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Articles Mock Test - 1
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1)(A) The loss of jobs/ (B) is regarded by some as an necessary evil/ (C) in the fight against inflation./ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Use ‘a’ before the word ‘necessary’. ‘Necessary’ starts with a consonant sound.
2) (A) It is a/ (B) quarter to ten/ (C) by my watch./ (D) No error.
Ans- (a) Remove 'a'.
3)(A) The police asked us/ (B) about our movements/ (C) on a night of crime./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) Change ‘a’ into ‘the’. Here ‘night of crime’ is definite as it was the night when the crime that the speaker is talking about took place. Hence definite article ‘the’ will be used
4)(A) In science the credit goes to a man/ (B) who convinces the world,/ (C) not to the man to whom the idea first occurs./ (D) No error.
Ans- (a) Change ‘a’ into ‘the’. The person who convinced the world is definite. Hence definite article ‘the’ will be used.
5)(A) It is only after/ (B) the match is over/ (C) that people realize/ how exciting it is./ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Change ‘the’ into ‘a’. Here we are not talking about any definite match. Hence definite article ‘a’ will be used.
6)(A) Of the two/ (B) sisters, she/ (C) is better./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) Add ‘the’ before better. When one is chosen out of two, a comparative degree is used preceded by ‘the’ and followed by ‘of’.
7)(A) It is unfortunate enough/ (B) to lose few friends we make/ (C) during our school days./ (D) No error.
Ans- (b) Add ‘the’ before ‘few’. Here we are talking about ‘the friends we make during school days’ are definite. Hence definite article ‘the’ will be used.
8)(A) There were a number of intelligent gentlemen at the party/ (B) but it was Mr. Subramaniam, an eminent scientist,/ (C) who remained a centre of attraction./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) Here only one person is the centre of attraction. When only one is chosen out of all, article ‘the’ is used.
9)(A) I have been/ (B) informed that/ (C) Mr. Sharma, the director and the chairman will visit Patna the following month./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) Here Mr. Sharma holds two posts. Hence ‘the’ will come before only the first noun ‘director’.
10)(A) He is/ (B) the best worker/ (C) of the factory but unfortunately least paid./ (D) No error.
Ans- (c) Add ‘the’ before least, Article ‘the’ comes before superlative degree of an adjective.
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