when the noun is not specific (indefinite). The noun ‘policeman’ is non-specific hence article ‘a’ is used because ‘policeman’ begins with consonant sound.