English question from Panchayat Secretary (VLW) exam, 2025 by JKSSB
Select the right articles for the blanks:
_________woman is more sensitive than______ man
Last updated Aug 28, 2026
Correct Answer:
Option A —
a, a
The Completed Sentence:
A woman is more sensitive than a man.
Explanation:
In this context, the indefinite article "a" is used before singular countable nouns ("woman" and "man") to represent the entire class or category of people. It means any woman or women in general when compared to any man or men in general.
Why other options don't work:
(B) is incorrect because "man" starts with a consonant sound, so it cannot take "an".
(C) incorrectly mixes the definite article ("the", which implies a specific woman) with the indefinite article ("a").
(D) is incorrect because leaving "woman" without an article while giving "man" the article "a" creates an ungrammatical and asymmetrical sentence.
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