Multiple choice

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.

India is ______ union of many states. It is rightly considered to be ______ melting pot of cultures.

  1. a, a

  2. an, no article required

  3. the, a

  4. no article required, a

  5. no article is required in both the places
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. Though the word ‘union’ begins with a vowel (u), the article used before it is ‘a’ and not ‘an’ because the word begins with a consonant sound (yu sound). ‘Melting pot’, though used figuratively, is a singular common noun. ‘A melting pot of cultures’ is thus the correct usage.

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