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QUESTION 21
He reached the summit of ___ Mount Blanc last year.
  • A a
  • B an
  • C the
  • D No article needed
Answer: While 'the' is used for mountain ranges (e.g., the Alps), no article is used before the names of individual peaks like Mount Blanc or Mount Everest.
QUESTION 22
___ Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency.
  • A A
  • B An
  • C The
  • D No article needed
Answer: The definite article 'the' is used with names of groups of islands or specific island names that include a common noun like 'Isle' or 'Republic'.
QUESTION 23
By ___ great stroke of luck, he found his lost wallet.
  • A a
  • B an
  • C the
  • D No article needed
Answer: 'A stroke of luck' is an idiomatic phrase. The adjective 'great' modifies 'stroke', but the article 'a' remains necessary for the singular countable noun 'stroke'.
QUESTION 24
He leads ___ very busy life.
  • A a
  • B an
  • C the
  • D No article needed
Answer: When the abstract noun 'life' is qualified by an adjective (busy), it takes an indefinite article 'a'.
QUESTION 25
My father is ___ engineer, and my mother is ___ home-maker.
  • A an, a
  • B an, the
  • C a, a
  • D the, No article needed
Answer: 'Engineer' begins with a vowel sound, so 'an' is used. 'Home-maker' begins with a consonant sound, so 'a' is used. Both are professions mentioned for the first time.
QUESTION 26
___ English defeated ___ Spanish in 1588.
  • A No article needed, No article needed
  • B The, the
  • C An, the
  • D The, No article needed
Answer: When referring to the people of a nation, the definite article 'the' is used before the nationality (e.g., the English, the Spanish, the French).
QUESTION 27
This is ___ best book I have ever read on ___ subject of philosophy.
  • A a, the
  • B the, the
  • C the, No article needed
  • D a, No article needed
Answer: 'The' is used before superlative adjectives like 'best'. No article is used before the names of academic subjects like 'philosophy' in a general sense.
QUESTION 28
I need to buy ___ pair of scissors.
  • A a
  • B an
  • C the
  • D some
Answer: Nouns that exist in pairs like 'scissors', 'trousers', 'spectacles' are plural. To refer to one item, we use the phrase 'a pair of'.
QUESTION 29
He was elected ___ chairman of the board.
  • A a
  • B an
  • C the
  • D No article needed
Answer: When nouns like 'chairman', 'president', 'captain' are used after verbs like 'elect', 'appoint', 'make', 'choose' to refer to a unique position, no article is used.
QUESTION 30
Iron is ___ useful metal.
  • A a
  • B an
  • C the
  • D No article needed
Answer: Though 'iron' is a material noun and usually takes no article, here we are talking about 'metal', which is a countable noun. 'Useful' starts with a consonant sound ('y'), so 'a' is used.