CBSE Class 10 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set 02

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 21, CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE

1. While our bike _________, we wandered around the  tiny village.
A. be repaired
B. was repairing
C. was being repaired
D. is repaired
Answer : C

2. You look really busy Indira, _________ I put the books away for you?
A. would
B. shall
C. will
D. can
Answer : B

3. I don’t know what this rule _________.
A. is meaning
B. meants
C. mean
D. means
Answer : D

4. I always remember kites and marbles that gave us so _________ pleasure during our summer vacations in Chennai.
A. great
B. much
C. many
D. few
Answer : B

5. Until last Monday, he _________ ridden a cycle.
A. does never have
B. will have never
C. had never
D. might have never
Answer : C

6. We expected Giri at 9.00 am, but he _________ yet.
A. hasn’t arrived
B. has arrived
C. didn’t arrive
D. hadn't arrived
Answer : A

7. Shekhar forgot _________ off the lights before he left.
A. turn
B. turning
C. turned
D. to turn
Answer : D

8. Writing books is not a/an _________ career.
A. rewarding
B. awarding
C. absorbed
D. repaying
Answer : A

9. I wonder if you could give me a/an _________ with the washing-up?
A. help
B. attendance
C. support
D. hand
Answer : D

10. He has become _________ because of his old age.
A. slugging
B. brackish
C. cantankerous
D. senility
Answer : C

11. Everyone’s been invited to the party _________ Dinesh.
A. except
B. apart
C. but
D. with the exception
Answer : A

12. According to some historians, if Napoleon had not invaded Russia, he _________ the rest of Europe.
A. had conquered
B. would conquer
C. would have conquered
D. conquered
Answer : C

13. His arguments were not adequate to _________ the judge.
A. impress
B. convince
C. please
D. flatter
Answer : B

14. Adequate _________ must be taken to prevent accidents.
A. rules
B. warning
C. measures
D. planning
Answer : C

15. He drinks a _________ amount of coffee.
A. excess
B. less
C. moderate
D. only
Answer : C

16. If you don’t know a word, you can look _________ in your dictionary.
A. it up
B. up it
C. them up
D. into
Answer : A

17. Chemicals in paint that pose a fire hazard _________ as combustible, flammable, or extremely flammable.
A. are listed
B. listed
C. being listed
D. they are listed
Answer : A

18. Take an umbrella with you, _________ it rains.
A. in case
B. even though
C. despite
D. because
Answer : A

19. Scientists are developing cars which _________ hands free driving on the highways.
A. let
B. allow
C. provide
D. devise
Answer : B

20. There was a large notice in the school corridor saying: _________‘ fire, press the alarm bell!’
A. If there
B. On account of
C. In case of
D. Supposing is
Answer : C

21. Most of the houses in the hill station have._________
A. a garden
B. the garden
C. many garden
D. much gardens
Answer : A

22. Choose the odd word out.
A. Jovial
B. Talkative
C. Gregarious
D. Morose
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 23 TO 26, CHOOSE THE MOST AP PROPRIATE WORD TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.

23. Their house burned down and ever since they have been._________
Answer : B

24. He slept very badly; he was really _________.
Answer : A

25. Don’t worry about the dog; he’s _________.
Answer : D

26. Asha is absolutely _________ as to what present to give her friend for her birthday.
A. restless
B. homeless
C. clueless
D. harmless
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 27 TO 29, CHOOSE THE WORD CLOSEST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.

27. Abstemious
A. Extravagant
B. Austere
C. Pure
D. Indulgent
Answer : B

28. Augment
A. Tax free
B. Grow
C. Make ends meet
D. Stretch
Answer : B

29. Bombastic language
A. Pompous
B. Humble
C. Deflated
D. Fiery
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 30 TO 32, CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.

30.
A. The new boy was
B. angry with treatment
C. he had received
D. at the hands of his seniors.
Answer : B

31.
A. I hope that
B. the next time
C. you will be coming to Kolkata
D. you will bring my bag.
Answer : C

32.
A. Somewhere along the discussion
B. I lost track
C. of what Bill says
D. about the new curriculum.
Answer : C

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 33 TO 37, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

An aged hermit resided in the Lun Mountains of Korea. Many people sought his advice for he was a source of wisdom and was conversant in the miraculous arts. One day, a woman came and pleaded with him to help her regain her husband’s lost fondness. “He was so loving and caring before he left for the wars,” she lamented. “He has returned after three years but now he is indifferent and aloof.”
“War does these things to men,” said the hermit pensively. “They say you can make a potion that can kindle love in the person who consumes it,” said the woman.
“I surely can make that potion, it is true, but I lack one of the main ingredients that go into its making”, said the hermit.
“Which is that?”, asked the woman. “It is a tiger’s whisker”, replied the patient hermit.
The woman left promising to get what he required. The next day she went in search of a tiger and finally saw one on the banks of a large river. The tiger snarled when he saw her and she retreated. She returned to the spot the next day.
Again, the tiger snarled and again she retreated. However, she kept going to the place and gradually the animal got used to her presence and stopped snarling.
She began to bring him food. In course of time, the tiger became so friendly that he would come right up to her to take the food. One day she hesitantly reached out and patted his head. A few days later, she ran her hand down the side of his face. Moreover, while doing so she deftly pulled out one of his whiskers. Thereafter she rushed to the hermit’s house with the whisker.
“I’ve got it!” she said, triumphantly. “Good,” said the hermit.
He took the whisker of tiger to the fireplace and dropped it into the fire.
“What have you done!” said the woman, stunned. “You promised to make me a magic potion with this!”
“You don’t need one,” said the hermit, smiling gently. “Tell me, how did you win the tiger’s affection? Naturally, you had to deal with him with gentleness and a great deal of patience. Would a man be less responsive than a savage and blood thirsty beast? Go and win over your husband as you did the tiger.”
The woman turned over what the hermit had said, in her mind, as she slowly made her way home. When she saw her husband her first instinct was to turn away, then remembering the tiger and the hermit’s words, she checked herself and moved forward with a smile on her face.

33. A suitable title for the story is “ _________.”
A. The tiger and the woman
B. The apathetic husband
C. A whisker of the tiger
D. Woman who knew a wise recluse
Answer : C

34. Dropping of the whisker into fire, by the old man was an act of _________.
A. revenge towards the woman
B. vengeance on behalf of the tiger
C. assertion of faith that the hermit has on love
D. all of the above
Answer : C

35. On seeing the tiger, the woman _________.
A. ran away, only to never come back
B. took help of the hunters to tame him
C. saw him standing at the other end of the river bank
D. gradually tried to be friends with him
Answer : D

36. The hermit asked the woman to get a whisker of the tiger as _________.
A. he wanted her to be a good huntress
B. he was sure of the tiger eating her
C. if she could find way in the beast’s heart, she could do so with anyone
D. none of the above
Answer : C

37. ‘Savage and blood thirsty beast’ means _________.
A. hungry
B. flesh eating
C. grass eating
D. war like
Answer : B

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 38 TO 40, CHOOSE THE RIGHT RESPONSE.

38. Who will reach the restaurant first?
A. Henry will have reached the restaurant, when we get there.
B. Norma will reach the restaurant, when we get there.
C. Rosy will be reaching the restaurant, when we get there.
D. Mona might be reaching the restaurant, when we get there.
Answer : A

39. Who makes a regular practice of talking on the phone for hours?
A. Leena has been talking on the phone for hours.
B. Steve talks on the phone for hours.
C. Tom had been talking on the phone for hours.
D. Rita has talked on the phone for hours.
Answer : B

40. Who is the company’s president?
A. Mr. Desai has been president for five years.
B. Mr. Gupta was president for five years.
C. Mr. Das will be president in next five years.
D. Mr. Jain might be the president for the next five years.
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 41 AND 42, CHOOSE THE ODD WORD THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME PRONUNCIATION AS THE UNDERLINED SOUND.

41. Exercise
A. Frozen
B. Thousand
C. Vision
D. Hazard
Answer : C

42. Museum
A. Visit
B. Result
C. Razor
D. Division
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 43 TO 45, MATCH THE DESCRIPTIONS WITH THE RIGHT MEANING.

43. Raji is at the end of her tether.
Answer : C

44. Mary is on the go all day.
Answer : A

45. Hema took on a new secretary.
A. She is always busy.
B. She gave someone a job.
C. She has run out of patience.
D. She was dismissed.
Answer : B

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 AND 47, CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

46. It is but true.
A. informal
B. incredible
C. inaccurate
D. nonsensical
Answer : B

47. We decided to to the schedule as it was originally planned.
A. keep
B. retain
C. cling
D. stuck
Answer : A

48. Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word : disparate
A. Hopeless
B. Final
C. Dissimilar
D. Failure
Answer : C

49. Choose the odd word that does not have the same pronunciation as the underlined sound : chic
A. CHICAGO
B. NIECE
C. MICHIGAN
D. OCEAN
Answer : B

50. Choose the right response.
Who was sick during vacation?
A. Aparna had the flu, when Diwali vacation started.
B. Dilip had had the flu, when Diwali vacation started.
C. Geeta had the flu after the Diwali vacation.
D. Rina was having the flu after the Diwali vacation.
Answer : A