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Competitive Exams · English · question 657

Q657

. . . . . . . . U. S. A. is larger than . . . . . . . . India in area.

A.
the, the
B.
the, no article
Answer
C.
no article, no article
D.
an, a

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
'The' is used before the plural forms of names of the countries/states. For example, 'The Netherlands, The United Arab Emirates.' 'USA' is an abbreviation of United States of America. It is a made up of 50 states and hence we use 'The' before 'U.S.A.'
'India' is a proper noun which is in the singular form. We use no articles before the proper nouns, hence we will not use any article before 'India'.