Article MCQ Questions and Answers | English Aptitude MCQ

Here, 'cook' is a general class of people and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts with consonant sound. 'A' article will be used.

'A' is used before common nouns, singular subjects, or before unspecific things used in the vague sense of a certain. Here, 'wonderful time' is used in a general sense.

Here, the adjective 'airy' is connected with a specific room. Hence, 'the' article will be used.

Article "a" will be used because 'song' is a general noun, here it can be any song.

As 'Delhi' is compared with a specific place 'Paris', 'the' article will be used.

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

In the first blank, article "a" will be used because article "a" is used when the speaker is mentioning something for the first time or the speaker is making a general statement about any such thing.
In the second blank, article "the" will be used because article "the" is used to refer to something specific. Here, it is written that the room is specifically the 'reading room'.
Similarly, in the third blank, it is specifically mentioned that the library is 'public'. Therefore, article "the" will be used.

The article 'the' is a definite article which is used for specific singular or plural nouns. As mentioned in the statement, the guide had already spoken about the pile of sticks. It's a specific plural noun, which makes option C the correct answer for this question.

In most cases, when a noun is a proper noun, no article is placed before it. 'Ship Inn' is a proper noun and does not need an article hence option D is correct.