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The Indian Prime Minister lives on . . . . . . . . 6th Race Road.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Here, a specific place '6th Race Road' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.
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There was . . . . . . . . big notice board outside . . . . . . . . town hall.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
In the given sentence, the indefinite article, 'a' before the noun phrase, 'big notice board' is used to mean 'a certain notice board' or 'one notice board'.
The word, 'town hall' is a noun used to refer to a building used for the administration of local government. In any city, there is usually only one town hall. As it refers to a particular noun (i.e the town hall of the particular city), the definite article, 'the' is used before the word, 'town hall'.
23
Let's play . . . . . . . . volleyball.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
No article is required.
24
. . . . . . . . Gita is a holy book.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Here, a specific book 'Gita' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.
25
. . . . . . . . Browns invited me to . . . . . . . . dinner.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
In the first blank, article "the" will be used because "Browns" belong to a particular family.
In the second blank, "no article" will be used because 'dinner' is a meal and we do not use articles before the names of meals.
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Can you recommend . . . . . . . . good restaurant?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
'A' is used before singular unspecific nouns which begin with a consonant sound. Here, 'restaurant' is a singular, unspecific noun that begins with a consonant sound.
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We have . . . . . . . . University in our city.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
'A' should be used before words with consonant sounds at the beginning and 'an' before words with vowel sounds at the beginning when talking about something general. The word 'University' has consonant sound 'yoo'. Hence, 'A' is used.
28
There is . . . . . . . . party at Bill's house tonight.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
'A' is used before singular unspecific nouns which begin with a consonant sound. Here, 'party' is a singular, unspecific noun that begins with a consonant sound.
29
. . . . . . . . Mississippi is about 3,734 km.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Article "the" will be used because "Mississippi" is a proper noun.
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It is . . . . . . . . largest producer of computer keyboards in the world.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Option C is correct as 'The' is used with words with superlatives. 'Largest' is superlative.