CBSE Class 8 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set E

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 22, CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

1. Kirti asked me if I ________ the movie last week.
A. had watched
B. was watched
C. have watched
D. watch
Answer : A

2. Rabindra Nath Tagore was awarded ________ Nobel Prize.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
Answer : C

3. If Gita ________ to the party, her friends ________ her.
A. doesn’t go, will miss
B. didn’t go, will miss
C. went, won’t miss
D. had gone, won’t miss
Answer : A

4. If they ________, they________  the flight.
A. won’t hurry, aren’t catching
B. don’t hurry, won’t catch
C. aren’t hurrying, are not catching
D. didn’t hurry, wouldn’t caught
Answer : B

5. ________ grandpa drive a car when he was eighteen?
A. Can
B. Could
C. Should
D. Will
Answer : B

6. ________ water is ________ elixir of life, but ________ water of this pond is poisonous.
A. The, the, the
B. The, an, the
C. No article, the, the
D. No article, an, the
Answer : C

7. Dario said that he ________ all his homework before he left for Delhi.
A. had finished
B. is finishing
C. was finishing
D. has finished
Answer : A

8. Quick! ________ the train. It’s ready to leave.
A. Get up
B. Get away
C. Get at
D. Get on
Answer : D

9. It’s so late in the night and I’m trying to sleep.
You have to ________ the radio a little.
A. turn up
B. turn down
C. turn over
D. turn off
Answer : B

10. Do you ________ ghosts?
A. trust in
B. believe in
C. trust
D. consider
Answer : B

11. Matter written by hand is called a________ .
A. biography
B. manuscript
C. inscription
D. symposium
Answer : B

12. ________ in a dictionary.
A. See into these words
B. Watch out these words
C. Look these words up
D. See up these words
Answer : C

13. ________ the parcel ________ yesterday?
A. Was, send
B. Is, sending
C. Will, be sent
D. Was, sent
Answer : D

14. ________ the workers ________ machines?
A. Are, are replaced by
B. Will, be replaced by
C. Might, replacing
D. Can, replacing by
Answer : B

15. Notice on the hotel wall: Dogs________ into the hotel rooms.
A. will not be brought
B. must not be brought
C. have not been brought
D. don’t have to be brought
Answer : B

16. It ________ that pickpockets operate in this area.
A. is a well known
B. is knowing
C. know
D. is well known
Answer : D

17. It’s a dangerous area after sunset. You must ________ bag snatchers.
A. look after
B. watch out for
C. see out for
D. watch yourself
Answer : B

18. She accepted his help with a quiet ________ of thanks.
A. complaint
B. moan
C. squeal
D. murmur
Answer : D

19. The possibility of ________ by the aliens cannot be ruled out.
A. defeating
B. being defeated
C. facing defeated
D. having defeat
Answer : B

20. The school is not going to make an ________ just because you are younger than the others.
A. impression
B. expression
C. exception
D. execution
Answer : C

21. ________ of your performance in the exam, you will get admission to the course.
A. Irrespective
B. Despite
C. Nevertheless
D. Notwithstanding
Answer : A

22. The children in the bus escaped the accident by________ .
A. hair breadth
B. the hair’s breadth
C. a hair’s breadth
D. a breadth of hair
Answer : C

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 23 TO 28, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

I am a leftie. O ut of every ten people walking down the street one is a leftie. This simply means there are many people like me in the world. Yet the world wants to ignore us! E verywhere we go, we come across tools, doors, flushes, baseball gloves, etc. designed (deviously, I would say) for the right-handed people.
Fortunately, we left-handed people learn early on that we need to survive in a world meant for the right-handed. I’m sure most of you who read this article are right-handed. Why don’t you try this simple task? Get hold of a pair of scissors and hold them in your left hand. Now, try to cut a piece of paper with it. Tell me how you feel. Doesn’t it feel awkward? I am glad you tried because that’s exactly how I feel when I use your pair of scissors with my right hand.
Of late, I am relieved to notice that online stores have begun to peddle paraphernalia for us. At least they see us as worthy customers! Left-handed camcorders, lefthanded tools, left-handed stationery… the range is quite satisfying. I remember my grandfather saying that being left-handed was extremely difficult when he was my age. He had no choice but to use things meant for right-handed people. H e also says that the world was outright cruel to people of our kind. As a child when my grandfather tried to write or eat with his left hand, he was rapped on the knuckles. H is parents, his teachers, his siblings, almost everyone who ‘cared’ for him, treated him with the utmost unkindness.
Fortunately, nowadays parents and teachers are more accepting and understanding. The little kid who sits next to me on the school bus says that no one asks him to write with his right hand. I am glad to learn that the world is becoming a slightly better place for us.
I am keen to know why I am left-handed. My curiosity stems from my suffering. You may have noticed that people with some disease always try to find out what caused that condition. Well, I don’t have a disease but no one fails to make me feel miserable about my condition! So, my research into medical sciences says that people can be either handed for no particular reason. Just as you have black hair or brown hair; love Sudoku or hate it; like strawberry ice cream or detest it, I can be left-handed or right-handed. It just happens.
One piece of information that makes me really happy is: most intelligent and creative people are left-handed. Sir Isaac Newton, Albert E instein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Charlie Chaplin … see, the list is really long. So, though life isn’t really easy for me, I know I am in good company.

23. The writer believes that the right-handed people are ________.
A. unaware of the problems faced by the left-handed people
B. less intelligent than left-handed people
C. unaware of some people being lefthanded
D. purposefully taking a revenge
Answer : A

24. The writer wants the right-handed people to try to cut a piece of paper because he wants ________ .
A. them to learn to cut a piece of paper with left hand
B. them to manufacture tools for the lefthanded people
C. the right - handed people to feel comfortable
D. them to empathise with the left-handed people
Answer : D

25. Choose the option that has similar meaning to ‘survive’ as used in the second paragraph.
A. To pull it off
B. To live
C. To persist
D. To win
Answer : C

26. Choose the option that means similar to ‘to sell’ as used in the third paragraph.
A. Online stores
B. Peddle
C. Paraphernalia
D. Range
Answer : B

27. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The grandfather had a very understanding family in childhood.
B. The writer believes that being left-handed is a disease.
C. Most intelligent people are intelligent because they are left-handed.
D. The writer’s grandfather was left-handed as well.
Answer : D

28. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Online stores sell more things for the lefthanded than regular markets.
B. The grandfather approved of the way he was treated in his childhood.
C. People’s attitude towards the left-handed is improving with time.
D. People can be either left or right-handed for no particular reason
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 29 TO 35, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

Here is a humorous article giving advice to mountaineers. Do you think the author is serious? Read on. Do you jump out of bed in the mornings? Well, if you are a mountain climber sleeping on a rock face, you cannot do so! Nor can you toss and turn in your sleep. You cannot spread yourself out either. So, how do you sleep?
Mountaineers have honed the art of sleeping on the rock face of a mountain several hundred feet above sea level. They affix themselves to the open rock face using ropes and pitons.
If you would like to climb a mountain and sleep a few nights high up there then this is the way to do it. First of all find a nice wide ledge in the cliff. You would be lucky if you found a ledge that is three to five inches wide. It is a challenge to sleep on a ledge of lesser width.
To prevent falling off the ledge, you will have to fasten yourself to the cliff. U se pitons and ropes for this purpose. Use a very heavy hammer to drive the pitons deep into the rock face. Then, weave the rope around your limbs and fasten it to the pitons. Remember to keep at least one arm free from the weaving. This arm will help you untie yourself in the morning.
Now, some of you might have the habit of reading yourself to sleep. Fairly good habit! H owever, how do you read when you are on a mountain face? Well, you can wear your helmet with the light on and you can hold the book with your free arm. With not enough space to change the book from one arm to the other, and with no pillows to prop up your head, the experience may not be as pleasurable as you would like, though.
What do you do if you complete reading the book? You can always leave it behind for other climbers to find it. It is best to fasten the book to the ledge so that it remains there to surprise future climbers. You must remember to wrap the book up in some waterproof material.
While you are sleeping high up there, a few reptiles or birds might grow interested in you. They might want to know who the intruder is. H ow do you deal with them? Ignoring them might help. Also, biting cold winds and the lashing rain might bother you. Again, the advice is to ignore them. If you don’t look at them, they are likely to just go away!

29. The writer’s tone is ________.
A. sincere
B. humorous
C. bitter
D. serious
Answer : B

30. Pitons are ________.
A. spears
B. spikes
C. hammers
D. harpoons
Answer : B

31. Which word in the fourth paragraph means “a steep rock face especially on the edge of a sea”?
A. Cliff
B. Ledge
C. Limb
D. Fasten
Answer : A

32. Which of the following statements is true?
A. It is easy to find ledges on a rock face that are wide.
B. The free arm will help the climber to untie herself/himself.
C. Reading will be a very comfortable experience on the rock face.
D. The hammer is meant to hold the climber in place.
Answer : B

33. Which of the following statements is false?
A. The writer is giving some unimportant advice to climbers.
B. It is natural for some creatures to be inquisitive about you.
C. Wearing a headgear while reading will give you light.
D. The writer tells us to overlook the rain and cold.
Answer : A

34. It is important to find a ledge that is about five inches wide because ________.
A. it is difficult to sleep on a ledge that is narrower
B. then it is easy to drive the pitons deep inside the rock face
C. then it is possible to keep both arms free
D. then climbers can read the book comfortably
Answer : A

35. What are the important objects one needs to sleep safely during a climb?
A. Books, helmets and wrapping paper
B. Helmet, light and ropes
C. Pitons, books and ropes
D. Hammer, pitons and ropes
Answer : D

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 45, CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH CONVERSATION / DIALOGUE.

36. Anne : Is your new job difficult?
Jen : Not at all. Actually, it’s ________.
A. a doddle
B. tough as an old boot
C. above and beyond the call of duty
D. easier said than done
Answer : A

37. Shreya : E very time my mother serves spinach to my brother, he ________.
A. makes a poker faced
B. makes a face only a mother could hate
C. looks like a hot potato
D. makes a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp
Answer : D

38. Vipin : Tina is a rage now. She ________ since she recorded her first album ten years ago.
A. has an ace up her sleeve
B. has made a pig’s ear of her career
C. let her career slip through her fingers
D. has come a long way
Answer : D

39. Mark : With new developments in the cyber world every day, parents have to to ________ constantly know if their children are safe.
A. have eyes in the back of their heads
B. throw caution to the wind
C. skate on thin ice
D. save their own skin
Answer : A

40. Lyle : I’m going to tell Fenny about her shoddy work.
Gina : But that could hurt her.
Lyle : I don’t mind.________ .
A. Let the chips fall where they may
B. Let it go with the wind
C. I’m two-timing her
D. I’m going to hit the sack
Answer : A

41. Dill : I’ve been here since 5! Dina :________
A. Thanks for everything.
B. I can’t be bothered.
C. Sorry to keep you waiting.
D. Just kidding!
Answer : C

42. Fin : You know how hard I worked on the project.
Yoko : Yes. Did you top the class?
Fin : Actually, I failed.
Yoko : Really? ________ !
A. Congratulations
B. What a pity
C. How funny
D. Not bad at all
Answer : B

43. Sales attendant : ________
Customer: No, it’s a little too small. H ave you got this in a larger size?
A. They don’t fit.
B. It’s just right.
C. Is that a good fit?
D. Could you measure this?
Answer : C

44. Tourist : ________ ?
Guide : This is by the famous Dutch painter and etcher, Rembrandt.
A. Who’s this painting by
B. Do you like modern art
C. Can I take photographs
D. Who’s in the painting
Answer : A

45. Manager : I’m afraid our project is delayed.
The funds will arrive late. This’ll ________ us ________ by at least two months.
A. set, up
B. set, back
C. show, up
D. rip, off
Answer : B

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 AND 47, CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

46. Without ________ to be rude, I must remind you to speak softly.
A. wishing
B. showing
C. hoping
D. asking
Answer : A

47. I will write a letter to you tentatively ________ the dates of the programme.
A. guiding
B. indicating
C. urging
D. involving
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 48 AND 49, CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE ANTONYM OF THE WORD GIVEN IN BOLD .

48. There are four chapters that are extraneous to the structure of the book.
A. Extrinsic
B. Irrelevant
C. Additional
D. Integral
Answer : D

49. The secretary had a derisive attitude towards some of the members of the committee.
A. Deprecatory
B. Mocking
C. Strident
D. Respectful
Answer : D

50. CHOOSE THE CORRECT option TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION.
Jatin : Let’s take Kalyan also.
Rajesh : Kalyan hates eating food in that restaurant. You’re .________
A. cooking his goose
B. flogging a dead horse
C. bringing the house down
D. going up in smoke
Answer : B