Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ Indian elephant is smaller than _______ African elephant.

• A. The / the
• B. no article / no article
• C. An / the
• D. no article / a

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' refers to a particular subject & shows the uniqueness of the subject of which the readers are aware of.Option B is incorrect as articles are required in the blanks to provide the sense to the sentence. Option D is incorrect as the first blank requires the definite article to provide a definite meaning to the sentence. Option C is incorrect as 'An elephant' indicates one single random elephant, not the Indian elephant in general.