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Articles MCQ (A / An / The) β Daily Practice Set with Answers
Practice Articles (A/An/The/Zero Article) MCQs for SSC, Banking, Railways,
TPSC/APSC/WBPSC/State PSC and other competitive exams. Instant feedback + solution helps you improve accuracy.
Rule tip: Use βanβ with vowel sound (an hour), βaβ with consonant sound (a university),
βtheβ for specific/unique (the sun), and zero article for general plural/uncountable (Books are useful).
Q31. Let's watch _______ movie; I mean 'Pather Panchali'.
π 1 viewsQ32. It is ________ uniform policy.
π 0 views"a uniform" (the "u" in "uniform" is pronounced as a consonant sound).
Q33. Such _________ one was never seen before.
π 0 viewsQ34. Joe Corrie's "Hewers of Coal" is _________ one-act play.
π 0 viewsQ35. Dickens is famous as a novelist and _________ essayist.
π 2 views- Dickens is famous as a novelist and an essayist.
- Use an before a word that starts with a vowel sound (essayist starts with /ΛΙ/).
- Indefinite article is used for non-specific singular nouns.
- A. a before βessayistβ is incorrect due to vowel sound.
- C. the is for specific nouns known to listener.
- D. Zero article isnβt used with a singular countable noun here.
Q36. He is _________ cleverer of the two.
π 0 viewsQ37. __________ hundred rupee note you found on the road belongs to me.
π 2 viewsQ38. Help Age India is _______ NGO that provides reliefs to the elderly people.
π 1 views- Correct: an because NGO is pronounced starting with a vowel sound: /en-jee-oh/.
- Rule: Use a before a word with a consonant sound; an before a vowel sound; the for a definite item; zero article for general/plural nouns.
- Other options: the NGO specifies a particular NGO; a NGO is incorrect; None of these is wrong because an fits.
Q39. She did _______ MA in French literature.
π 1 viewsUse the article that matches the SOUND that starts the next word. "MA" is pronounced as "em-ay," beginning with a vowel sound, so we say "an MA in French literature." The rule: an before vowel sounds, a before consonant sounds. Other options fail: "a MA" would sound wrong, and "one MA" is unnecessary here.
Abbreviations and acronyms are sometimes read letter by letter, so the initial sound (vowel or consonant) matters for choosing a/an.
Before vowel sound β an | Before consonant sound β a
Q40. My garden's looking now that the daffodils are in flower.
π 3 views- Rule: Use the for a specific thing both speaker and listener know about. Here, βthe daffodilsβ are those in my garden.
- Why B is correct: βthe daffodilsβ refers to a known, specific group in the garden.
- Why others are wrong:
- A. a β not correct for a plural, definite object here.
- C. one β incorrect determiner for plural, and odd here.
- D. None of these β unnecessary since a proper determiner exists.