Determiners #CBSE X & XI #MCQ

 

Determiners    with MCQs

Determiners are the words which help to identify person, place or things. Determiners tell us if..

1.       They are known or unknown to the listener.

2.       Which one the speaker is talking about.

3.       The speaker is thinking about a specific example or examples.

4.       The speaker is talking in general (not specific).

5.       How much or how many.

There are 20 determiners in the grid .  Find and write.

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B. Articles

B.1  1. The building that I visited today is a museum.

         2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.

·         The word used before building in …

Sentence 1 is ______ and in

Sentence 2 is ______

·         Why different words are used before building in these sentences?

In sentence 1 building is (specific/ non specific)

In sentence 2 building is (specific/ non specific) 

B.2. Which of the following items in italics are definite or specific and which are indefinite?

        Complete the following sentences using appropriate ariticles.

(a)    Delihi is  ____ capital of India.

(b)   India, ____ country in the Northern Hemisphere, has produced many world-class batsmen.

(c)    ____ fruit seller does not earn much during the rainy season.

(d)   _____ girl who lives at the corner of our street has been detected Covid-positive.

(e)   Many states rely on ____ type of tea produced in Asam.

(f)     The Ganges is considered to be ____ holiest river in the country.

(g)    ____ Punjab, _____ important state of North India, has produced many freedom fighters.

(h)   1950 is _____year in which India became a republic.

B.3. Read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using a, an or the where necessary.

        I drove on the Time Machine without changing (1) _______ lever. At last I stopped; (2) _____ sun    was red and very large and (3) _____huge reddish rock was there.(4) ______ Time Machine, in which I sat, was standing on (5) _____ slopping beach and I saw (6) _____ sea stretch to (7) ____ horizon, but without any waves. No breath of wind stirred and I began to breathe very fast and felt (8) _____ oppression in my head. I heard (9) _____ harsh scream and saw (10) _____ thing like a huge butterfly. But as I turned to look around again, I froze. (11) _____ reddish mass of rock was moving towards me. I realized that it was (12) _____ monstrous crablike creature. I felt a tickle on my cheek, as though a fly had alighted there. I struck at this and caught something threadlike. With horror I realized that I had just grasped (13) _____ antenna of (14)  _____ monster crab. In a moment I had pulled the lever, I placed  (15) ______ time of one month between myself and these monsters.

        Ref.: The Time Machine

         By: H.G. Welles

 

 C. Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns

C.1. add a suitable noun to each of the following determiners.

(1) A _____ (2) both ____ (3) few _____ (4) much ____ (5) all _____ (6) each ____ (7) little ____           (8) neither ____  (9) an ____ (10) either ____ (11) many ____ (12) no ____ (13) another ____ (14) enough (14) more (15) any ____ (16) every ____ (17) Most ____ (18) several ____ (19) one ____  (20) some (21) two _____ (22) a lot of _____

C.2. Read the following description from a geography book and observe the use of Determiners.

The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, protect India from the cold winds blowing from central Asia and the People’s Republic if China. Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak of the world belongs to this range and is situated in Nepal. To the south of the Himalayas, the great northern plains extend between the mount of the revers Indus and the Ganga. The Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra start in the Himalayas. Start in Tibet. The Ganga and the Brahmaputra join together before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Between the fertile Indus and Ganga plains are the Aravalli Hills and the Thar Desert.

Let us see the use of ‘The’ article in the above passage to determine its use.

1.       Mountain Range: The is used before names of mountain ranges.

For example: The Himalayas, The Alps, The Andes.

2.       Name of a Peak: ‘The’ is not  used before a personal noun like specific peak or mountain.

For example: Mount Everest, Mount Kailash, Mount Sinai

3.       Cities: The is not used. Treated as a personal noun.

For example: Pune, Delhi

4.       Country: The is not used. Treated as a personal noun.

For example: Nepal, India,

5.       A country-name with words like ‘republic’, ‘union’ etc., does not take ‘the’ article.

For example: People’s Republic of China

6.       Rivers: we use ‘ The ‘ before the rivers.

For example: The Ganaga, The Indus, The Brahmaputra

7.       Lakes: ‘The’ is not used before lakes and bays.

For example: Dal lake, Lake Geneva, Sukhna Lake (Chandigarh)

8.       Deserts : The article is used before deserts.

For  example: The Thar desert, The Kalahari desert

 

D. Determiners – Summary

D.1.  Complete the following letter.

816, A-block

Peethampur

Hriyana

26 October 2021

Dear Mom and Dad

I am having a good time here with  (1) ______ Awasthis. They are very loving and caring people. 

My friend Karan who is (2) ______ hotel manager in (3) _____ five star hotel.

His wife, Nayantara is (4) ______  fashion designer. She is a post graduate from (5) ______ Delhi University.

They have (6) ______ common interests, like reading , music, and enjoying movies.  Karan likes to travel, so does (7) ________   wife. (8) _______ are not happy with present house. They plan to shift to (9) _______  bigger accommodation.

Rest is fine.

Yours affectionately,

(10) ____________ Kishan

 

Answer the MCQ

Q1. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      The

B.      My

C.      A

D.      No Determiner

Q2. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      The

B.      A

C.      An

D.      No determiner

Q3. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      The

B.      A

C.      An

D.      No determiner

Q4. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      The

E.       A

F.       An

G.     No determiner

Q5. Select the appropriate determiner

B.      The

H.     A

I.        An

J.        No determiner

Q6. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      Many

B.      Few

C.      Hundreds of

D.      No determiner

Q7. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      His

B.      Her

C.      Their

D.      No determiner

Q8. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      There

B.      Their

C.      They

D.      No determiner

Q9. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      The

B.      A

C.      An

D.      No determiner

Q10. Select the appropriate determiner

A.      The

B.      A

C.      An

D.      No determiner

D4 . Choose the appropriate option to complete the given sentences.

Q1. I have been to ____ doctor, whose name appered in the Hindustan Times.

A.      A

B.      An

C.      The

D.      No determiner

Q2. _____ example helps understand any concept better.

A.      A

B.      An

C.      Few

D.      No determiner

Q3. Tourists are attracted by ______ curlturral diversity.

A.      India

B.      Her

C.      India’s

D.      No determiner

Q4. This house belongs to ______ people who are standing at the gate.

A.      Those

B.      Many

C.      This

D.      No determiner

Q5. He has hardly done ______  work.

A.      Many

B.      Some

C.      Any

D.      No determiner

Q6. ______ little milk is there. It is sufficient for a cup of tea.

A.      A

B.      An

C.      Some

D.      No determiner

Q7. ______ student of this class is a merit holder.

A.      Any

B.      Each

C.      All

D.      No determiner

Q8. He drove with _____ care and was fined by the traffic police.

A.      Much

B.      Most

C.      Little

D.      No determiner

Q9. Are there ______ people left in the hall?

A.      All

B.      Any

C.      Many

D.      No determiner

Q10. You may have ______ of the two Perks.

A.      All

B.      Both

C.      Each

D.      No determiner

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