English Olympiad
Class-IX
1. Below given is a report with four blanks. Fill those blanks with
the options provided to make it a sensible one.
INDIAN DEPOSITS IN SWISS BANKS SHOW STEADY DECLINE
The Hindustan Times, 28
March, 2012, New Delhi: The deposits of Indians in Swiss banks have shown a
steady decline over the year. It has halved _____I____ 2006. Finance Minister
of India said this in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha quoting Swiss National
Bank data. Indians accounted for 0.1302 per cent of the ____ II ____ in
different Swiss banks in 2011.The minister said , part of the deposits in the
Swiss Banks may be related to legitimate business. As per the Swiss bank data,
of the total 9,295 crore rupees in deposits by Indians in 2011, 1,372 crore
rupees was towards fiduciary business. The Minister said India has adopted a
five-pronged strategy to get the black money stashed away back to the country.
The steps include ____ III ____ and creating appropriate legislative framework.
He said, in a large
number of specific cases, information has been obtained under Double
Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) from Swiss Bank. India signed a protocol
with Switzerland in August last year to revise the DTAA. The revised treaty,
which is in the process of being approved by the Swiss authorities, will ____
IV ____ from Switzerland. Once the revised treaty comes into effect, India can
seek bank account details for cases dating from January this year.
P: total amount belonging to foreigners Q: joining the global crusade
against black money
R: to 9,295 crore rupees last
year from about 23,373 crore rupees in
S: help India seek banking sector information.
Choose your answer from the
given options:
(a) RPQS
(b) QSRP
(c) PQRS
(d) PRQS
2. Judge the right word.
‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ are
the little courtesies by which we keep
the__of life oiled and running smoothly.
(a) river (b)
garden
(c) path
(d) machine
3. Fill in the blank with correct modal.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it______.
(a) Can
(b) Would
(c) May (d)
Should
4. Three sentences are given below, you have to identify which
sentence is a fact and which is an opinion.
I: Grammar is an integral
part of written English.
II: Grammar is required for
accuracy.
III: Grammar is very
difficult.
(a)
I-fact,II-opinion,III-opinion
(b) I-opinion,II-fact,III-opinion
(c)
I-opinion,II-opinion,III-fact
(d) I-fact,II-fact,III-opinion
5. Give the synonym of the word underlined in the sentence below.
Weird noises came from the haunted house.
(a) Beastly (b)
Unpleasant
(c) Unnatural
(d) Frightening
6. Fill in the blank as per
subject verb agreement.
My grandfather was 95 when
he_______.
(a) has died
(b) Had died
(c) Died
(d) Was dying
7. Below given is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts
contains a grammatical error. Find the part.
Zoya thought that (1)/she
would pass in the examination (2)/ although she didn’t answer (3)/most of the
questions correctly(4).
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
8. Identify the qualitative
adjective in the given sentence.
John takes great pleasure in
reading novels.
(a) Novels
(b) Great
(c) Pleasure
(d) Reading
9. In which one of the following sentences an article is wrongly
inserted?
(a) She is one of the
beautiful girls in the class.
(b) An umbrella is a useful thing.
(c) Police are wandering to get hold of the culprit. (d) He was reputed as a honest
person.
10. The correct question tag
of the following sentence will be:
Will you do this?
(a) Will you? (b)
Willn’t you?
(c) Won’t you?
(d) Shouldn’t you?
11. Below given is a notice with four blanks. Fill those blanks with
the options provided to make it a sensible one.
NOTICE ATTENTION! MUSIC LOVERS!
The school is hosting the
_______I________ on 28th April, 2013 at the Siri Fort Auditorium, Khel Gaon
Marg, New Delhi, at 4:00 p.m. All the talented ______II____ to be conducted in
the presence of Sh. Sonu Nigam, ________III_______,on 15th April, 2013 at 9:00
a.m. in the school auditorium. _______IV_____.
Sashi Kumar Secretary,
Music Club South Delhi Public
School
P: For further details
contact the undersigned.
Q: 6th Inter-School Musical carnival for Classes VI-X
R: well-known playback singer from Bollywood S: students with gifted voices may appear
for the audition
(a) QPRS
(b) QSRP
(c) PRQS
(d) SRQP
1 2. Insert a verb in
agreement with its subject.
I _____ him only once since
last Monday in the classroom.
(a) see
(b) saw
(c) had seen
(d) have seen
1 3. A sentence is given in four parts. One of the parts contains a
grammatical error. Find the part.
A leader is a group member
which (P) / exerts profound influence (Q) / on the behaviour and attitudes (R)
/ of other members of the group.(S)
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) S
1 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals.
Rita: _______I go to visit my
friend in Shimla? Father: No, you _______.
(a) Can, cannot
(b) May, may not
(c) Might, might not (d)
All of these
15. Give the antonym of the word underlined in the given sentence.
He was a sulky
disposition.
(a) Mild
(b) Cheerful
(c) Loving
(d) Kind
1 6. Which one of the following is an example of gerund?
(a) He saw a man sleep.
(b) The man has climbed the wall to reach the window.
(c) She has little sense of
honesty. (d) Maria’s first love
is singing.
1 7. A sentence that contains only one subject and one finite verb,
expressed or understood is a:
(a) Complex sentence
(b) Compound sentence
(c) Simple sentence
(d) Imperative sentence
1 8. Give the usage of the word underlined.
Both the boys must be guilty.
(a) Adjective
(b) Pronoun
(c) Noun
(d) Adverb
Direction: For Q19-20: Read the given passage carefully and answer
the questions that follow.
India is the only country in
the world to have the distinction of having three main species of cats in its
tally, which are the lions, the tigers and the leop- ard along with many other
smaller cat species. Even though they differ from each other in appearance yet
they all belong to one single family, the Felidae.
The cat family includes many kinds of wild animals with similar body
characteristics. Most members of the cat family have many of the same habits.
They are clever hunters and stalk their prey on pad- ded feet. They use their
sharp claws and teeth to tear their food. Some also use their claws to climb
trees to seek food or escape enemies. Several of the big cats can be
man-eaters, including lions and leop- ards and tigers. Tigers are the largest of
the cats, they employ a ‘stalk and ambush’ strategy. Tigers usually attack
deer, but have been known to kill elephants and buffaloes. Humans, unable to
run very fast, do fall prey to tiger although usually it is only old or injured
tigers that become man-eaters. All cats move in the same way. They walk on the
tips of their toes, not on the soles of their feet as do humans and many other
kinds of animals. All cats can swim, and many are excellent fishermen. The
ancient Egyptians used cats not only as hunters of mice but as catchers of fish
as well. Some cats can and do swim for pleasure, and some, especially the
tiger, can swim for long distances. Members of the cat family, including the
domestic cat, are among the most highly specialized of all the meat-eating
animals for hunting game. Cats are solitary ani- mals and usually hunt alone.
1 9. The family of cat includes:
(a) Lions and tigers
(b) Leopards and other cat species
(c) Many wild animals
(d) Wild animals with similar body characteristics
20. The largest members of
the cat family are:
(a) Tigers
(b) Lions
(c) Leopards
(d) Man-eaters
21. Identify analogy.
If INFAMY is a type of
REPUTATION than COMPASSION is a type of:
(a) endurance
(b) virtue
(c) remorse
(d) trust
22. Give the part of speech
for the word underlined in the sentence below.
Our blessings come from above.
(a) Adverb
(b) Adjective
(c) Interjection
(d) Noun
23. Given below are two sentences with homonyms. Identify the
sentence(s) with the correct use of homonyms.
I: Jim was convinced that he
had been persecuted by his boss with extra load of work.
II. He has decided to take
the offender for prosecuting.
(a) Only I is correct
(b) Only II is correct
(c) Both I & II are correct
(d) Both I & II are incorrect.
24. Complete the sentence.
To succeed in a difficult task__________.
(a) one needs to be
persistence
(b) persistence is needed
(c) you need to be a person
of persistence (d) one needs to
be persistent
Direction: For Q 25-26: Give the exact meaning of the idioms and
phrases underlined in the sentences below:
25. I just paid him a left handed compliment.
(a) an honest (b)
a well deserved
(c) an insincere
(d) a flattering
26. I am sure he means
business.
(a) is earnest
(b) is inquisitive
(c) is anxious to make profit (d) is a
trader
27. Fill in the blanks with proper pronouns.
____, _____ and_______ must
work together.
(a) He, you, I
(b) I, you, he
(c) You, he, I (d)
You,I, he
28. Change the direct
sentence into indirect one.
He said, “ Will you listen to such a man?”
(a) He asked them will they
listen to such a man. (b) He asked them are you listening to such a man. (c) He
asked them whether they would listen to such a man. (d) He asked whether they
will listen to
such a man.
29. If we convert the sentence, “The men endured all the horrors of
the campaign and not one of them complained at all” into a simple sentence, it
will be:
(a) The men endured all the
horrors of the campaign without one of them making any complaint.
(b) No men complaint in spite
of enduring all the horrors of campaign.
(c) Men endured all the
horrors of campaign without any complaint.
(d) All of these
30. Change the voice.
We hope that we will win the match.
(a) The match is hoped to be
won.
(b) Match winning is our hope.
(c) It is hoped that the match
will be won by us.
(d) Winning the match is hoped by us.
Direction: For Q 31-32: Give the synonyms for the words underlined
in the sentences below:
31. Hearing the speech of their leader, the crowd was in a state of euphoria.
(a) pleasant excitement (b) intense indignation
(c) utter depression
(d) great disorder
32. Nobody has yet seen the peregrination of heavenly beings
on earth.
(a) visit (b) arrival
(c) travelling
(d) casting glance on
33. Identify the sentence which is grammatically incorrect.
(a) He was appointed to the
post.
(b) He has no house to live
(c) Mel cracks jokes with me. (d) Dhoni is confident of securing victory.
Direction: For Q34-35: Fill
in the blank as per subject-verb agreement:
34. The dead trees and
peeling paints, along with broken windows and flapping shutters
________everyone believe that evil spirits haunt the deserted Sinclair house.
(a) made
(b) has made
(c) makes
(d) make
35. One hundred and fifty gallons _____ the amount of liquid the
average drilling machine can absorb.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) were
