CBSE Class 8 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set G

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 26, CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

1. He says he has new shoes, ___________ I’ve never seen him wear them.
A. despite
B. in spite of
C. although
D. therefore
Answer : C

2. Siva ___________ to the market tomorrow to buy some fresh fish.
A. had been going
B. should have gone
C. must have gone
D. will be going
Answer : D

3. Did you ___________ the film at the cinema yesterday?
A. saw
B. see
C. seen
D. watched
Answer : B

4. I am fed up of waiting for him. Let’s ___________ without him.
A. go
B. going
C. to going
D. goes
Answer : A

5. It is important to exercise ________ and often throughout your life.
A. little
B. a lot
C. some
D. big
Answer : A

6. Oh no! I dropped my toy down the ___________by accident.
A. drum
B. drape
C. drain
D. drip
Answer : C

7. If I do the cooking, ___________ you clean up?
A. will
B. shall
C. may
D. have
Answer : A

8. I need a new, more ___________ bag. My last one is torn.
A. chaotic
B. durable
C. laborious
D. ingenious
Answer : B

9. I had difficulty in ___________ her after so many years.
A. recognising
B. reposed
C. reorient
D. review
Answer : A

10. The man gave a very good speech. He was very ___________.
A. eloquent
B. frigid
C. heinous
D. odious
Answer : A

11. I like to have a ___________ diet. I make sure I eat something from all the major food groups in each meal.
A. devoured
B. deviate
C. determine
D. diverse
Answer : D

12. He ___________ not to be noticed if he does not speak out of turn.
A. must
B. shall
C. could
D. ought
Answer : D

13. You are not allowed to dump rubbish ___________ my house.
A. along
B. on top
C. outside
D. after
Answer : C

14. He ___________ a plan of escape.
A. dived
B. diversified
C. devised
D. defile
Answer : C

15. Oh dear, the can is ___________.
A. stitching
B. leaking
C. ploughing
D. soring
Answer : B

16. I really like books that are ___________.
A. polluted
B. collapsed
C. illustrated
D. marred
Answer : C

17. ___________ I eat an unripe banana, will I get sick?
A. Can
B. Whether
C. If
D. Shall
Answer : C

18. The old farmer’s crop was destroyed by a ___________ of locusts.
A. string
B. tribe
C. swarm
D. herd
Answer : C

19. I would really like it ___________ you ___________ to the museum with me.
A. if, would come
B. when, coming
C. now, came
D. can, can come
Answer : A

20. We must go early. Apparently, there is no ___________ to the museum after 12 pm.
A. admits
B. admit
C. admitted
D. admittance
Answer : D

21. Rubbish ___________ is a problem, so we must not drop litter.
A. reservation
B. disposal
C. demur
D. scruple
Answer : B

22. However honest he ___________, I do not trust him.
A. should
B. was
C. could
D. may be
Answer : D

23. I do not know how much the carpet is ___________.
A. money
B. price
C. worth
D. cost
Answer : C

24. ___________ he switched on the machine, the power went off.
A. As well as
B. Then
C. As soon as
D. Such as
Answer : C

25. We have far ___________ exams at school.
A. numerous
B. a lot of
C. too many
D. many
Answer : C

26. Let’s have a ___________ at your grades together.
A. read
B. observe
C. see
D. look
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 27 TO 33, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

There is nothing we can really do about the weather. But, over the last few centuries we have developed techniques that help us to predict it. Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology telling us what the conditions will be like in the atmosphere for a given location and time. Human beings have actually been trying to predict the weather for millennia and what’s interesting about this is that our ancestors used techniques similar to ours, but in a primitive way. They looked for patterns in atmospheric changes. However, in the 19th century, we began to develop instruments, to more accurately help our understanding of the changes.
Weather forecasts are made by collecting data about the current state of the atmosphere at a given place and using our understanding of what happens in the atmosphere to predict how it will change. In the early days of modern forecasting, we relied on detecting changes in atmospheric pressure, current weather conditions and sky condition. Then people would do a lot of work and calculations to try and figure out how it might change. They were often wrong too. However, now we have the help of computers that use models taking even more information about the atmosphere into account. Even with the help of new technologies, we can still make mistakes as the atmosphere is very complicated. This means that forecasts become less accurate for days further into the future. They are most accurate for days ahead rather than weeks. Even if we developed a perfect model of the atmosphere and had all data about it, that was 100% accurate, the computer processing time would be very long and the weather would have happened before the computer finished its calculations.
Humans are generally curious beings and I ask, why do we want to predict the weather anyway? One important use is, so that we can know if there is any hazardous weather on our way and can issue weather warnings. These can protect life and property. Forecasts based on temperature and rain levels are important for agriculture. For average people, like you and me, weather forecasts can help us decide what clothes we might need to wear, or if we might need a rain coat in the afternoon. It can also be a good idea to check the weather before you decide to go on a hike or play sports. Some people don’t mind walking in the rain, but some of us, like me, would prefer not to be caught in it.

27. The author says that weather forecasting ___________.
A. helps to predict the future
B. lets us know how the atmosphere will alter
C. needs further developed technology
D. won’t let us change the weather
Answer : B

28. According to the author, what is interesting about weather forecasting is that ___________.
A. it has been fully developed for millennia
B. it is not ancient
C. primitive forecasting led to modern technologies
D. instruments help us to forecast the weather
Answer : C

29. What type of data do we use in predictions today?
A. Sky observations and past weather conditions
B. Mainly measurements of pressure
C. Data that describes the whole situation
D. Computerised data and updated technologies
Answer : D

30. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Computerised models always calculate the data about the atmosphere accurately.
B. Even with the most accurate data and the newest technologies, mistakes are inevitable.
C. Atmosphere isn’t very complicated; it is easy to figure out how it might change.
D. Detecting changes in atmospheric pressure requires little data.
Answer : B

31. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Computer processing time can be long.
B. It is now easy to predict the weather accurately weeks in advance.
C. The atmosphere is a complicated system.
D. Earlier, manual calculations needed to be done to predict the weather.
Answer : B

32. An important reason the author gives as to why we predict the weather is ___________.
A. to know how to plan for disasters
B. due to natural calculations
C. to make sure we enjoy it
D. to ensure we are unprepared
Answer : A

33. How does the author feel about rain?
A. He is indifferent.
B. He likes it.
C. He enjoys its unpredictability.
D. He doesn’t like to be out in it.
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 34 TO 40, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

In a far off land that neither you nor I will ever travel to, something strange happened. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the trees were green and butterflies flitted from flower to flower. However, there was no one there to see this splendid scene as no one had yet arrived.
The day described was not unusual in this place. In fact, every day had gone on like this since the beginning of time. It could almost be thought of as a boring day if someone had actually been there to consider the monotony of the beauty. The sky was always bright blue and cloudless until the early evening and then little white, candyfloss like clouds would appear over the sea and drift towards land where they settled for the night. By morning, they would be gone. However, on this day there was something in the sky. It was not a cloud or the sun. It was a dot.
If someone had been there watching, they may not have initially noticed the dot. They would probably have gone about their daily routine and not seen it. At least in the morning! But, by noon, the dot had grown larger. It continued to grow, larger and larger over the next few hours until suddenly, ‘pufit’. The noise was unremarkable, but no one was there to hear it anyway.
Something had landed on the grass in a clearing. The grass around it was not altered in any way. It was not charred or smoldered. Everything was exactly how it had been a moment before, except now there was no dot in the sky and there was a large rock on the grass. It stood firmly embedded in the soil and was about two metres high and dark in colour. Its surface almost shone as it reflected the sun’s rays.
If there had been someone to look at it, they would have said that it was a wonder, like no other stone they had ever seen before. They would also have said it was mysterious. No plants would ever try to grow on it and it would never be damaged, but the people who were not there would never know this.

34. What is strange about the land?
A. The weather was nice.
B. It’s uninhabited.
C. Humans cannot go there.
D. There were butterflies
Answer : B

35. What was a normal day like?
A. Sunny and never cloudy
B. Blue skies and clouds
C. Sunny with clouds in the night
D. Sunny with some clouds that were like candyfloss in the morning
Answer : A

36. The scene is described as boring because ___________.
A. every day is the same
B. there are no people to see it
C. there is no one there
D. it is too beautiful
Answer : A

37. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The clouds and the sun were not in the sky.
B. There was a strange dot in the sky.
C. The sky never changed.
D. In morning, it was always cloudy.
Answer : B

38. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Something landed on the grass.
B. There was a noise when someone landed.
C. No one heard the noise.
D. The noise was not particularly loud or different.
Answer :B 

39. Why would people who might see the rock think it is mysterious?
A. It is tall and shiny.
B. It came from the sky.
C. It shines at night.
D. Plants can grow from it.
Answer : B

40. What happens in this extract?
A. A rock lands from the sky in a deserted place.
B. People arrive in a new place on a rock.
C. There is a beautiful place where a strange creature is seen.
D. Someone notices a rock land
Answer : A

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

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

41. Rashmi: Let’s go ___________ on holiday.
Amit: Let me think about it.
A. over
B. around
C. away
D. through
Answer : C

42. Hari: I think my meal needs more ___________.
Can you pass the pepper?
Nidhi: Sure! Here you go.
A. seasoning
B. temper
C. arsenic
D. juniper
Answer : A

43. Lata : Don’t worry. I have got your back.
Sunita: ___________
A. Don’t talk behind my back.
B. I’m really grateful to you.
C. What else have you got?
D. How rude!
Answer : B

44. Meera: There is a concert next week. ___________ to go?
Jaya: This sounds like great fun. Let me ask my parents.
A. Do you want
B. Shall we
C. Was going
D. Would you
Answer : A

45. Receptionist: Should you require any assistance, please ___________. Customer: Sure, thanks.
A. just be patient
B. go home
C. feel free to ask
D. wait for a reply
Answer : C

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 TO 48, CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

46. I think we all need a good rest. The day was way too ___________.
A. excavate
B. exhilarating
C. expiations
D. exogenous
Answer : B

47. The subject of the president’s speech was ___________.
A. coniferous
B. comestible
C. concessive
D. contentious
Answer : D

48. All too often journalists fail to ___________ personal privacy.
A. respect
B. admire
C. considered
D. accept
Answer : A

49. CHOOSE THE CORRECTLY SPELT WORD.
A. Entrepreneur
B. Enterprenuer
C. Entrepernure
D. Entreperneur
Answer : A

50. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION.
Coach: Your performance needs to improve, ______________.
Ajay: Yes, of course I will coach.
A. loosen your tie
B. stick your boot in it
C. keep your cap on
D. pull your socks up
Answer : D