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[#626] . . . . . . . . S. D. O is . . . . . . . . officer of . . . . . . . . very high rank.
Correct Answer

(B) an, an, a

Explanation

Solution: Use 'an' before words such as "hour" which sound like they start with a vowel even if the first letter is a consonant. Also use 'an' before letters and numbers which sound like they begin with a vowel, such as "F" or "8". 'An' will be used before 'S.D.O.' and 'officer'. 'A' will be used before 'very high rank'.

[#627] In 1937 . . . . . . . . explorer Sir Hubert Wilkens set out to search for . . . . . . . . Soviet airman whose plane had gone down over . . . . . . . . North Pole.
Correct Answer

(D) the, a, the

Explanation

Solution: The first and third blank shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about a particular explorer and a particular place. The second blanks shall take 'a' as 'Soviet airman' is adjective + a singular countable noun and starts with the consonant 'S'.

[#628] The Potatoes are 80 cents . . . . . . . . kilo.
Correct Answer

(A) a

Explanation

Solution: Here, 'kilo' is a general class of measurement. Hence, 'a' article will be used.

[#629] . . . . . . . . Andamans are situated in the Bay of Bengal while . . . . . . . . Sicily is a beautiful island.
Correct Answer

(B) the, no article

Explanation

Solution: Before most proper nouns, like names of people, continents, countries, cities, etc, the use of an article is omitted. As 'Sicily' is the name of a city, (which is an island), no article precedes this word. However, before certain proper names, especially names of places, the definite article 'the' is used. The word 'Andamans' is one such proper name which denotes the name of a place (a group of islands). Other examples are: 'the Himalayas', the Sahara', 'the West Indies', etc.

[#630] Chanakya got up and came . . . . . . . . out.
Correct Answer

(D) no article

Explanation

Solution: No article is required.