NDA (I) 2025 General Ability Test · Question 47 of 150

Correct — B, a picnic. A singular, countable noun mentioned for the first time and not yet identified takes the indefinite article — 'organise a picnic' — so 'a' is required before 'picnic'.

• (a)picnic — A singular countable noun such as 'picnic' cannot stand without an article; 'organise picnic' is ungrammatical.
• (d)the picnic — 'The' marks something already known or specified, but this picnic is being introduced for the first time.
• (c)picnics — The plural is unmotivated — the sentence refers to arranging a single event, not picnics in general.

An article-usage point: a first-mention singular countable noun takes the indefinite article 'a/an', while 'the' is reserved for a noun already identified.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: She wants to buy ______ umbrella before the rains.

  • (a)a
  • (b)an
  • (c)the
  • (d)no article

  Answer(b) an — 'umbrella' begins with a vowel sound, so the indefinite article 'an' is used at first mention.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the correct article: They decided to build ______ house near the lake.

  • (a)house
  • (b)a house
  • (c)the house
  • (d)houses

  Answer(b) a house — a singular countable noun at first mention takes 'a'.