Question

Choose the correct articles to fill in the blanks:
_________ Rome was not built in ________ day.

• A. No article required, a
• B. A, a
• C. A, the
• D. No article required, the

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

No article required, a

'Rome' is a proper noun and the name of a city. We never use articles before a proper noun. For example, 'India is a democratic country/ France is my favourite/ Mumbai is over-crowded.' Hence, we will place no article before 'Rome'.

'Day' is not specific here. We do not know which day the sentence is talking about. In general, the sentence means that the city wasn't constructed in one day. Thus we will use 'a' here to explain 'one' in general.

Thus option A is the correct answer.

Options B, C and D are incorrect.