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

Answer: (C)

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 C is correct as 'The' in both blanks speaks of the specific nature of the nouns that are unique in nature. Ganga and Yamuna are two different rivers. Option A is incorrect as'A' is used for the random nature of the subject which is opposite in context to the given sentence. Here the speaker talks about Ganga and Yamuna as two different rivers specifically,not as a type of each. Option B is incorrect as 'An'and 'A' are used for the random nature of the subjects i.e. they're unknown to the readerwhich is incorrect in context to the given sentence. Option D is incorrect as both the blanks need articles to specify the nouns to give a proper sense.