English Olympiad Class 10 - Sample question paper 15
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Q) CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.
I’m afraid, there’s no alternative than to ask your brother’s friends to leave.
A. I’m afraid,
B. there’s no alternative
C. than to ask
D. your brother’s friends to leave.
Answer: C. than to ask
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.
Swarna: What are you thinking? There’s already too much water under the bridge.
A. there’s flood in the city and they must act
B. they must make some clear plans
C. they must be concerned about troubles
D. it’s pointless to change the past
Answer: D. it’s pointless to change the past
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
Q) If a speech is full of pompous words, it is ___________.
A. abstemious
B. grandiloquent
C. stringent
D. austere
Answer: B. grandiloquent
Q) A dishonest way of getting what you want is called _________.
A. regatta
B. subterfuge
C. pundit
D. insurrection
Answer: B. subterfuge
Q) CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.
My daughter’s friend has read quite some difficult books by her own.
A. My daughter’s friend
B. has read
C. quite some difficult books
D. by her own.
Answer: D. by her own.
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.
Katrina: What happened to the plans for the picnic this afternoon?
Rani: _________.
A. They fell through because of the rain
B. They were broken off because of the rain
C. They were written up because of the rain
D. They were put at because of the rain
Answer: A. They fell through because of the rain
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
The policy is so ________ that even politicians don’t understand it.
A. convoluted
B. destitute
C. flippant
D. amenable
Answer: A. convoluted
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
Q) Silver is the most ______ of all metals.
A. rudderless
B. malleable
C. nebulous
D. serene
Answer: B. malleable
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
Q) A general pardon granted by the government to political offenders _______.
A. amnesty
B. alimony
C. armistice
D. diplomacy
Answer: A. amnesty
Q) CHOOSE THE WORD CLOSEST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.
An ancillary service
A. abnormal
B. competent
C. elegant
D. accompanying
Answer: D. accompanying
CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
Q) The new computer system _______ everything else we have had before, in every way.
A. bumps
B. wipes
C. moves
D. trumps
Answer: D. trumps
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
Q) When I was a child, I would always make sure my homework before the weekend began.
A. was being done
B. had been done
C. was doing
D. will have been done
Answer:B. had been done
CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.
Q) The development officer thought that we _______ enough training and needed some freer practice.
A. won’t have been
B. hadn’t been
C. won’t be
D. had had
Answer: D. had had
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Scathing
A. Biting
B. Hitting
C. Licking
D. Enthralling
Answer: A. Biting
CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
Q) Not _______ did Mike make the varsity team, but he _______ became one of the strongest players through hard work and focus.
A. only, also
B. that, too
C. hardly, just
D. so, really
Answer: A. only, also
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Quiescent
A. Envisioned
B. Regarded
C. Idle
D. Adroit
Answer: C. Idle
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Poignant
A. Unemotional
B. Bitter
C. Discontented
D. Rotund
Answer: A. Unemotional
Q) CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION.
Pooja : There’s no way that was a goal! The striker was _______ offside.
A. blatantly
B. dreadful
C. creative
D. intrusive
Answer: A. blatantly
Q) CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Capricious
A. Empathetical
B. Reviewable
C. Predictable
D. Arbitrary
Answer: C. Predictable
Q) CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION.
Brandon : Strangely, I’ve always had a phobia of pigeons, I’ve no idea why!
A. dapper
B. backdrop
C. flaccid
D. disruptive
Answer: D. disruptive