121. In the sentence – “Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India.” – the definite article ‘the’ is used because
- A. Shakespeare’ is a proper noun used as a comparative.
- B. ‘Shakespeare’ is a singular noun used to make general statement.
- C. ‘Shakespeare’ is an adjective.
- D. ‘Shakespeare’ is a pronoun.
व्याख्या: Jab kisi proper noun (vyaktivachak sangya) ka upyog kisi doosre व्यक्ति ya vastu ke guno se tulna karne ke liye kiya jaata hai, to us proper noun ke pehle 'the' lagta hai. Yahan Kalidas ki tulna Shakespeare se ki ja rahi hai.
