Articles and Determiners Questions and Answers

Q: _______ of my friends advised me to take _______ taxi home.

The answer is One, a: 'One of my friends advised me to take a taxi home.''One of my friends' names a single friend, which agrees with the singular action. 'A taxi' uses the indefinite article because any taxi is meant, not a particular one already mentioned.'No of my friends' is ungrammatical (it would be 'none'), 'More of my friends' does not fit 'advised me' as a single act of advice, and 'some taxi' is unidiomatic for a single vehicle.

Q: DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct article.____ old are respected by the young.

The article is The: 'The old are respected by the young.'The is placed before certain adjectives to make them stand for a whole class of people: the old (old people), the young, the poor, the rich. Such phrases are plural, which is why the verb is are. The same sentence already uses this pattern in 'by the young'.A and an are used with singular countable nouns and cannot turn an adjective into a plural class. With no article, 'Old are respected' is ungrammatical.

Q: Supply the correct article in the following sentence :________ pen is mightier than the sword.

The correct article is The: The pen is mightier than the sword.Here pen does not mean one particular pen but the whole class of things it stands for, writing and ideas, contrasted with the sword, force. A singular noun used to represent its whole class takes the definite article the, as in the horse is a noble animal. The proverb is from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's play Richelieu (1839).A would mean any single pen, an is used only before a vowel sound, and leaving out the article is ungrammatical with a singular countable noun.

Q: Fill in with most suitable article:Aluminium is _______ useful metal

The suitable article is a: 'Aluminium is a useful metal.'The choice between a and an depends on the first sound of the next word, not its first letter. 'Useful' begins with the consonant sound /y/ (yoo-sful), so it takes 'a', just as in 'a university' or 'a uniform'.'An' would be used before a vowel sound. 'The' would point to one particular metal already known, which does not fit a general statement. 'Very' is not an article, and 'Aluminium is very useful metal' is ungrammatical.

Q: Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing the most appropriate word from the options given below :Though the film had __________ bad review, I quite liked it.

The correct article is a: the film had a bad review.Review is a singular countable noun mentioned for the first time, so it needs the indefinite article. Since 'bad' begins with a consonant sound, the form is a.'The bad review' would point to a review already known to the reader. 'An' is used before vowel sounds. Leaving out the article is wrong because a singular countable noun cannot stand alone here.

Q: Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence.She has __________ French name but infact she's English, not French.

The correct article is a: She has a French name.'Name' is a singular countable noun mentioned for the first time and not identified further, so the indefinite article is used. 'French' begins with a consonant sound, so the form is a.'The French name' would refer to a particular name already known, 'an' is used before vowel sounds, and the countable noun 'name' cannot stand without an article.

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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option.

_______ of my friends advised me to take _______ taxi home.

A.No, the
B.One, a
C.More, no article
D.These, some

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Rajasthan High Court Civil Judge - 2019, Rajasthan Judicial Service - 2019,

Answer: B

The answer is One, a: 'One of my friends advised me to take a taxi home.'

'One of my friends' names a single friend, which agrees with the singular action. 'A taxi' uses the indefinite article because any taxi is meant, not a particular one already mentioned.

'No of my friends' is ungrammatical (it would be 'none'), 'More of my friends' does not fit 'advised me' as a single act of advice, and 'some taxi' is unidiomatic for a single vehicle.

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DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct article.

____ old are respected by the young.

A.A
B.The
C.An
D.No article required.

Exam Year(s)

MP Lab Technician - 2015,

Answer: B

The article is The: 'The old are respected by the young.'

The is placed before certain adjectives to make them stand for a whole class of people: the old (old people), the young, the poor, the rich. Such phrases are plural, which is why the verb is are. The same sentence already uses this pattern in 'by the young'.

A and an are used with singular countable nouns and cannot turn an adjective into a plural class. With no article, 'Old are respected' is ungrammatical.

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Supply the correct article in the following sentence :

________ pen is mightier than the sword.

A.The
B.A
C.An
D.None of the above

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MPPSC Forest Service - 2023,

Answer: A

The correct article is The: The pen is mightier than the sword.

Here pen does not mean one particular pen but the whole class of things it stands for, writing and ideas, contrasted with the sword, force. A singular noun used to represent its whole class takes the definite article the, as in the horse is a noble animal. The proverb is from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's play Richelieu (1839).

A would mean any single pen, an is used only before a vowel sound, and leaving out the article is ungrammatical with a singular countable noun.

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_____ man is the only animal that uses fire.

A.X
B.The
C.A
D.An

Exam Year(s)

Rajasthan High Court Civil Judge - 2018, Rajasthan Judicial Service - 2018,

Answer: A

No article is needed, marked X: 'Man is the only animal that uses fire.'

When man is used in the general sense of the human race or mankind, it takes no article, just as one says 'Man is mortal'. The sentence makes a statement about humanity as a whole, not about one particular man.

'A man' or 'an man' would refer to a single, unspecified man, and 'an' is impossible before the consonant sound of man. 'The man' would point to a particular man already known. None of these gives the general sense the sentence needs.

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Fill in with most suitable article:

Aluminium is _______ useful metal

A.an
B.very
C.the
D.a

Exam Year(s)

RSMSSB - 2026, RSMSSB Mahila Supervisor - 2026,

Answer: D

The suitable article is a: 'Aluminium is a useful metal.'

The choice between a and an depends on the first sound of the next word, not its first letter. 'Useful' begins with the consonant sound /y/ (yoo-sful), so it takes 'a', just as in 'a university' or 'a uniform'.

'An' would be used before a vowel sound. 'The' would point to one particular metal already known, which does not fit a general statement. 'Very' is not an article, and 'Aluminium is very useful metal' is ungrammatical.

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Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing the most appropriate word from the options given below :

Though the film had __________ bad review, I quite liked it.

A.the
B.a
C.an
D.no article

Exam Year(s)

RSMSSB - 2024, RSMSSB Mahila Supervisor - 2024,

Answer: B

The correct article is a: the film had a bad review.

Review is a singular countable noun mentioned for the first time, so it needs the indefinite article. Since 'bad' begins with a consonant sound, the form is a.

'The bad review' would point to a review already known to the reader. 'An' is used before vowel sounds. Leaving out the article is wrong because a singular countable noun cannot stand alone here.

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Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence.

She has __________ French name but infact she's English, not French.

A.the
B.a
C.an
D.no article

Exam Year(s)

RSMSSB - 2024, RSMSSB Mahila Supervisor - 2024,

Answer: B

The correct article is a: She has a French name.

'Name' is a singular countable noun mentioned for the first time and not identified further, so the indefinite article is used. 'French' begins with a consonant sound, so the form is a.

'The French name' would refer to a particular name already known, 'an' is used before vowel sounds, and the countable noun 'name' cannot stand without an article.

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