SUMMARY: The chapter on Determiners in Class 12 English focuses on the correct usage and types of determiners in English grammar. KEY TOPICS: articles, demonstratives, possessives, quantifiers, distributives, interrogatives, numbers, ordinals, determiners in sentences, rules of usage
Choose the correct determiner: 'I need ____ information about the course.'
Aa
Ban
Csome
Dmany
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Correct answer: Option 3 — some
Q21 Mark
Fill in: 'She is ____ honest girl.'
Aa
Ban
Cthe
Dno article
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Correct answer: Option 2 — an
Q31 Mark
Choose: '____ Indians are friendly' (general statement).
AThe
BMost
CVery
DEach
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Most
Q41 Mark
Fill in: 'There are ____ apples in the basket.' (some left)
Aa few
Bfew
Ca little
Dlittle
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Correct answer: Option 1 — a few
Q51 Mark
Choose: 'I'll meet you in ____ hour.'
Aa
Ban
Cthe
Dno article
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Correct answer: Option 2 — an
Q61 Mark
Fill in: 'There is ____ sugar left in the jar.' (very small amount)
Aa few
Bfew
Ca little
Dlittle
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Correct answer: Option 3 — a little
Q71 Mark
Choose: '____ books I bought yesterday are interesting.'
AA
BThe
CSome
DNo article
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Correct answer: Option 2 — The
Q81 Mark
Fill in: '____ student in the class passed the exam.'
AEach
BFew
CEvery
DEither
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Correct answer: Option 3 — Every
Q91 Mark
Choose: 'I bought ____ pen and ____ eraser.'
Aa; an
Ba; a
Can; a
Dthe; the
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Correct answer: Option 1 — a; an
Q101 Mark
Fill in: 'She has ____ patience for nonsense.' (none at all)
Aa little
Blittle
Ca few
Dfew
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Correct answer: Option 2 — little
Q111 Mark
Choose: 'My uncle is ____ MP from Delhi.'
Aa
Ban
Cthe
Dno article
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Correct answer: Option 2 — an
Q121 Mark
Fill in: 'I have ____ money to spare today.'
Amany
Bmuch
Cfew
Dseveral
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Correct answer: Option 2 — much
Q131 Mark
Choose: '____ Ganga is sacred to Hindus.'
AA
BAn
CThe
DNo article
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Correct answer: Option 3 — The
Q141 Mark
Fill in: 'How ____ rice did you cook?'
Amany
Bmuch
Cfew
Da few
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Correct answer: Option 2 — much
Q151 Mark
Choose: 'There is ____ milk in the bottle than I expected.'
Aless
Bfewer
Clittle
Dfew
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Correct answer: Option 1 — less
Short Answer Questions10 questions
Q163 Marks
Fill in with correct articles: '____ honest worker is worth ____ thousand rupees a day.'
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'AN' before 'honest' (vowel sound — silent h); 'A' before 'thousand' (consonant sound + singular countable). Articles depend on the SOUND not the spelling of the following word.
Q173 Marks
Distinguish 'few' / 'a few' / 'the few' with examples.
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'Few' (negative) — almost none: 'Few people understood'. 'A few' (positive) — some: 'A few people understood'. 'The few' (specific) — those few that there were: 'The few who understood praised the speaker'.
Q183 Marks
Insert articles where required: 'I went to ____ market to buy ____ apple. ____ apple was rotten.'
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'I went to THE market to buy AN apple. THE apple was rotten.' — Specific market (the); first mention of apple (an); second mention of the same apple (the).
Q193 Marks
Identify and correct: 'The Mt Everest is the highest peak in world.'
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Correct: 'Mt Everest is the highest peak in THE world.' Single mountains take no article; 'world' takes 'the' as a unique entity.
Q203 Marks
Fill in: '____ honesty is ____ best policy. ____ student must learn this.'
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'Honesty is THE best policy. EVERY student must learn this.' — Abstract noun in general sense takes no article; superlative takes 'the'; distributive 'every' for general statements about all students.
Q213 Marks
Distinguish 'each' and 'every' with examples.
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'Each' refers to individual items considered separately: 'Each student got a prize'. 'Every' refers to all members of a group considered together: 'Every student should respect teachers'. 'Each' can be used for two; 'every' for three or more.
Q223 Marks
Use 'much' or 'many': 'How ____ books did you buy?' / 'How ____ time do you have?'
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'How MANY books did you buy?' (countable plural). 'How MUCH time do you have?' (uncountable). 'Many' precedes plural countable nouns; 'much' precedes uncountable nouns.
Q233 Marks
Insert articles: '____ Hindu is ____ daily newspaper. ____ Times of India is also popular.'
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'THE Hindu is A daily newspaper. THE Times of India is also popular.' — Newspapers take 'the'; 'a' before singular countable 'newspaper'.
Q243 Marks
Insert determiners: 'There are ____ apples left but ____ rice has been eaten.'
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'There are FEW apples left but MUCH rice has been eaten.' — 'Few' (countable plural negative); 'much' (uncountable) showing large amount eaten.
Q253 Marks
Insert articles: 'I met ____ European yesterday. He works for ____ United Nations.'
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'I met A European yesterday. He works for THE United Nations.' — 'European' begins with consonant sound 'yu' (so 'a' not 'an'); 'United Nations' is a unique organisation name with 'United' that takes 'the'.