Question

____ ignorance is a bliss and ____ ignorance of Miranda was really astounding. ( Fill in the blanks with the most suitable articles.)
A) The, the
B) No article, the
C) No article, no article
D) An, the

Answer 1

Hint: Articles are adjectives that appear before nouns or noun equivalents. When a noun is preceded by the definite article (the), it implies that the reader is aware of the noun's identity. When the name of a noun is unclear, it is preceded by the indefinite article (a, an).

Complete answer:
For specific nouns, use the definite article ‘the’ and for non-specific nouns, use the indefinite article ‘an’ or ‘a’. Before words that start with a consonant or a vowel that sounds like a consonant, we place with the article ‘a’ and in the same way before words that start with a vowel or a consonant that sounds like a vowel, we place with the article ‘an’.

Now let us look into the given options:
Option A) The, the: It is incorrect because ignorance is an abstract noun therefore there is no need for any article in the first blank.
Option B) No article. the: it is the correct option since ignorance is an abstract noun, no article is needed in the first blank, but 'the' is required in the second blank since the second portion is about a particular person's ignorance. Correct sentence is: Ignorance is a bliss and the ignorance of Miranda was really astounding.
Option C) No article, no article: It is incorrect because the second blank requires the article ‘the’ since it is talking about a particular person (Miranda).
Option D) An, the: It is incorrect because ignorance is an abstract noun therefore there is no need for any article in the first blank.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: Any member of a class of dedicated terms used with noun phrases to indicate the identifiability of the noun phrases' referents is referred to as a post. Articles are a form of speech in their own right. Both "the" and "a/an" are articles in English, and they combine with a noun to form a noun phrase.