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Olympiad Previous Year Question Papers With 6 Mock Test Series English

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PREFACE

SBB Olympiad previous year question papers with mock test series with book series for Class I to VIII help students to prepare for Olympiad exams through meticulously designed contents. This unique book provides access to the contents that help in evaluating and improving the subject knowledge of students. The book helps a child to focus on the basics of the subject and promotes the child’s overall logical thought process and problemsolving skills. This SBB Olympiad series from Classes I to VIII cover the syllabus of State Boards, International Boards, CBSE, ICSE and various Olympiad Exams which held every year.

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CONTENTS English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2021 …………06 English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2020 …………11 English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2019 …………16 English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2018 …………21 English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2017 …………25 English Olympiad Mock Test 1 .……………………………………………..30 English Olympiad Mock Test 2 .……………………………………………..35 English Olympiad Mock Test 3 .……………………………………………..40 English Olympiad Mock Test 4 .……………………………………………..45 English Olympiad Mock Test 5 .……………………………………………..50 Answer Keys ……………………………………………………………….…………55

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English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2021 WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE Directions (1 - 22): Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks. 1. The maths exam was _____than I expected. A) Difficult B) Most difficult C) Least difficult D) Less difficult 2. There is now only one school _______ can compete with us. A) How B) That C) Who D) When 3. The flag ______by the Chief Guest. A) Was hoist B) Was hoisted C) Hoisted D) Hoisting 4. ______engineering is a useful career option. A) A B) An C) The D) No article 5. Five years have passed ______Leena left school. A) Since B) For C) Because D) Before 6. What was _____noise last night? A) This B) That C) These D) Those 7. We ______go to school by the cycle but now we go by the school bus. A) Use to B) Getting used to C) Used to D) To use to 8. The little girl rubbed her eyes and a smile ____on her face. A) Appear B) Appearing C) Appeared D) Appearance 9. Look out, there is a scorpion ______the bench! A) Below B) Under C) At D) Besides 10. Take this chair ______as we don’t need it in here. A) Apart B) After C) Of D) Away 11. My grandma _______ me to be kind to animals. A) Obliged B) Advised C) Forgiven D) Experimented 12. He delicately put the flowers back in the vase after knocking ______over. A) Them B) It C) These D) Their 13. You needn’t speak so _____. We all can hear you. A) Louder B) Loudest C) Loudly D) Much loud

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14. I’m going to the market _________ we don’t have any bread at home. A) As B) Even C) Although D) However 15. The girls were invited to a party. That’s why, they were _________. A) One of a kind B) Dressed up to the nines C) At sixes and sevens D) Nine times out of ten 16. I didn’t come _________ you did not call me. A) If B) Because C) Before D) While 17. Anil’s father _______transferred to Delhi. They are leaving next month. A) Have been B) Has being C) Was been D) Has been 18. What ______you _______if you win the first prize at the finals this year? A) Have, done B) Were, doing C) Have, did D) Will, do 19. She’s the lady ________ yesterday and whose number I was trying to call just now. A) Met B) Meet C) Meeting D) Have met 20. I came to the office in time ______forgot to sign the register. A) And B) But C) Even D) Because 21. He ______get a detention for being so badly behaved. A) Should B) Won’t C) Shan’t D) Ought 22. ______she said she was afraid of the spider, one crawled down the wall. A) As much as B) As long as C) As soon as D) As quick as Direction (23 – 24): Choose the part of the sentence that has an error. 23. Ria and Teena are twins. While the former likes singing, the last loves dancing. A) Ria and Teena are twins B) While the former C) Likes singing, the D) Last loves dancing 24. Gaurav never talks to Rohit properly, perhaps he is jealous from his popularity. A) Gaurav never talks to B) Rohit properly, perhaps C) He is jealous D) From his popularity. Direction (25 – 26): Choose the option with correct spelling. 25. What is the spelling of the word which means ‘lack or loss of appetite for food’? A) Anoerecia B) Anorexia C) Anarexiae D) Anourexea 26. What is the spelling of a creamy white sauce? A) Mayonaise B) Meyonnaice C) Mayonnaise D) Mayoneese Direction (27 – 28): Choose the correct synonym of the given word. 27. Upheaval A) Stability B) Tranquility C) Disruption D) Harmony 28. Blooper A) Truth B) Success C) Accuracy D) Lapse Direction (29 – 30): Choose the correct antonym of the given word. 29. Astonish A) Dazzle B) Dumbfound C) Stagger D) Expect 30. Eccentric A) Curious B) Anomalous C) Quaint D) Conventional 7

READING Direction (31 – 35): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 1. I often think about what my dream house might be like and where it would be. Sometimes I think I want to live somewhere warm, where the sun shines most of the time. Other times I like the seasonal variation that is currently around me. Perhaps, I would be bored if the weather was constantly nice. In whatever climate the house may be in, it should be near the sea as I’d prefer a sea view. Unfortunately, with a sea view comes a sea view price tag, and this is currently well beyond my reach. 2. If money were no object, I think I would like to live in a castle. However, if you have ever been in a castle, you would know that they are often drafty, with small windows, bad insulation, and a musty smell. I don’t like any of these things. So, I would like my castle to be modernized. To take full advantage of the sea view it will need some large, single pane glass windows. I am quite keen on saving the planet, so they would need to be well fitted and employ some sort of light harvesting technology so that I could use the sun’s energy to give power to the building. The castle would need wind turbines, geothermal energy pipes, and/or solar panels. 3. I love the outdoors and would like to envisage creating an indoor-outdoor garden within the house with a retractable roof. Within this garden would be a pond feature that I could swim in. It would not be a conventional pool but perhaps a series of streams and pools as you can see in nature. There would be areas where the current increased in strength, so I could practice swimming against it, or simply be taken along by it, floating through the waves and through my garden. I am not entirely sure of the practicalities of creating such an idyll, but if I could, I would. 31. Choose the best title or heading for the passage. A) The House I Live In B) Ideal Home C) A Castle for a King D) Watery Living 32. What kind of house was financially unattainable for the author? A) A flat B) A sea view house C) An apartment D) An ecological house 33. According to the passage, at what kind of a place does the writer want to live? A) A cold and dry place B) A place which has seasonal variations C) Near the forest D) On the hills 34. The writer was quite keen to save the ______. A) Money B) Earth C) Castle D) Solar energy 35. What does the word ‘envisage’ mean in the third paragraph? A) Imagine B) Doubt C) Produce D) Disregard Direction (36 – 40): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 1. In ancient Chinese history, there were lots of heroes, but most of them were men. China was a patriarchal society where men’s social status was higher than women’s in the ancient time of China. Women couldn’t join the army and were only allowed to do household chores. Hua Mulan felt she didn’t fit into the stereotypical nature of being subservient and coy as a female. As a teenager Mulan struggled to find her own identity and also wanted to be accepted for the way she was. Mulan was more interested in learning sword fights and war stories rather than wearing pretty dresses. 8

2. Ancient China of Mulan was raging in constant wars, so the royal administration requested all the men to join the army. Mulan’s father though very old, still wanted to protect his country. Mulan couldn’t bear to see her aged father join the army with a limping leg, an injury he got from previous wars. She gave up her identity as a woman, cut her hair and joined the army as a boy. Long hairs signify female beauty and grace but Mulan gave it all up to protect her father. 3. Not only was Mulan giving up her identity as a girl but she was risking her life by lying to those in power. Had her identity been revealed before she could show her worth at the battlefield Mulan would have been sentenced to death for treason. Mulan who was already good in sword fights and martial arts did not falter or feared being amongst trained male soldiers. She managed to earn the respect and acknowledgement from her fellow soldiers and generals by being outstanding on the battlefield. 4. After her real identity was exposed, Mulan was only kicked out of the army and not sentenced to death because she saved Shang, the prince earlier. Her prowess on the battlefield in a way saved her own life. After that a series of incidents made Mulan return to save the emperor and combat against the Shan Yu, the celebrated villain, with the help of her allies. 5. Mulan was branded as the Savior of China and received the highest praise from the emperor, her allies, and the Chinese people as a whole. She returned home to her parents with Shan Yu’s sword and a medallion from the emperor. She presented those items to her father in an extremely formal way, since she feared rejection from her family due to her previous acts of dishonor. To her surprise, her father enveloped her in a tight hug and told her that she is accepted and loved for who she is. This alleviated her insecurities that were present in the beginning of the story, in which she felt that she couldn’t be her true-self due to societal and cultural standards. By finding and becoming her true self, she was able to complete her hero’s journey. 36. Choose an appropriate title for the passage. A) Mulan – the Princess B) Mulan and the Sword of Shan Yu C) Mulan – the Journey of a Hero D) Mulan in China 37. Why did Mulan join the army? A) To learn martial arts B) To leave her family behind C) To protect her father D) To earn money 38. Being caught for pretending to be a boy meant Mulan __________. A) Would be asked to leave the army B) To pay fine for her army expenses C) Would be tried for treason D) Would be made to serve the kingdom for life 39. After saving the Emperor, Mulan came home with _______. A) Lots of money and a shining sword B) Her friends and fellow army men C) A medal of bravery from Shan Yu D) With Shan Yu’s sword and a medallion from the emperor 40. The word ‘prowess’ in the 4th paragraph means __________. A) Botch B) Gallantry C) Fiasco D) Bungle

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SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Direction (41 – 45): Choose the most suitable option to complete each conversation. 41. Kiran: You can ask me for help anytime. Jaya: I know you are very_______. A) Selfish and rude B) Up and about C) Down to earth D) Ready to go 42. Student: Sir, I got selected for the team. I’m so thrilled. Thank you for all your help. Teacher: ________. A) You’re so lucky B) I am very pleased for you C) That’s OK. I can help anyone D) It was all my hard work 43. Teacher: It’s a tricky project. Work as a team, children. Gerrard: Okay ma’am. _______ make light work. A) Many hands B) Too many fingers C) Great palms D) A few hands 44. Robin: How do you like Mr Williams? Alice: Oh! That old man is always _______. He is so nosey. A) Cracking jokes B) Making answers C) Asking questions D) Ends up quarrelling 45. Raj: Did you see my cell phone anywhere? Meena: _____________. A) I know it’s here somewhere B) I saw it everywhere C) Report its loss to the store D) I didn’t see it coming

ACHIEVERS SECTION Direction (46 – 47): Choose the correct option to fill in the blank. 46. What is so annoying to me in the class is the sound of chalk ______on the chalkboard. A) Deafening B) Whispering C) Squeaking D) Croaking 47. Due to ______rainfall this year, they had to ______cut on water supply to the nearby town. A) Sufficient, enforce B) Regular, clamp C) Inadequate, impose D) Heavy, lifted 48. Choose the correct synonym of the given word. Fortify A) Consolidate B) Dissuade C) Unfasten D) Deprecate 49. Choose the correct antonym of the given word. Corroborate A) Sustain B) Endorse C) Validate D) Disapprove 50. Choose the most suitable option to complete the conversation. Mother: Geremy, there’s no point running downstairs for every mail delivery. Geremy: ________ A) Don’t be bothered. B) Why did you say so? C) I know mom, but I can’t wait for my parcels. D) Don’t worry, I’m just trying to kill the minutes. 10

English Olympiad Previous Year Question Paper 2020 WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE Directions (1 - 22): Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks. 1. Don’t show John’s new friend the family photo albums, it will only ______him. A) Embarrassed B) Embarrassing C) Embarrass D) Embarrassment 2. I wouldn’t say I was a professional artist as _______had enough experience yet. A) Have B) I’ve not C) Not to D) To not 3. Although they are both very good at tennis, Damon ______the best. A) Serving B) Service C) Servicing D) Serves 4. I knew before going to the cinema that the feature was a horror film. I _____come, as I always get scared. A) Would B) Should C) Shouldn’t have D) Was going 5. The toddler stepped very ______, as if it was his first time walking outdoors. A) Cautious B) Cautiously C) Cautiousness D) More cautious 6. The statue is _____, I couldn’t see the top without hurting my neck. A) Fortune B) Mature C) Friendly D) Colossal 7. You’ll never recognise my bag ____all the others, they all look the same! A) Under B) Along C) Amongst D) Over 8. The instructions are very complicated, I don’t know _____to do it. A) With B) Which C) How D) Who 9. I________ all night; I can’t wait to get home and take my shoes off. A) Have danced B) Dances C) Will be danced D) Have to dancing 10. The notice said no dogs (except for guide dogs ______ A) ( B) .) C) ? D) ). 11. The baby was crying all evening because he was ______tired. A) Under B) Way C) Over D) Only 12. ‘If no one else offers, I ______have to do it by myself,” she exclaimed. A) Won’t B) Could C) Shall D) Do 13. By caring for the planet, we are ______improving our future. A) Someone B) Therefore C) Some D) There 11

14. Look, you can see the boat coming in, just over ______. A) They are B) Their C) They’re D) There 15. No matter how many times the sheet was ironed, it wouldn’t stop ______. A) To creased B) Creased C) Creasing D) Was creasing 16. Although last night was the first time we met, she ______a really good first impression. A) Will give B) Right C) Leave D) Left 17. This gate is so unstable, be careful no nails are sticking ______before you open it. A) Over B) On C) Out D) At 18. I will have to take _____all the lids before I can put these jars in the recycling bin. A) Over B) Off C) Up D) To 19. My job interview went well. They have a strict ______policy. A) Unprofessional B) Vocal C) Antidiscrimination D) Insight 20. In order to _____my musical skills, I will have to practice every day. A) Play B) Changes C) Played D) Develop 21. That meeting looked really ______this afternoon; I’m glad I wasn’t involved. A) Enticing B) Inviting C) Strong D) Intense 22. Mum and dad spend hours cooking in the kitchen whenever we have _____coming for dinner. A) Capers B) Visitors C) Flippers D) Settlers Direction (23 – 24): Choose the part of the sentence that has an error. 23. I couldn’t hem my trousers as the eye of the needle were to intricated to thread. A) I couldn’t them B) My trousers as the C) Eye of the needle D) Were to intricated to thread. 24. I am total certainty that this is where I last had my keys. A) I am total certainty B) That this is where C) I last had D) My keys Direction (25 – 26): Choose the correct synonym of the given word. 25. Venomous A) Delicious B) Malicious C) Tenacious D) Luscious 26. Truce A) Accord B) Pretty C) Expensive D) New Direction (27 – 28): Choose the correct antonym of the given word. 27. Muted A) Bent B) Ridiculous C) Legal D) Clamorous 28. Valiant A) Bitter B) Crass C) Docile D) Strange Direction (29 – 30): Choose the option with correct spelling. 29. What is the spelling of this adjective that means to have a spine? A) Vertubrate B) Vertibrete C) Vertabrat D) Vertebrate 30. What is the spelling of the word that means beast? A) Cannibal B) Cennibell C) Canibale D) Cunnibul

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READING Direction (31 – 35): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Sarah Yerkes was in her 90s when a friend invited her to try something new. A graduate of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Yerkes had had decades-long careers: first as a landscape architect using brick and stone; then as a sculptor creating works in wood and steel, and in her later years, papier-mache models made from newspaper and glue. As she aged, sculpting had become physically challenging. A fellow resident at Ingleside at the retirement community where she lives, had started taking a poetry writing class, so Yerkes joined, too. Last month, at age 101, she released her first collection of poems, “Days of Blue and Flame”. The book is the latest iteration of a creative mind that has worked with form and style for the better part of a century. She said recently, while eating a breakfast of cornflakes and toast in her apartment, that she really felt like the good fairies were standing over her bed, giving her the oomph to create. She was raised in Cleveland and educated as an architect. She fell into landscape design accidentally when she and a friend entered a contest and won. They ended up opening a business together. Sculpting came to her decades later, after she was in her 50s and newly married to her second husband, architect David. That was nearly 50 years ago and today she has unveiled her new book by giving a reading of it to her fellow residents at the home she lives in. What has changed for her is that she is now a record breaker as the oldest poet to release a book. 31. Choose the best title or heading for the passage. A) No More Writing for Me B) How to Write a Poem C) Lady Changes Job Aged 101 D) Age is No Concern 32. What was her job before writing poetry? A) Writer B) Sculptor C) Gardener D) Blacksmith 33. The poems seemed to come from________. A) Her memories B) Her friends C) The angels D) The wind 34. How did she become a landscape architect? A) By accident B) With hard work C) She studied D) Her husband 35. What does the word ‘iteration’ mean in the third paragraph? A) Echo B) Study C) Move D) Failure Direction (36 – 40): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Britain’s bees are under threat after a family accidentally brought a non-native specimen home in their holiday luggage, experts have warned. When Ashley Toy, 49, spotted an unusual petal cocoon on the living room sofa, he had no idea that it had been left by a stowaway that had travelled back from his family’s summer break in Turkey. He threw the nest away but the next morning, his daughter Amelia, 19, spotted an unusual bee outside their home in Bristol. She did some research and learned the type of bee, Osmia avosetta, is only found in Turkey and Iran. The family had come back from Turkey only a week ago. They contacted the British Beekeepers Association which then alerted the environmental authority Defra and the National Bee Unit. A spokesman warned the rare bee could have a 13

‘devastating effect’ on native mason bees, adding: ‘Non-native species like this bee pose several problems and need to be controlled. Yearly, May 18th marks Endangered Species Day, created to raise awareness, engage conservationists, and ultimately advocate for the protection of thousands of the world’s species facing extinction. The last decade has marked a dramatic increase in the risks facing species from rhinos to bees. In 2016, the animal trafficking market grew to an estimated $23 billion. Many researchers have called the additional loss of animal life to habitat change, pollution, climate change, and other factors to a ‘global epidemic’. Meanwhile, the bee is happily constructing numerous beautiful cocoons in the family’s conservatory – 1,800 miles from home. Ever since finding the Turkish insect, the family has opened the back door every morning and watched in awe as the insect flies in and out with petals from their hydrangea, creating intricate nests. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust said it was not aware of Osmia avosetta ever being seen in the UK before and advised that it could be illegal to release a non-native species into the wild. Miss Toy said: “I guess if Defra are involved it must be a pretty big deal. They haven’t advised me to capture it yet. It’s there now, flying in and out with the petals. I’m completely baffled.” The National Bee Unit has contacted the family and is working out what to do next. 36. Choose the best title or heading for the passage. A) Happy Bee Day B) Turkish Delight C) English Invader D) Travelling Pests 37. Where was the bee cocoon found? A) In a suitcase B) On the sofa C) In a flower bed D) Near the house 38. Why is it a worry for the beekeeping association? A) It could make a different type of honey. B) The bees will have no others to live with. C) The new bee may kill native species. D) The bee will fly back to Turkey with British bees. 39. The Turkish Bee is thriving in ______. A) The hot UK temperature B) The family greenhouse C) A new hive they bought for it D) A laboratory in the south of England 40. What is ‘Osmia avosetta’ in the text? A) Bee B) Place C) Family D) Disease

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Direction (41 – 45): Choose the most suitable option to complete each conversation. 41. Foreman: It’s getting too dark to work now boys. Let’s call it a ______. A) Dinner B) Monkey C) Month D) Day 42. Holly: Do you want to go to the new museum that opened last month? Mary: Yes, although ______already with my mum, but I don’t mind going again. A) I’m gone B) I’ve been C) Went to D) Was going 43. Jean: Are you free to meet up this Monday? Betty: I don’t think I’ve any appointments on Monday, so I ______be. Just let me check my diary and get back to you. A) Should B) Have to C) Want to D) Need 14

44. Mr. Brown: I’ve booked us a flight and hotel for 2 weeks in Spain for our summer holiday. Mrs. Brown: I simply _______go, as you know I don’t like flying. A) Do B) Don’t C) Won’t D) Have to 45. Mum: The children tend to get car sick whenever we travel on long journeys, and this road was particularly windy. Dad: That _______helped. A) Can’t’ve B) Might be C) Should’ve to D) Must

ACHIEVERS SECTION Direction (46 – 47): Choose the correct option to fill in the blank. 46. His logic ______everyone, including the experts. A) Followed B) Mourned C) Interred D) Surprised 47. The authorities are ______the old sports academy. A) Freezing at B) Knocking down C) Looking with D) Sorting to 48. Choose the correct antonym of the given word: Vanquish A) Surrender B) Rout C) Surmount D) Crush 49. Choose the correct synonym of the given word: Allegiance A) Antipathy B) Dedication C) Treachery D) Violation 50. Choose the correct option to complete the conversation. Riya: Thanks for the invite, the food was really ______. Jyoti: I am really glad you enjoyed. A) Obligatory B) Assimilated C) Scrumptious D) Scrupulous

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