Article MCQ Questions and Answers | English Aptitude MCQ

No article is required.

'An' is used before the singular nouns that have a vowel sound, and it can be used here to explain the general sentence. Thus option B is the correct answer.

Here, the sentence talks about the 'Apple' as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a/an'. The word 'apple' starts with a vowel and therefore 'an' will be used.

Here, the sentence talks about the 'time' as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a'.

In the first blank, article "a" will be used as it is written 'American Polar Traveller' and it is a general noun.
In the second blank, article "the" will be used because article "the" is used when with ordinals such as "first", "second" etc and it is given that 'he was () first to reach.'
Similarly, 'North Pole' is a proper noun (something unique). Therefore, in the third blank, article "the" will be used.

Here, the sentence talks about the 'absurd' as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a/an'. The word 'absurd' starts with a vowel and therefore 'an' will be used.

Here, the sentence talks about 'Quran' as specific book. Since we are referring to specific things, we need to use the definite article 'the'.

In the FIRST Blank, article "the" will be used because "SMITHS" is the family name of a specific group of people.
In the SECOND blank, article "the" will be used because we use a definite article before names of certain places such as 'Black Sea'.

Here, the sentence talks about the 'orange' as general class of things. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a/an'. The word 'orange' starts with a vowel and therefore 'an' will be used.

In the FIRST Blank, article "a" will be used as the sentence is referring to something general. In the SECOND blank, "no article" will be used because no article is used before the term school, college etc.