Article ‘the‘ should be used before the names of
| Holy books | The Bible, The Quran, The Gita |
| Bank | The SBI, The Axis Bank |
| Government department | The Revenue Department, The income tax department |
| Famous hotel | The Taj hotel |
| Monument | The Taj Mahal, TheBibi ka Makbara |
| Railway | The Sachkhand Express, The Devgiri Express |
| Ship | The Gangotri, The Titanic |
| Newspaper | The Lokmat, The Sakal |
| Planet | The Venus, The Jupiter |
| Particular common noun | The man, The tree |
| Repetition of common noun | I saw a boy. The boy was hungry |
| Representing entire class | The cow is a useful animal. |
| Range of mountains | The Himalaya, The Alps |
| Group of Islands | The Andaman, The Nicobar |
| Ocean | The Pacific, The Indian Ocean |
| Sea | The Arabian sea |
| Gulf | The Persian gulf |
| Magazines | The week, The outlook |
| Magazines | The week, The Outlook |
| Museum | The Salarjung museum |
| Nationality | The Indian, The French |
| Ordinals | The second, The Third |
| Superlatives | The greatest, The smallest |
| Unique in the world | The sun, The moon |
| Famous awards | The Nobel, The Bharat Ratna |
| Direction | The north, The south |
| Mentioning entire family members |
The Patil’s, The Deshpande |
| Desert | The Sahara, The Thar |
| Canal | The Suez, The Panama |
| Lake | The Dal Lake |
| Famous temple | The Balaji temple |
| Empire | The Maurya Empire |
| Forts | The Raigad |
| Caves | The Ajanta caves |
| Airport | The Rajiv Gandhi Airport Hyderabad |
| Waterfall | The Girsappa, The Niagara |
| Sanctuary | The Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Sports event | The Commonwealth games |
| Famous library | The National library |
| Bay | The Bay of Bengal |
| Studio | The R K Studio |
| Missile | The Agni, The Prithvi |
| Institute | The Shivaji Education Society |
| Geographical Lines | The Equator, The Longitude |
| Race | The Jews |
| Movement | The non-cooperation movement |
| Political Parties | The BJP, The Congress |
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