Question

Fill in blanks with the most suitable articles:

________ Amazon is _______ longest river in the world. [Basic]

• A. The, the
• B. No article, the
• C. No article, no article
• D. The, no article

Answer 1

The correct option is A The, the

1. An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.
2. 'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.
   

Option A is correct as 'the' in both the blanks means a specific river which is the longest. Moreover we use 'the' with the superlative form of an adjective. Option D is incorrect asthe second blank requires an article in order to add specific nature to the noun 'river' along with the adjective 'longest'.Option C is incorrect as the blanks require articles in order to give meaning to the sentence. From it we can't infer directly about the unique nature of the river and it sounds illogical. Option B is incorrect asthe first blank requires an article in order to add specific nature to the noun 'Amazon'.