Fill in the blanks of the following text with articles where necessary. Some of the blanks may not require any article. Put a cross [x] in those blanks:

Though Bangladesh is struggling to achieve (a) ____ status of a middle income country, it is still beset with many problems. Unemployment problem is one of (b) ____ big challenges in Bangladesh. Hundreds and thousands of highly educated people are unemployed. (c) ____ government job is like (d) ____ golden deer to the educated youth. Nearly one hundred candidates apply for (e) ____ single post. mentioned problem is becoming acute day by day. Some pragmatic steps need to be taken in this regard. Firstly, (g) ____ government should emphasize on technical education. Secondly, (h) ____ educated people should not only run after government jobs. Thirdly, (i) ____ job seekers need to be engaged in self-motivated jobs. We think unemployment problem will be addressed as early as possible to booster (j) ____ overall development of Bangladesh.

Articles (a, an, the) are words that define whether a noun is specific or unspecific. The definite article 'the' is used when the noun is specific or already known to the reader, or when referring to a unique entity, a specific group, or a class of items. The indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' are used when the noun is non-specific or introduced for the first time, with 'a' preceding consonant sounds and 'an' preceding vowel sounds.

In the given passage:

    
• (a) the: "the status" refers to a specific status, qualified by "of a middle income country."
    
• (b) the: "one of the big challenges" uses 'the' to refer to a specific group of challenges from which one is chosen.
    
• (c) a: "a government job" refers to any single government job, not a specific one.
    
• (d) a: "a golden deer" is a metaphorical expression, referring to one instance of something highly desired but difficult to attain.
    
• (e) a: "a single post" uses 'a' because 'single' emphasizes one, indefinite item.
    
• (f) The: "The mentioned problem" uses 'The' because "mentioned" makes the problem specific, referring back to the unemployment problem discussed.
    
• (g) the: "the government" refers to the specific government of Bangladesh.
    
• (h) the: "the educated people" refers to a specific class or group of people who are educated within the context of the country.
    
• (i) the: "the job seekers" refers to the specific group of people who are currently seeking jobs in Bangladesh.
    
• (j) the: "the overall development of Bangladesh" uses 'the' because "of Bangladesh" makes the development specific.

No blanks required a cross (x) because all nouns in the given context either refer to a specific entity/group or are introduced as an indefinite singular item, thus requiring an article.