CBSE Class 7 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set I

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 24, CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANK

1. We have been off on an _______ for the past month which has been great fun.
A. adventure
B. adventured
C. adventurous
D. adventuring
Answer : A

2. To complete the task you need _______ the tools not just a few.
A. most
B. some
C. any
D. all
Answer : D

3. The elephants were _______ the village when they came through the forest.
A. avoid
B. avoidable
C. avoiding
D. avoided
Answer : C

4. I _______ since I was about 5 years old.
A. have been played
B. have been playing
C. played
D. was playing
Answer : B

5. The cat is always left _______ when we are away.
A. about
B. roundabout
C. right on
D. indoors
Answer : D

6. You don’t need to be particularly _______ for this task but it might help.
A. intelligent
B. intelligence
C. intelligently
D. intelligentsia
Answer : A

7. The house is _______ the rear _______ the new school.
A. to, of
B. on, with
C. at, alone
D. next to, in
Answer : A

8. The match will be excellent _______ we all play well.
A. and
B. so
C. if
D. but
Answer : C

9. We’ve never been to Spain, _______ we?
A. has
B. have
C. haven’t
D. had
Answer : B

10. “You surely don’t need all this paper, do you?” _______ Frank.
A. yelled
B. said
C. told
D. asked
Answer : D

11. Do you know ________ the bus runs on Sunday?
A. how many
B. which
C. how often
D. what
Answer : C

12. When the door isn’t open, you _______ be able to go in the room.
A. can’t
B. won’t
C. mustn’t
D. haven’t
Answer : B

13. My teacher, _______ arrived last year, likes to ride his mountain bike.
A. who is
B. whom
C. whose
D. who
Answer : D

14. The painting could be from _______ European country but I don’t know which, or perhaps _______ USA.
A. a, the
B. no article, no article
C. the, not article
D. an, an
Answer : A

15. After _______ for miles, they all stopped and set up camp.
A. had walked
B. walked
C. walking
D. were walking
Answer : C

16. The groundsmen never see eye to _______ about the state of the wicket.
A. ball
B. eye
C. hand
D. mouth
Answer : B

17. It didn’t at any point _______ to us that we had left the iron on.
A. dawn
B. think
C. mind
D. occur
Answer : D

18. This equation should be easy to work _______ if you know the basics.
A. out
B. over
C. into
D. about
Answer : A

19. The games master _______ more time on the pitch if he could have.
A. is going to take
B. may have been taking
C. would have taken
D. must be taking
Answer : C

20. The house _______ already _______ before the team came in to flatten it.
A. has, fallen down
B. was, falling down
C. is going to, fall down
D. will have, been fallen down
Answer : B

21. The curtains need some kind of _______ because they look very plain.
A. seamstress
B. rail
C. accessory
D. fabric
Answer : C

22. The river has _______ so much you can barely see it.
A. reconnoitered
B. revised
C. revamped
D. receded
Answer : D

23. This painting really does _______ the thoughts of the painter.
A. put by
B. embody
C. dream
D. develop
Answer : B

24. This new style of music is a real _______ from their older songs.
A. departure
B. beginning
C. banal
D. pitfall
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 25 AND 26, CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.

25. Radical
A. Safe
B. Interesting
C. Sweeping
D. Old-fashioned
Answer : C

26. Repute
A. Desire
B. Removal
C. Character
D. Prepared
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 27 AND 28, CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.

27. Startle
A. Enthuse
B. Subdue
C. Reduce
D. Promote
Answer : B

28. Fend
A. Reduce
B. Halt
C. Demonstrate
D. Encourage
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 29 AND 30, CHOOSE THE OPTION WITH CORRECT SPELLING.

29. What is the spelling of the word that means ‘vividly colourful’?
A. Fluorescent
B. Flourescent
C. Fluorscent
D. Fluorecent
Answer : A

30. What is the spelling of the word that means ‘to have a complaint’?
A. Grievense
B. Greivance
C. Grievance
D. Greevanse
Answer : C

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 31 TO 35, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

In January, while exploring the white sands of the beach-side dunes just north of Western Australia’s Wedge Island, Tonya Illman came across an “interesting” bottle. Little did she know that inside the glass container lay an invaluable treasure — a 131-year-old note, the oldest message in a bottle discovered to date!
Tonya, who is still “shaking” with excitement at her lucky find, says, “I picked the bottle up thinking it might look nice on display in my home.” When she peered inside the lidless bottle, she noticed it contained something. Curious, she turned it upside down and out came a damp, neatly rolled piece of paper that had been carefully tied with some string. To avoid damaging it, Tonya took the wet scroll home and placed it in the cooker to dry for a few minutes before carefully unfurling it.
Tonya’s husband, said, “The first thing that caught my eye was the year, 18, something.” Though initially unsure of finding something this old so easily, things changed as he continued reading. It began with some coordinates and the word “aula.”
Wondering if they had stumbled upon a genuine ancient artifact, the Illmans took the note to a curator at the Western Australian Museum. Within a day, he called back to let them know that he had been able to locate a 19th-century German ship named Paula in the Lloyd’s Register, which maintains a list of merchant ships all the way back to the mid-18th-century.
Even more exciting was that experts in Germany were able to track down Paula’s logbooks and find an entry by a “Captain O. Diekmann,” which confirmed that a bottle had been tossed overboard on June 12, 1886 – the date on the message. The sailor had also listed the coordinates of the ship’s location, which matched the ones on the note. The ultimate proof of the note’s authenticity was the logbook’s neat script, which paired perfectly with that of the handwritten message.
The curator believed the note remained intact because it was encased in a durable bottle with a narrow opening which allowed little moisture to seep inside, even after the lid came off. The expert speculates, it most likely washed ashore within 12 months after being tossed and remained buried in the thick sand until it was brought to the surface by the upheaval caused by a recent cyclone.

31. Choose the best title or heading for the passage.
A. Message in a Bottle
B. Ship Found at Sea
C. German Captain Speaks to Australians
D. History Repeats Itself
Answer : A

32. How was the note dried?
A. In a museum
B. On the beach
C. In the car
D. In the cooker
Answer : D

33. What was the name of the vessel?
A. Illman
B. Tonya
C. Paula
D. The Curator
Answer : C

34. What was the final piece of proof?
A. The museum staff
B. The logbook
C. A picture
D. The name of the boat
Answer : B

35. What does the word ‘upheaval’ mean in the final paragraph?
A. Harmony
B. Turmoil
C. Reduction
D. Selection
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 40, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

Though the harmful effects of plastic on wildlife and human health are welldocumented, the versatile material is hard to avoid. Nearly everything we touch, from shopping bags to drinks bottles to food packaging, contains plastic. Now, Amsterdam’s Ekoplaza supermarket is making it a little easier for consumers to reduce consumption of single-use bags and containers, which are clogging our landfills at alarming rates, with a dedicated plastic-free aisle. Believed to be the world’s first, it features seven hundred products, including rice, beans, yogurt, chocolate, milk, cereal, snacks and even meat.
While items still require packaging, everything is housed inside reusable or recyclable containers made of glass, metal, cardboard, and a compostable plasticresembling biofilm material. The unique idea was proposed to the grocery-chain officials by UK-based environmental group A Plastic Planet, which is leading the charge to advocate for at least one plastic-free aisle in supermarkets around the globe. The non-profit has even created a signature “plastic-free” mark to help consumers identify eco-friendly packaging. “This is a consumer-led campaign,” said group co-founder Sian Sutherland. “We’re a grassroots organisation. So obviously we’re working with industry, and we’re working with the government, but most importantly, we represent the public.”
Ekoplaza, which plans to roll out the plastic-free aisles across its 74 stores by the end of the year, is not the only company trying to reduce plastic waste. In Berlin, the Original Unverpackt grocery store has been trying to change customer habits since 2014 by selling everything, from grains to produce and even lotions and soaps, in bulk. The supermarket, which requires customers to bring their own reusable containers, even carries chewable toothpaste that eliminates the need for a tube.
Though it is encouraging to see companies trying to make a difference, for real change to happen, consumers have to lead the charge by shunning products encased in the polymer, even if it means giving up their favourite food or drink. As Sutherland succinctly put it, “Plastic food and drink packaging remains useful for a matter of days yet remains a destructive presence on the earth for centuries afterwards.”
This is a small step, but it is a step in the right direction. Global levels of plastic in the seas, oceans, rivers and lakes is terrifyingly high and presently on the rise. With more samples being taken around the world, the global scale of the blight of plastics is becoming clear.

36. Choose the best title or heading for the passage.
A. Shopping Locally is Best
B. Plastic Free Shopping
C. Dutch Create a New Type of Packaging
D. One Shop Starts a Revolution
Answer : B

37. How many items can be bought without plastic?
A. 1
B. 7
C. 74
D. 700
Answer : D

38. Who is leading the push for non-plastic packaging?
A. A German shop
B. A UK based company
C. The public
D. A Dutch grocery
Answer : C

39. Customers might have to _______.
A. give up their favourite products
B. only shop in one supermarket
C. fight with industry to get what they want
D. ask the government to help
Answer : A

40. What is the meaning of the word ‘blight’ in the last paragraph?
A. Curse
B. Potato
C. Joy
D. Usefulness
Answer : A

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 41 TO 45, CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH CONVERSATION.

41. Al: Come guys, let’s get _______ or we’ll be late.
A. on
B. way
C. going
D. off
Answer : C

42. Harry: There’s no way I wouldn’t _______ to that party last night.
A. have gone
B. go
C. was going
D. had gone
Answer : A

43. Son: Dad, do you know what this is?
Father: I haven’t a clue. _______ it’s a type of fish.
A. Impossible
B. May be
C. Wonder
D. Perhaps
Answer : D

44. Edward: What is going on here?
Carl: Good question. I haven’t ________ it out yet.
A. guessed
B. figured
C. donned
D. seen
Answer : B

45. Marly: I would like to ________ to see the sea from my room.
A. have been able
B. have been
C. have
D. had been
Answer : A

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 AND 47, CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANK.

46. It is difficult to understand the impact of this weather, _______ it seems to be quite positive.
A. developmentally
B. inconsequential
C. nevertheless
D. contrary
Answer : C

47. This ship could never have been found without a good _______ of luck.
A. deal
B. dealing
C. dealt
D. being dealt
Answer : A

48. Choose the correct antonym of the given word.
Jostle
A. Play
B. Repress
C. Enjoy
D. Nudge
Answer : B

49. Choose the correct synonym of the given word.
Hermetical
A. Wrenching
B. Bilious
C. Esoteric
D. Edible
Answer : C

50. Choose the most suitable option to complete the conversation.
Paul: What’s the worst that can happen?
We’re a shoo- _______ for the win this time.
A. at
B. on
C. up
D. in
Answer : D