Articles – MBA CET questions with solutions

Approach: Articles — specific (the) vs one-of-many (a/an), and sound rule.

Solution: 'Put the bag on the table' — a particular bag and table both speakers can see. 'Give me an apple and a bar of chocolate' — any one apple / bar; 'apple' begins with a vowel sound → an, 'bar' with a consonant sound → a. Pattern: the … the … an … a.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: 'a table' — the table here is a specific one in the room.
B: 'a bag' — the instruction refers to a specific bag.
C: 'the apple / the bar' — no particular apple or bar is identified.
D: 'a bag … a table' — both should be definite.

Cetking shortcut: Fix the easy pair first: apple → an, bar → a; only A, B, D, E survive, then decide the/a for bag/table.

Answer: E

Approach: Articles with designations + concision.

Solution: When a person is promoted, appointed or elected to a unique post, the title takes no article: "She was promoted in 2009 to General Manager, Systems." D does this cleanly and concisely.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: Grammatical but wordy ('to the position of'); D is the tighter standard form.
B, C: 'a General Manager, Systems post/position' — indefinite article before a unique designation; clumsy.
E: 'She were' — subject–verb agreement error.

Cetking shortcut: With 'promoted to / appointed as / elected', drop the article before a specific title.

Answer: D

Approach: Uncountable nouns — "information" takes no a/an and no plural.

Solution: "Information" is uncountable: it cannot take "a/an" and has no plural "informations". "Valuable information" (no article) is correct, and "the seminar" needs the definite article as a specific event. He gained valuable information during the seminar.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: "an valuable information" — wrong article and article with an uncountable noun.
B: "during seminar" drops the needed article; "the valuable information" implies specific info not mentioned before.
D: "a valuable information" — uncountable noun with "a".
E: "informations" — uncountable noun pluralised.

Cetking shortcut: Uncountable-noun list to remember: information, advice, furniture, luggage, equipment, news, knowledge.

Answer: C