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1.Kapil Dev brought glory to India by winning ____World Cup in 1983.
A.a
B. an
C. the
D.None of these
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:Kapil Dev brought glory to India by winning the World Cup in 1983.
2. She works in ____ factory.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. None of these
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:Here, ‘factory’ is general and unspecific. Hence, indefinite article will be used. ‘A’ is used because ‘factory’ begins with a consonant sound.
3. They went on ____ expedition to ____North.
A. a, the
B. no article, the
C. an, the
D. the, the
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:In the first blank, article “an” will be used because the sentence is making a general statement and ‘expedition’ begins with vowel sound.In the second blank, article “the” will be used because “North” is a definite direction.
4. There is ____ hourly bus service here.
A. a
B. an
C.the
D. None of these
ANSWER: B
SOLUTION:Use ‘an’ before words such as “hourly” which sound like they start with a vowel even if the first letter is a consonant.
5. She Jumped into ____ canal immediately.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:Here, a specific place ‘canal’ where the person jumped is mentioned. Hence, definite article ‘the’ will be used.
6. Champagne is ____ French drink.
A. a
B. no article
C. the
D. an
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:The blank shall take ‘a’ as ‘French drink’ is a complement to the noun ‘Champagne’.
7. Can you pass ____salt,please?
A. a
B. the
C. an
D.None of these
ANSWER: B
SOLUTION:The indefinite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ are not used for nouns that are uncountable or cannot be counted. The noun here, ‘salt’ is an uncountable noun. The noun mentioned here is known by both the speaker as well as the listener, hence the article ‘the’ is used and is the correct answer.
8. ____ Yamuna is ____ scared river.
A. the, a
B.the, the
C. a,a
D.None of these
ANSWER: A
SOLUTION:In the first blank, ‘the’ article will be used because ‘Yamuna’ is a specific river.
In the second blank, ‘a’ article will be used because ‘river’ is a common noun.
9. My elder brother is ____M.A. whereas I am only a B.A.
A. the
B.a
C.an
D.no article
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:Use ‘an’ before words such as “hour” which sound like they start with a vowel even if the first letter is a consonant. Also use ‘an’ before letters and numbers which sound like they begin with a vowel, such as “F” or “8”. Here M.A. begins with ’em’ and therefore ‘an’ article will be used.
10. She gave us some very useful ____ advice.
A.a
B. an
C. the
D.No article
ANSWER: D
SOLUTION:No article is used before the names of substances and abstract nouns or uncountable nouns used in a general sense. Here ‘advice’ is an abstract noun used in a general sense.