Use of Articles

Choose the best answer: 

1. Do you know the name of — artist who painted this portrait? [DU '16] 

  • (a) a
  • (b) the
  • (c) an
  • (d) no article

2. We are moved not by the fall of — great man but the elevation to heroism of what we had taken to be –– little man. [JNU '12-'13]

  • (a) a, the
  • (b) the, the
  • (c) a, a
  • (d) none of the above

3. Farid has been admitted to — School of Business at — Mideastern University. [JNU '12-'13]

  • (a)  a, the
  • (b) the, an
  • (c) the, a
  • (d) None

4. What did you eat for — breakfast this morning? [JNU '12-'13]

  • (a)  the
  • (b) a
  • (c) a or the
  • (d) None

5. — little learning is a dangerous thing. [CtgU '12-'13]

  • (a) The
  • (b) A
  • (c) Most
  • (d) Much

6. He stays in — bed till nine every morning. [KHU '12-'13]

  • (a) a
  • (b) an
  • (c) the
  • (d) no article

7. I met Lisa who is a doctor in — hospital. [Rang.U '12-'13]

  • (a) a
  • (b) the
  • (c) an
  • (d) no article

8. — parent plays a different but important role in a child's life. [DU '11-'12]

  • (a) Each
  • (b) One
  • (c) Anyone
  • (d) The

9. — physicist, Gabriel Fahrenheit, invented the mercury thermometer in 1714. [DU '11-'12]

  • (a) There is
  • (b) It is
  • (c) The
  • (d) It is the

10. He is — heir of the property. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) an
  • (b) the
  • (c) a
  • (d) none.

11. I caught him by — hand. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) my
  • (b) his
  • (c) the
  • (d) a

12. He speaks English like — English. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) into
  • (b) in
  • (c) a
  • (d) the 

13. The king went — hunting. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) the
  • (b) a
  • (c) by
  • (d) no need

14. Where there is — will, there is — way. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) the, the
  • (b) a, the
  • (c) a, a
  • (d) the, a 

15. Mr Rahim is — honourable man. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) no article
  • (b) an
  • (c) the
  • (d) a

16. At last the beast in him got — upper hand. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) a
  • (b) an
  • (c) the
  • (d) no article 

17. George — sixth was — king of England. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) the, the
  • (b) no article, the
  • (c) the, a
  • (d) the, no article

18. He is — MA in English. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) an
  • (b) a
  • (c) the
  • (d) no article 

19. — sun is — star. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) The, a
  • (b) a, the
  • (c) The, an
  • (d) The, the

20. I have read — Shakespeare. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) the
  • (b) a
  • (c) an
  • (d) no article 

21. This is — heroic action. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) an
  • (b) a
  • (c) the
  • (d) one

22. My elder brother is — MA. [RU '09-'10]

  • (a) a
  • (b) an
  • (c) the
  • (d) none

23. I need — visa to go abroad. [JU '09-'10]

  • (a) the
  • (b) a
  • (c) one
  • (d) of a

24. Rakib is — finest young player now. [JNU '08-'09]

  • (a) a
  • (b) the
  • (c) an
  • (d) none of these

25. — little learning is a dangerous thing. [JNU '08-'09]

  • (a) The
  • (b) A
  • (c) Most
  • (d) Much

26. — cat has — tail. [RU '08-'09]

  • (a) The, a
  • (b) The, an
  • (c) A, a
  • (d) A, an

27. None but — brave deserves — fair. [RU '07-'08]

  • (a) a the
  • (b) the, the
  • (c) an, the
  • (d) the a

28. Draw — picture of — owl. [RU '07-'08]

  • (a) the, an
  • (b) an, the
  • (c) an, no article needed
  • (d) a, an

29. Denmark is — European nation. [JNU '07-'08]

  • (a) the
  • (b) an
  • (c) a
  • (d) no article needed

30. I read — Prothom Alo, which is — very popular newspaper in our country. [SS TU '07-'08]

  • (a) the, the
  • (b) the, a
  • (c) the, am
  • (d) a, an