19500+ Important MCQs for NAVY

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Here, 'hen' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts with vowel sound. 'An' article will be used.

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Here, a specific epic poem 'Mahabharata' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.

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Option C is correct as 'The' is used with words with superlatives. 'Best' is superlative.

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The indefinite articles, 'a' and 'an' are used before an indefinite noun. In the given sentence, the noun which follows the blank is 'policeman'. It starts with a consonant sound (p). Hence, the appropriate article is 'a'.

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Here, 'mirror' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts without vowel sound. 'A' article will be used.

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Here, a specific colour 'blue' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.

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In the FIRST blank, article "a" will be used as the sentence is referring to something general.

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A number defining a position of something in a series is known as an ordinal number. For example - first, second or third. Ordinal numbers in a sentence should always be used with 'the' before them.

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Here, a specific group of novel 'mystery novels' is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.

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The use of definite article 'the' before the noun 'book', makes it clear that we are referring to a specific book and its chapters. Therefore it is imperative that we use 'the' before 'fourth chapter' to show that we are not referring to just any chapter of any book but a specific chapter of a specific book. Also when two or more nouns or adjectives refer to different persons or things, the article is used before each noun or adjective. Thus option C is the correct answer.