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Article MCQ Questions and answers with easy and logical explanations. English Aptitude MCQ section provides all type of Article chapter mcq questions which is important for exams like Banking exams,IBPS,SCC,CAT,XAT,MAT etc. Page-5 section-4

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Articles .
41
Do not tell . . . . . . . . lie.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Here, 'lie' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts without vowel sound. 'A' article will be used.
42
"Hold . . . . . . . . vision, trust . . . . . . . . process."
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Here, a specific 'vision' and 'process' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.
43
We should always follow . . . . . . . . good and love . . . . . . . . Beautiful.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Here, a specific quality 'good' and 'beautiful' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.
44
. . . . . . . . Finance Minister increased . . . . . . . . tax on . . . . . . . . petrol in his last budget.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The first and the second blank shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about a particular country's Finance Minister and a tax levied on a particular commodity. The third blank won't take any article as 'petrol' is an uncountable noun.
45
I do not forget the Monday when we had . . . . . . . . accident.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Here, 'accident' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts with vowel sound. 'An' article will be used.
46
Let us play . . . . . . . . tennis.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
No article is required.
47
She first met me . . . . . . . . year ago.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
In the word "year" the letter Y makes a consonant sound. The rule of indefinite articles is that the word "a" goes before consonant sounds and the word "an" goes before vowel sounds.
48
Peter is on . . . . . . . . night duty. When I go to . . . . . . . . bed, he goes to . . . . . . . . work.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The first blank refers to duty, the second to bed and the third one to work. Since work is an uncountable noun, no article will be used in the third blank.
Go to bed is a phrase used for sleeping, and thus no article will be used in the second blank.
49
I'm just going to . . . . . . . . post office behind my house. I won't be long.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
'The' is a definite article and is used before specific things/places. Here, the 'post office' mentioned is specifically the one which is behind the speaker's house.
50
We should help . . . . . . . . poor.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
'The' is used before adjectives when they represent a particular class or group rather than a single noun. Here, the adjective 'poor' is used to indicate the entire class of poor people.