Article MCQ Questions and Answers | English Aptitude MCQ

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 because article "a" is used for common nouns and 'holiday' is a general term.
In the SECOND blank, article "the" will be used because 'people' in the sentence is a specific term and article "the" is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.
In the THIRD blank, article "a" will be used because the speaker is making a general statement or talking about something common.

Both the nouns: J. W. Mariott and Baker Street are proper nouns. Generally, we don't use articles before proper nouns, hence option B is correct.

Option C is correct as 'a company' implies any random company that deals with the production of carpets. Since carpets is plural, hence no article is required before it.

Both 'actor' and 'national award' are specific in the sentence. Hence, 'the' article will be used.

The first and second blank shall take the indefinite articles 'an' and 'a' respectively because the first blank is followed by a word starting with the vowel 'i' and 'interesting book' represents a singular countable noun and the second blank is followed by 'wonderful picture' which represents a singular countable noun and is followed by a word starting with the consonant 'w'.
The third blank shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about Victorian people which shows particularity. The fourth blank won't take any article as 'Victorian times' is uncountable and represents no specific time.

Here, the sentence talks about a specific state and therefore 'the' is the correct article to use.

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

Here, the sentence talks about a specific ocean ‘Pacific’ and therefore ‘the’ is the correct article to use.

The first blank is referring to the idea and the second to the man. For the first blank, the nature of the idea is specified that it is of helping somebody, thus definite article "the" will be used.
For the second blank, the man is specified that it is the man who needs help, thus definite article "the" will be used.