Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable articles:
____ Shatabdi is _____ fastest train in India.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

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 B is correct as 'the' in both the blanks means a specific train which is the fastest. Moreover we use the with the superlative adjective. Option C is incorrect as 'A' is used with a word with a random nature. 'A Shatabdi' refers to any single Shatabdi train that has an indefinite nature. Option D is incorrect asthe second blank requires an article in order to add specific nature to the noun 'train' along with 'fastest'.Option A 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 train.