Kalidas is Shakespeare of India.

Question

Kalidas is Shakespeare of India.

1. A. an
2. B. a
3. C. the (Correct answer)
4. D. None of the above

Correct Answer

Option C — the

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is the.

Key Points

• The definite article the is used before a proper noun when comparing someone to a famous person: *Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India*.
• The construction singles out a unique, well-known figure, so an indefinite article would be wrong.

Additional Information

• The same pattern gives *Mumbai is the Manchester of India* and *Kanpur is the Leeds of India*.
• The is also used with rivers, seas, oceans, mountain ranges, deserts, plural country names and unique objects — *the Ganga, the Himalayas, the Thar, the Netherlands, the sun*.
• No article is used with most singular proper nouns, continents, individual mountains or lakes — *Asia, Everest, Dal Lake*.