Choose the sentence where the Article has been incorrectly used.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The tea grows in India.
"The" with uncountable nouns:
- An uncountable noun (tea, milk, rice, gold) used in a general sense takes no article.
- "The" is used only when we mean a particular quantity: the tea in this cup.
- This sentence speaks of tea in general as a crop, so "the" must go.
- Corrected: Tea grows in India.
Example: Rice is grown in West Bengal.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The Ramyana is a great epic. — Incorrect. Correct use: "the" is used correctly before the names of holy books and epics: the Ramayana, the Mahabharata.
Option 2: The Himalayas are the abode of snow. — Incorrect. Correct use: "the" is used correctly before the names of mountain ranges, and "the abode" refers to a particular home.
Option 4: Both the brothers are honest. — Incorrect. Correct use: both the + plural noun is correct; "the" points to the two particular brothers.
Contrast: an uncountable noun in a general sense takes no article (Tea grows); "the" marks a particular quantity (the tea in this cup).