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General English Test Series

Test 5 – Articles
Fill in the blanks with the suitable article.

1. Copper is ____ useful metal.

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

2. He is not ______ honourable man.

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

3. _____ able man has not always a distinguished look.

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

4. _____ reindeer is a native of Norway.

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

5. Honest men speak _____ truth.

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

6. Rustum is _____ young Parsee.

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

7. Do you see _____ blue sky?

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

8. Varanasi is _____ holy city.

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

9. Alladdin had ______wonderful lamp.

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

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10. The world is ____ happy place.
a) a b) an c) the d) no article

11. He returned after ____ hour.

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

12. _____school will shortly close for the Puja holidays.

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

13. _____ sun shines brightly.

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

14. I first met him _____ year ago.

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

15. Yesterday ____ European called at my office.

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

16. Sanskrit is ____ difficult language.

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

17. ____ Ganga is ____ sacred river.

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

18. _____ lion is ____ king of beasts.

a) a, the b) the, a c) a, a d) the, the

19. You are ____ fool to say that.

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

20. French is ____easy language.

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

21. Who is ____ girl sitting there?

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

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22. Which is ____ longest river in India?
a) an b) a c) the d) no article

23. Rama has come without ____ umbrella.

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

24. Mumbai is _____ very costly place to live in.

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

25. She is ____ untidy girl.

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

26. The children found ____ egg in the nest.

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

27. I bought ____ horse, ____ ox, and ___ buffalo.

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

28. If you see him, give him ___ message.

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

29. English is ___ language of ____ people of England.

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

30. The guide knows ____ way.

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

31. Sri Lanka is ____ island.

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

32. Let us discuss ____ matter seriously.

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

33. John got ____ best present.

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

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34. Man, thou art ___ wonderful animal.

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

35. India is one of ___ most industrial countries in Asia.

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

36. He looks as stupid as ___ owl.

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

37. Where there is __ will there is a way.

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

38. On ___ day of ___ tea party, Apsara took her mother to Mrs. Rose’s room.
a) the, the
b) an, the
c) a, an
d) the, a

39. Pick out the sentence with the wrong usage of article:
a) The cow is a useful animal.
b) The rose is the sweetest of all flowers.
c) Let’s go to the park.
d) The banyan is a kind of a fig tree.

40. Identify the noun with the correct usage of articles:

a) a university
b) an union
c) an European
d) a hour

41. He is __ teacher by profession. He loves ___ teaching.

a) a, an
b) a, no article
c) a, the
d) the, a
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42. He works at ___ University.

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

43. Maran is ___ strongest boy in the class.

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

44. I met __ man who was my relative.

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

45. ____ apple a day keeps ___ doctor away.

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

46. Give me __ one rupee note.

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

47. ____ harder you work, the greater are the chances of your success.
a) a b) an c) the d) no article

48. He did ___ experiment in the lab.

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

49. ___ MP is a member of the parliament.

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

50. Students are asked to attend ___ special class, to be held in the evening.
a) a b) an c) the d) no article

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