Article Questions for All Competitive Exams

91.	He’s studying . . . . . . . . chemistry at . . . . . . . . university at . . . . . . . . present.
a.	no article, the, the
b.	a, the, no article
c.	no article, no article, no article
d.	no article, a, the Option “C” is correct All the three blanks won’t take any article as ‘chemistry’ is the name of a subject, ‘university’ is not specific and ‘present’ refers to time which is uncountable.

92.	He said, “It is . . . . . . . . honour to be invited in . . . . . . . . university as renowned as this.”
a.	a, an
b.	an, a
c.	the, the
d.	none of these Option “B” is correct Use ‘an’ before words such as “hour” or “honour” 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”. The word ‘University’ has consonant sound ‘yoo’. Hence, ‘a’ is used.

93.	Anu works at . . . . . . . . Reliance store.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	none of the above Option “D” is correct

94.	I don’t usually have . . . . . . . . lunch but I always eat . . . . . . . . good breakfast.
a.	a, a
b.	the, the
c.	no article, the
d.	no article, a Option “D” is correct No article is used before the names of meals. However, if meals are identified with adjectives, they can be used with articles. Here, ‘good’ is the positive degree of the adjective and is used to describe the meal. Therefore, the correct option is: no article; a.

95.	She wants . . . . . . . . puppy for her birthday.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	no article Option “1” is correct Here, ‘puppy’ is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts without vowel sound. ‘A’ article will be used.

96.	She is . . . . . . . . only person here that speaks Japanese.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	no article Option “C” is correct ‘only person’ indicates particularity and therefore ‘the’ article will be used.

97.	. . . . . . . . primary task of . . . . . . . . development is to eliminate . . . . . . . . poverty.
a.	the, no article, no article
b.	no article, the, no article
c.	the, no article, the
d.	a, the, the Option “A” is correct The first blank shall take ‘the’ as the sentence talks about a particular task (primary task). The second and third blank won’t take any article as both ‘development’ and ‘poverty’ are not singular countable nouns.

98.	. . . . . . . Bible is . . . . . . . . religious book of . . . . . . . . Christians.
a.	the, an, an
b.	the, a, a
c.	the, the, the
d.	the, a, the Option “D” is correct Bible’ is a specific book and ‘Christians’ are a specific group of people. So, ‘the’ article will be used before both. ‘Religious books’ is a general class of things. So, ‘a’ article will be used.

99.	My reporting manager is . . . . . . . . intelligent and . . . . . . . . smart.
a.	an, a
b.	a, the
c.	an, the
d.	no article Option “D” is correct

100.	. . . . . . . women live longer than . . . . . . . . men.
a.	a, a
b.	the, the
c.	a, the
d.	no article, no article Option “D” is correct

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