. . . . . . . . water of that river is not fit for drinking.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
Solution:
Article "the" will be used because they are discussing about a specific river (DEFINITE) whose water is not fit for drinking.
32.
It is . . . . . . . . holiday in Europe. . . . . . . . . people have . . . . . . . . two days' holiday.
(A) no article, no article, no article
(B) a, no article, the
(C) the, no article, the
(D) a, the, a
Solution:
In the FIRST Blank, article "a" will be used because article "a" is used for common nouns and 'holiday' is a general term. In the SECOND blank, article "the" will be used because 'people' in the sentence is a specific term and article "the" is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person. In the THIRD blank, article "a" will be used because the speaker is making a general statement or talking about something common.
33.
He didn't utter . . . . . . . . single word.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) none of the above
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about the 'word' as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a'.
34.
My brother studies in . . . . . . . . university.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) none of the above
Solution:
'a' should be used before words with consonant sounds at the beginning and 'an' before words with vowel sounds at the beginning. The word 'University' has consonant sound 'yoo'. Hence, 'a' is used.
35.
. . . . . . . . food that you cooked was very good!
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
Solution:
In the given sentence a specific food that was cooked by someone is being talked about. Hence, 'the' article will be used.
36.
Anil met . . . . . . . . American and . . . . . . . . European man yesterday.
(A) an, an
(B) the, an
(C) an, a
(D) an, no article
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about the 'American' and 'European' as general classes of people. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the indefinite article 'a/an'. 'An' is used before vowel sound article. 'European' sounds like 'yoo' and therefore 'a' article will be used.
37.
I didn't call them. I wrote . . . . . . . . letter instead.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about the 'letter' as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a'.
38.
. . . . . . . . man I was talking to was searching for . . . . . . . . orange candies.
(A) the, the
(B) a, the
(C) A and B
(D) none of these
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about the 'man' and 'orange candies' as specific classes of people/things. Since we are referring to specific things, we need to use the definite article 'the'.
39.
. . . . . . . . inflation is defined as . . . . . . . . persistent rise in . . . . . . . . general level of prices.
(A) the, no article, the
(B) no article, no article, the
(C) no article, a, the
(D) no article, a, no article
Solution:
An indefinite article is used when we are talking generally about something whereas a definite article is used when we are talking about something specific. The indefinite articles are 'a' and 'an'. An is used before a word starting with a vowel or vowel sound. A is used before a word starting with a consonant or consonant sound. A definite article is an article that tells the uniqueness of something. 'The' is the only definite article. There won't come an article in the first blank as 'inflation' is an abstract noun. The second blank shall take 'a' as 'persistent rise ' is a noun complement. The third blank shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about a specific level of prices (general).
40.
. . . . . . . . Quran is a holy book of the muslims.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) no article
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about 'Quran' as specific book. Since we are referring to specific things, we need to use the definite article 'the'.