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. . . . . . . . Inflation is rising.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
No article is required.
2
. . . . . . . . UN officials greeted the people on . . . . . . . . occasion of Diwali.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The sentence suggests that the UN officials are greeting people on a specific occasion, which is Diwali. Therefore, both articles should be definite articles "the," indicating a particular occasion (Diwali).

Therefore, the correct completion is: " the UN officials greeted the people on the occasion of Diwali."
3
Leave us alone, or we'll call . . . . . . . . police, you rascal.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about the 'police' as specific class. Since we are referring to specific things, we need to use the definite article 'the'.
4
They began to fall on . . . . . . . . ground.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Here, a specific place 'ground' is mentioned and therefore article 'the' will be used.
5
It came out many years later that . . . . . . . . pair had been happily married since . . . . . . . . beginning of . . . . . . . . century.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
All the three blanks shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about two particular person's state at a particular time.
6
This is . . . . . . . . toughest steak I have eaten. It is . . . . . . . . last time I eat in this restaurant.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
We use the article 'the' when the adjectives (that modify the same nouns) are in the superlative degree. (The superlative degree denotes the highest quality or degree.) The words 'toughest' and 'last' are both in the superlative degree. Hence we use 'the' in both cases.
7
Delhi is . . . . . . . . large city.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
'Large' is a common word not beginning with a vowel sound. Hence, article 'a' will be used here.
8
Dharmesh is not . . . . . . . . ordinary dancer
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Here, the sentence talks about the 'dancer' as general class of people like 'Dharmesh'. Since we are referring to general things, we need to use the definite article 'a/an'. The word 'ordinary' starts with a vowel and therefore 'an' will be used.
9
Rabindra Nath Tagore was awarded . . . . . . . . Nobel Prize.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
'Nobel prize' is a particular award and therefore 'the' article will be used.
10
I don't like . . . . . . . . cricket.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
No article is required.