Article MCQ Questions and Answers | English Aptitude MCQ

In the first blank, article "the" will be used because article 'the' is used with superlatives (best).
In the second blank, article "a" will be used because article 'a' is used when speaker is making a general statement and mentioning something for the first time.

'Blue one' indicates specificity about a particular shirt. Hence, definite article 'the' will be used.

No article is required.

Option C is correct as 'The' is used with words with superlatives. 'Best' is superlative.

'Trouser' is general and unspecific. Indefinite article will be used. 'Black' begins with a consonant sound and therefore 'a' article will be used.

'French' and 'Germans' refer to the entire class of people who are 'French' and 'Germans' respectively. Hence, definite article 'the' is used before both these nouns.

The nouns 'newspaper' and 'magazine' are mentioned for the first time in the first half of the sentence, they both are non specific as well as singular, hence we use the indefinite article 'a' for both. 'An' would not be used because both the nouns begin with a consonant and not a vowel. 'The' is used in the second half of the sentence because the nouns have already been mentioned before. Now they refer to specific nouns and hence we use the definite article 'the' for both nouns.

'a' should be used before words with consonant sounds at the beginning and 'an' before words with vowel sounds at the beginning. The word 'United' has consonant sound 'yoo'. Hence, 'a' is used.

No article is required.