Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable articles from the options given.
__________ Ganga and ______________ Yamuna meet at Allahabad.
A)A, a
B)An, a
C)The, the
D)No article, no article

Answer 1

Hint: A certain article is used to refer to something in particular.

Complete step-by-step answer:

In the given question we have to understand articles. Articles are words that are used before a noun, depending on whether it is definite or indefinite. They are three articles: a, an, and the. The article ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used to talk about someone or something whose identity is not known. In this, the article ‘an’ is used if the noun starts with a vowel (a, e, I, o, u), and the article ‘a’ is used if the word starts with a consonant. The article ‘the’ is used when we are talking about someone or something whose identity we clearly know.
In the given question, we know the identity of the noun clearly. They are two major rivers and hence we need to use the article ‘the’ before it.
Let us take a look at the options.
Option ‘A’ and ‘B’ are incorrect as we know the identity clearly.
Option ‘C’ is the correct answer as it uses the appropriate article ‘the’ to fill in both the blanks.
Option ‘D’ is incorrect as we have to use an article and also since option ‘C’ has already been chosen as the correct answer.

Note: If the noun starts with a vowel but is talking about something in particular, then the article ‘the’ is used instead of ‘an’. E.g. The elephant in that temple is very famous.