Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ idea of helping ______ man was unpleasant in itself.

• A. no article/the
• B. the/the
• C. the/a
• D. no article/no article
• E. a/a

Answer 1

The correct option is B the/the

The first blank is referring to the idea and the second to the man. For the first blank, the nature of the idea is specified that it is of helping somebody, thus definite article "the" will be used.

With the above logic, A, D and E cannot be the answers.

For the second blank, the man is specified that it is the man who needs help, thus definite article "the" will be used.

For this reason, C cannot be the answer.

B is the answer.