CBSE Class 10 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set A

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 20, CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

1. When Girija arrived at the theatre, Heera _________.
A. already left
B. has already left
C. had already left
D. left had already
Answer : C

2. I ____________ my cousins from Jamshedpur for the first time, last Saturday.
A. meet
B. did met
C. met
D. was met
Answer : C

3. “__________ the grass,” says the sign. We cannot play here in this lawn.
A. Keep off
B. Go down
C. Turn over
D. Bring up
Answer : A

4. ___________ books from the library are missing.
A. Fewer
B. Several
C. Both
D. None of the above
Answer : B

5. I wish I __________ speak French or German.
A. might
B. could
C. should
D. would
Answer : B

6. Rupa was offered the role _________ having no talent for acting.
A. despite
B. although
C. even though
D. since
Answer : A

7. The offer was too good for David to turn it ________.
A. off
B. down
C. away
D. from
Answer : B

8. As soon as I ___________ a wallet full of money in the bus, I rushed to the police station to hand it over to them.
A. would find
B. did find
C. had found
D. found
Answer : D

9. You have a wonderful voice. Why don’t you ___________ singing?
A. bring up
B. set up
C. take out
D. carry on
Answer : D

10. Would you like to _______________ a business in India?
A. bring up
B. set up
C. break down
D. go down
Answer : B

11. Now remember, you _________ the test until the teacher tells you to.
A. are not starting
B. are not to start
C. haven’t started
D. are to start
Answer : B

12. She wasn’t _________ to reach the top branch of the mango tree.
A. tall enough
B. so tall
C. as tall
D. short enough
Answer : A

13. Shikha ___________ a book about her adventures in Tibet.
A. is currently writing
B. is being currently written
C. has been currently writing
D. none of the above
Answer : A

14. My flat _________ as soon as possible. It’s in anawful  state.
A. needed redecorating
B. to redecorate
C. redecorated
D. needs redecorating
Answer : D

15. I am home after office. There is someone waiting for me.
A. hurry up
B. lining up
C. broke out
D. rushing off
Answer : D

16. Our cat’s _____________ kittens in the next couple of days.
A. has
B. have
C. having
D. haven’t
Answer : C

17. Rarely _________ fish.
A. I eat
B. do I eat
C. I have eaten
D. have I ate
Answer : B

18. She went to live in Spain for a year _________ she could pick up the language.
A. because of
B. in order
C. so that
D. therefore
Answer : C

19. Most of the _________ members aboard the new luxury liner were from Mauritius.
A. team
B. crew
C. gang
D. staff
Answer : B

20. She was three kilos _________ so she decided to enrol in a gym.
A. fat
B. heavy
C. too large
D. overweight
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 21 TO 24, CHOOSE THE WORD CLOSEST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.

21. Dishevelled appearance
A. Untidy
B. Fierce
C. Foolish
D. Peculiar
Answer : A

22. Ominous report
A. Loud
B. Threatening
C. Untrue
D. Serious
Answer : B

23. Prevalent disease
A. Dangerous
B. Catching
C. Childhood
D. Widespread
Answer : D

24. In retrospect
A. view of the past
B. artistic balance
C. anticipation
D. second thoughts
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 25 TO 27, CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.

25. I find his manner very . He’s so unfriendly.
A. throw back
B. outgoing
C. laid out
D. off-putting
Answer : D

26. The girls decided to use _________ paper plates and cups for the party.
A. throw away
B. get away
C. pre-packed
D. take away
Answer : A

27. ‘I’m sorry I said that Kiran. It wasn’t my _________ to hurt you.’
A. intention
B. purpose
C. meaning
D. plan
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 28 TO 31, CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR

28.
A. The small child
B. does whatever
C. his father
D. was done.
Answer : D

29.
A. My cousin, who is
B. in school at Delhi
C. is eager to visiting
D. us in Chennai.
Answer : C

30.
A. When I last
B. see her
C. she was suffering
D. from cold and cough.
Answer : B

31.
A. Because of the internet,
B. working at home
C. have become
D. much more common.
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 32 TO 34, MATCH THE WORDS WITH ITS COLLOCATION. AN EXTRA OPTION IS GIVEN

A. a break, a decision, drink
B. a contract, a cheque, an agreement
C. decision, sale, contract sale
D. a decision, a profit, money

32. Make
Answer : D

33. Take
Answer : A

34. Sign
Answer : B

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 35 TO 37, READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

Thick black smoke curling out of smokestacks, horrible–tasting chemicals in your drinking water, pesticides in your food –– these are salient examples of pollution. Pollution is any contamination of the environment which causes harm to the environment or the inhabitants of the environment. There are many kinds of pollution, and there are many pollutants. Some obvious kinds of pollution are air, soil, and water. Some less obvious or well-known kinds of pollution are radioactive, noise, light pollution, and greenhouse gases.
Air pollution can be caused by particles, liquids, or gases that make the air harmful to breathe. There are two main types of air pollutants: Primary and secondary. Primary pollutants enter the air directly, like smoke from factories and car exhaust. Secondary pollutants are chemicals that mix together to pollute the air, like mixtures of emissions, or waste output from vehicles and factory smoke that change to form more dangerous pollutants in the air and sunlight.
Soil pollution can be caused by pesticides, leakage from chemical tanks, oil spills, and other chemicals which get into the soil by dumping or accidental contamination. Soil pollution can also cause water pollution, when underground water becomes contaminated by coming into contact with the polluted soil.
Water pollution can be caused by waste products, sewage, oil spills, and litter in streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Some scientists believe that water pollution is the largest cause of death and disease in causing about 14,000 deaths in the world, each day.

35. Primary pollutant(s) is/are _________.
A. smoke from factories
B. chemicals mixed together
C. waste output from industries
D. all of the above
Answer : A

36. Something salient is _________.
A. incredible
B. outstanding
C. potential
D. dangerous
Answer : B

37. What kind of pollution is thought to cause most death and disease?
A. Garbage on the streets
B. Pollutants in soil
C. Chemicals in the air
D. Wastes and chemicals dissolved in water
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 38 TO 40, READ THE TEXT AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANKS.

Scientists are making new (38) about the universe all the time. Daily, we read about new (39) that they say will have a great (40) on our daily lives.

38.
A. discoveries
B. creations
C. inventions
D. journeys
Answer : A

39.
A. techniques
B. finds
C. inventions
D. facts
Answer : C

40.
A. result
B. difference
C. change
D. effect
Answer : D

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 41 TO 43, CHOOSE THE BEST RESPONSE TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION

41. It’s crashed again. Can you tell me what to do?
A. Sure, just hit the number.
B. No, I’m afraid I didn’t.
C. It’s straight on and first left.
D. Have you tried switching it off and on again?
Answer : D

42. My car has broken down. Could I use your phone please?
A. No, I’m afraid I didn’t.
B. Sure, just dial the number.
C. I’m sorry, I’ll try.
D. Yes. It looks heavy.
Answer : B

43. Thanks for the treat, it was really _________.
A. scrupulous
B. scrumptious
C. surreptitious
D. salacious
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 44 AND 45, CHOOSE THE ODD WORD THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME PRONUNCIATION AS THE UNDERLINED SOUND

44. BUZZER
A. JAZZ
B. CRAZY
C. DIZZY
D. ASSURE
Answer : D

45. DECIDED
A. PLEASED
B. DECISION
C. ACIDIC
D. RACED
Answer : A

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 TO 48, CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.

46. X: ‘What are you doing tonight?’
Y: ‘I’m not sure, I _________ to the cinema.’
A. will go
B. would go
C. might go
D. am going
Answer : C

47. Not only _________ to London, but she also visited many other places in England.
A. she went
B. she gone
C. she is going
D. did she go
Answer : D

48. The photographs of the aircraft and trains were from a/an _________ period.
A. throw back
B. ancient
C. bygone
D. new
Answer : C

49. Choose the word closes in meaning to the underlined word.
A baffling problem
A. difficult
B. simple
C. puzzling
D. long
Answer : C

50. Choose the best response to complete the conversation.
I sent a letter to the school a month ago but nobody has replied yet.
A. Really, that must have been an administrative error?
B. I’m sorry about that. Can you tell me the date you sent it?
C. Oh, I’m sorry about the mistake. I’ll send the right one.
D. That’s strange. We sent the book yesterday.
Answer : B