Q.1 |
Change the voice of the sentence: He said to me, "They will hurt you". |
a) | He said to me that they will hurt me. |
b) | He said to me that he would be hurt me. |
c) | He said to me that they would hurt me. |
d) | He said to me that they would hurt you. |
Q.2 |
Active-Passive Voice Convert the following passive voice sentence into active voice: A lion may be helped even by a little mouse. |
a) | Even a little mouse may help a lion. |
b) | A little mouse may even help a lion. |
c) | A little mouse can even help a lion. |
d) | Even a little mouse ought to help a lion. |
Q.3 |
Choose the correct option which is the meaning of: "At the spur of the moment." |
a) | difficult moment |
b) | unplanned |
c) | great moment |
d) | very slow |
Q.4 |
Choose the correct form of verb: I never ___ (want) to do this. |
a) | want |
b) | had wanted |
c) | wants |
d) | wanted |
Q.5 |
Choose the pair of words which have a similar relationship to that between the given pair of words: vapid: ______:: rapid: swift |
a) | inspired |
b) | turgid |
c) | wet |
d) | insipid |
Q.6 |
Choose the option which is the same as "all in all". |
a) | Every person |
b) | Particular thing same in all |
c) | Call all at once |
d) | Considering everything |
Q.7 |
Tenses Identify the tense: He was always smiling. |
a) | Past Continuous Tense |
b) | Present Continuous Tense |
c) | Simple Past Tense |
d) | Simple Present Tense |
Q.8 |
Choose the right pronoun to correctly finish this sentence: Palvinder watched the children carefully as _________ crossed the road. |
a) | they |
b) | him |
c) | them |
d) | us |
Q.9 |
Choose the common nouns from the options: America's first wild animal trainer, Isaac Van Amburgh generated controversy as far back as 1830 due to his cruel treatment of animals. |
a) | controversy |
b) | Amburgh |
c) | generated |
d) | far |
Q.10 |
It was then he (i)____ (hear) the jostle and squeal of elephants. Below him on each side of (ii)____ shallow river-bed, the elephants traveled. He could see the cows and babies and one great old tusker. He (iii)____(play) his trunk to and fro to learn whatever the breeze could tell him, (iv)___ suddenly he hesitated. Fill in the blank (iii) with appropriate tense? |
a) | play |
b) | was playing |
c) | was played |
d) | playing |
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Answers to Sample Questions from Olympiad Success:
Q.1 : c | Q.2 : a | Q.3 : b | Q.4 : d | Q.5 : d | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : a | Q.8 : a | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : b