21. He reached the summit of ___ Mount Blanc last year.
- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. No article needed
व्याख्या: 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.
22. ___ Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency.
- A. A
- B. An
- C. The
- D. No article needed
व्याख्या: 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'.
23. By ___ great stroke of luck, he found his lost wallet.
- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. No article needed
व्याख्या: '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'.
24. He leads ___ very busy life.
- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. No article needed
व्याख्या: When the abstract noun 'life' is qualified by an adjective (busy), it takes an indefinite article 'a'.
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
व्याख्या: '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.
26. ___ English defeated ___ Spanish in 1588.
- A. No article needed, No article needed
- B. The, the
- C. An, the
- D. The, No article needed
व्याख्या: 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).
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
व्याख्या: 'The' is used before superlative adjectives like 'best'. No article is used before the names of academic subjects like 'philosophy' in a general sense.
28. I need to buy ___ pair of scissors.
व्याख्या: Nouns that exist in pairs like 'scissors', 'trousers', 'spectacles' are plural. To refer to one item, we use the phrase 'a pair of'.
29. He was elected ___ chairman of the board.
- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. No article needed
व्याख्या: 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.
30. Iron is ___ useful metal.
- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. No article needed
व्याख्या: 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.
