Article Questions for All Competitive Exams

181.	Would you like to have . . . . . . . . cup of tea?
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	no article Option “A” is correct Here, the sentence talks about the ‘cup of tea’ as general. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the indefinite article ‘a’.

182.	The Director and . . . . . . . . Commander-in-chief, Mr. Raichand is present.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	no article Option “D” is correct As ‘Director’ and ‘Commander-in-chief’ is the same person ‘Mr. Raichand’. No article will be used in the blank.

183.	. . . . . . . more you labour, the more you can.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	no article Option “C” is correct

184.	The price of . . . . . . . . gas keeps rising.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	no article Option “D” is correct

185.	On . . . . . . . . bright January morning . . . . . . . . telephone kept ringing in my office.
a.	the, the
b.	no article, no article
c.	a, the
d.	no article, the Option “C” is correct The answer is option C since the statement talks about a general ‘bright January morning’ and a specific ‘telephone’ in the speakers office.

186.	I bought . . . . . . . . horse, . . . . . . . . ox and . . . . . . . . buffalo.
a.	the, the, the
b.	an, an, a
c.	a, an, a
d.	a, an, the Option “C” is correct ‘A’ is an indefinite article, used before consonant sounds such as ‘horse’, ‘buffalo’, etc. ‘An’ is an indefinite article, used before vowel sounds such as ‘ox’, ‘owl’, etc.

187.	I went to . . . . . . . . market to buy . . . . . . . . white shirt.
a.	a, a
b.	the, the
c.	the, no article
d.	no article, the Option “B” is correct Article ‘the’ is used while speaking of a particular person or thing. Here, market and shirt are the specific things thus, ‘the’ should be used. Both the nouns are different hence, ‘the’ should be used before each noun.

188.	Ram is . . . . . . . . intelligent boy.
a.	a
b.	an
c.	the
d.	none of these Option “B” is correct Here, the sentence talks about the ‘boy’ as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the indefinite article ‘a/an’. The word ‘intelligent’ starts with a vowel and therefore ‘an’ will be used.

189.	Ayesha goes to . . . . . . . . school on . . . . . . . . foot.
a.	no article, no article
b.	the, the
c.	no article, a
d.	a, a Option “A” is correct

190.	. . . . . . . eleven year old boy won . . . . . . . . National Essay-writing competition.
a.	the, the
b.	an, a
c.	an, the
d.	the, a Option “C” is correct Here, the sentence talks about the ‘boy’ as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the indefinite article ‘a/an’. The word ‘eleven’ starts with a vowel and therefore ‘an’ will be used. In the second blank a specific competition is being talked about. Definite article ‘the’ will be used.

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