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QUESTION 111
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:____ postman’s little boy said that he’d rather be ____ dentist than _____ cardiologist, because dentists don’t get called out at ____ night.
Answer: 'The postman' ek specific postman ko darshata hai. 'a dentist' aur 'a cardiologist' professions ke liye general reference hai. 'at night' ek sthir phrase (fixed phrase) hai, jisme article nahi lagta.
QUESTION 112
I am her .......... best frient.
Answer: Superlative degree ('best') ke pehle aam taur par 'the' lagta hai, lekin jab usse pehle possessive adjective ('my', 'her', 'his') ho, to koi article nahi lagta.
QUESTION 113
He eats a lot of ___ meat.
Answer: 'Meat' ek uncountable noun hai. Jab iska upyog samanya arth mein hota hai, to koi article nahi lagta. Yahan 'meat' se matlab samanya roop se maans hai.
QUESTION 114
Which is ____ longest river in India ?
Answer: Superlative degree of adjectives (jaise 'longest', 'biggest', 'smallest') ke pehle hamesha definite article 'the' ka prayog hota hai.
QUESTION 115
Insert ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ in the blanks in the following sentence from the options :_____man whom I spoke to is ____ citizen of New York .
Answer: Pehle blank mein 'the' aayega kyunki yahan us vishisht (specific) aadmi ki baat ho rahi hai jisse maine baat ki. Doosre blank mein 'a' aayega kyunki 'citizen' ek singular countable noun hai aur yahan New York ke kai citizens mein se ek ki baat ho rahi hai.
QUESTION 116
Match the following-(A) Sentences (B) Articles(i) We will go to Calcutta by ........... Rajdhani Express. (a) a(ii) The child was happy to see .......... aeroplane. (b) no article(iii) He has gone for ......... holiday. (c) an(iv) ............ Milk is good for health. (d)the
Answer: (i) Train ke naamo ke pehle 'the' lagta hai. (ii) 'Aeroplane' vowel sound se shuru hota hai, isliye 'an'. (iii) 'for a holiday' ek aam phrase hai. (iv) 'Milk' ek uncountable noun hai, samanya arth mein iske pehle koi article nahi lagta.
QUESTION 117
He is _____ heir of millions of rupees.
Answer: Shabd 'heir' ka uchcharan 'air' jaisa hota hai, jiski shuruaat vowel sound se hoti hai. Ismein 'h' silent hota hai. Isliye 'an' ka prayog hoga.
QUESTION 118
Directions: ​Choose the correct set of articles to fill in the blanks: (Use 'X', if there is no article) Kerala on Monday saw _______ major reduction in its daily tally of _______ coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after _______ 8,850 cases in the past 24 hours, taking _______ caseload to 4,729,083, according to _______ health department’s bulletin. This is the first time in _______ weeks that _______ cases were below the 10,000-mark.
Answer: Sahi kram hai: 'a major reduction' (ek badi kami), 'the coronavirus disease' (bimari ka naam), 'X' (8,850 cases ke pehle article nahi), 'the caseload' (vishisht aankda), 'the health department's bulletin' (vishisht bulletin), 'X' (weeks se pehle article nahi, general samay), 'the cases' (vishisht case jinka zikr hai).
QUESTION 119
Choose the most appropriate articles for the sentence given below: But mine is not _____ typical story. In my story ___ scotsman is generous ___ Irishman is logical and ___ Englishman is romantic. Oh, if it’s _____ fantastic story I’ll listen with ____ pleasure.
Answer: Sahi kram hai: 'a typical story' (ek samanya kahani). 'the Scotsman', 'the Irishman', 'the Englishman' yahan poori jaati (nationality) ko represent kar rahe hain. 'a fantastic story' (ek adbhut kahani). 'with pleasure' ek phrase hai jismein article nahi lagta ('_').
QUESTION 120
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:Would you like to hear ____ story about ___ Englishman, ______ Irishman and ___ Scotsman?
Answer: Yahan ek kahani ('a story') ke baare mein poocha ja raha hai, jismein anishchit (indefinite) kirdar hain. 'Englishman' aur 'Irishman' vowel sound se shuru hote hain, isliye 'an' lagega. 'Scotsman' consonant sound se shuru hota hai, isliye 'a' lagega.