Question

Rohit is .........IAS officer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Rohit is an IAS officer

Answer 2

Rohit is an IAS officer. The word 'an' is an article.

The usage of articles

• Articles are words including 'a', 'an', and 'the'. These are noun markers or determiners that specify whether a noun is specific or general.
• The article in a sentence is chosen according to the reference of the noun in that sentence.
• The article 'the' is a definite article that denotes a specific reference to a noun.
• The articles 'a' (before nouns beginning with consonants) and 'an' (before nouns beginning with vowels)  denote a general reference to a noun.
• In the given sentence, the noun IAS officer begins with a vowel and hence has the article 'an'.