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Mock IEO - 9 (Class VII)

Description: International English Olympiad - II (Grade VII)
Number of Questions: 50
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Tags: International English Olympiad - II (Grade VII) Gap Filling Synonyms Idioms / Phrases Error Identification Reading Comprehension Written Expression Spoken Expression Dialogue Completion
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Directions: Find the number of wrongly spelt words in the given sentence.

These days, big citys are facing the problem of overcrowding.

  1. 0

  2. 1

  3. 2

  4. 5

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

citys - cities (correct)

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

He was the ___ of all.

  1. clever

  2. cleverest

  3. cleverly

  4. clevered

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As we are comparing 'out of all' and 'the' has been used, so we will use the superlative degree, i.e. 'cleverest'.

Directions: Choose the word/phrase which is closest in meaning to the underlined word.

In a debate, you might baffle the opposition by introducing new information that your opponents are not familiar with.

  1. dangle

  2. confuse

  3. support

  4. deregulate

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Baffle' means 'to confuse', i.e. option (2).

Directions: Choose the word/phrase which is closest in meaning to the underlined word.

After the decision to integrate the schools, students of different social classes went to the same school.

  1. combine

  2. separate

  3. isolate

  4. indication

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Integrate' means 'to combine', i.e. option (1).

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Being a caretaker is hard work, especially if you are ___ call all the time.

  1. at

  2. in

  3. with

  4. on

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

‘On call’ means always available or ready.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Varun loved cooking; he ___ me prepare every meal.

  1. would be

  2. help

  3. would help

  4. will helping

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Varun loved cooking; he 'would help' me prepare every meal.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

It’s ____ time that you told her the truth.

  1. at

  2. in

  3. about

  4. with

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The phrase 'about time’ is used to convey that it is past the time that something should have happened.

Directions: Choose the appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.

The professor asked us to talk about the ____ modern technology.

  1. ups and downs

  2. pauses and causes

  3. solutions and problems

  4. pros and cons

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Pros and cons' mean advantages and disadvantages of something.

Directions: Choose the synonym of the given word.

Incinerate

  1. Distinguish

  2. Cultivate

  3. Burn

  4. Extinguish

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Incinerate’ means 'to burn'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.

If you think that doing this question is ____, just try it.

  1. a piece of pie

  2. a pie of chocolate

  3. a piece of cake

  4. pie and caked

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Piece of cake’ means something very easy to do.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

The white sailboat _____ silently into the harbour.

  1. jumped

  2. slipped

  3. walked

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sailboat can neither jump nor walk as only living beings can do the same. So, option (2) is the correct answer.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence having an error.

Though none of her family members came (A)/ forwarded to help her, (B)/ Ria helped her (C)/ by lending her some money (D).

  1. (D)

  2. (C)

  3. (B)

  4. (A)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error is in part (B). Correct phrase is ‘came forward to help her’.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence having an error.

While she was walking (A)/ along the road (B)/ a speeding car (C)/ knocked down to her. (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error is in part (D). Correct phrase is 'knocked her down'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence having an error.

Your overdependent on (A)/ others even for (B)/ small issues (C)/ proves to be disadvantageous. (D)

  1. (D)

  2. (C)

  3. (B)

  4. (A)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error is in part (A). The correct phrase is ‘your overdependence on’.

Directions: Match the following sentence with the function it plays.

There will be a flag raising ceremony next Monday. All students must wear white uniforms. It is _____.

  1. a suggestion

  2. a request

  3. an announcement

  4. an order

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is 'an announcement'.

Directions: Find the part of the sentence having an error. If there is no error, mark (D) as your answer.

If I had known (A)/ this yesterday, (B)/ I will have helped him. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error is in part (C). Correct phrase is ‘I would have helped him’.

Directions: Match the following sentence with the function it plays.

If I were you, I would stop now. It is ____.

  1. a suggestion

  2. a request

  3. an order

  4. an announcement

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is a kind of 'suggestion'.

Directions: Match the following sentence with the function it plays.

The parent teacher meeting will be held on August 15 in the hall. It is ____.

  1. an announcement

  2. a suggestion

  3. a request

  4. an order

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is 'an announcement'.

Directions: Match the following sentence with the function it plays.

Would you please go clean your room now? It is ____.

  1. an order

  2. an announcement

  3. a suggestion

  4. a request

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

‘Please’ is used when we request someone.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

We were late for the plane because we _____ our passports.

  1. forgot

  2. forgotten

  3. have forgotten

  4. had forgotten

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The statement is emphasising a past incident. So, past perfect tense will be used here.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Ria ____ back the tears.

  1. grouped

  2. collected

  3. gulped

  4. geared

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Gulp' means 'breathe in' or 'swallow with difficulty'.

Directions: Find the number of wrongly spelt words in the given sentence.

If you feel threatened by her ignorance, it’s your problem.

  1. 0

  2. 1

  3. 2

  4. 3

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

No word is wrongly spelt.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Komal gave Rahul a _____ of grapes.

  1. bunch

  2. flock

  3. number

  4. stack

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Bunch’ is a collective noun used for grapes. So, option (1) is the correct answer.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Ria _____ coffee in the library when the murder happened.

  1. was drink

  2. was drank

  3. was drinking

  4. was drunk

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Was drinking' is correct as the sentence tells about an incident happening in the past at a particular time.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

A doctor who has special training in medical care for children is known as a _____.

  1. pediatrician

  2. dentist

  3. dermatologist

  4. surgeon

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A 'pediatrician' is a doctor who specialises in children and their diseases.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

The ____ stole her jewellery.

  1. burglar

  2. pirate

  3. artisan

  4. courier

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Burglar' means a 'thief'.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

When thieves stole her piece of jewellery, she was really upset. She ____ it for over fifteen years.

  1. have had

  2. have have

  3. had had

  4. had have

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We are talking about the past in the given sentence. So, option (3) is the correct answer, i.e. 'had had'.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Those who ____ others are not perfect either.

  1. credential

  2. dump

  3. criticise

  4. delayer

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Criticise' means 'to indicate the faults of other people'.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

______ the picture, I can see a woman.

  1. On

  2. In

  3. At

  4. Under

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'In' the picture, I can see a woman.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Forgiveness is a way of letting go of _____ that weighs us down and prevents us from growing.

  1. baggage

  2. luggage

  3. buggage

  4. suitcase

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Baggage' here refers to ‘burden’. So, option (1) is the correct answer.

Tom was writing an e-mail to his lawyer Rahul. How should he begin his e-mail?

  1. Hey buddy!

  2. Dear Rahul

  3. Hey dude!

  4. Heya!

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As it is a formal letter, it should begin with formal salutation.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the conversation.

Patient: I am not feeling well. Doctor: ________.

  1. Go away

  2. Take another medicine

  3. Take this medicine for a week and you’ll start to feel better

  4. Go to another doctor

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Other options do not make sense here as doctor would prescribe a medicine to the patient.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the conversation.

Caller: Hi, I would like to speak to Roshan, please. Operator: _______, I’ll see if Roshan is there.

  1. Hold the line

  2. Call again

  3. Cut the line

  4. Excuse me

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Operator would tell him to wait as he said that he would see whether Roshan is there.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the dialogue.

Your friend told you that she got a promotion. You say:

  1. Ah! It’s okay.

  2. Oh no! Your work would increase.

  3. Wow! It’s great news.

  4. Don’t bother! Anyways! Congratulations.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

You would express that you are happy about it and option (3) is correct for expressing it.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the conversation.

Prateek: I’m glad you’re my friend. Nuper: _____.

  1. I hate it

  2. It’s okay

  3. I’m honoured

  4. It’s alright

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As Prateek is happy because of Nuper, she would be pleased. So, option (3) is the correct answer as it expresses happiness.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the dialogue.

Employee: Boss, _______. Could you please assign me the next task?

  1. I am done with my work

  2. I don’t want to do this

  3. I am going out

  4. I have given my work to someone else

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Employee would ask for the next task after finishing the earlier work.

Which is the best way to ask a teacher to repeat something?

  1. Can you repeat?

  2. I’m sorry! I didn’t understand. Could you please repeat it?

  3. You are so boring. I am unable to understand you.

  4. Repeat it for me thrice.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As teacher is a respectable person, we acknowledge our mistake for not being attentive and ask politely. So, option (2) is the correct answer.

What was the reason of Naina’s happiness?

Directions: Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:

Naina: I have really good news today. Oh! I am so happy.
Ria: What is your good news, Naina?
Naina: I got a promotion today. You are looking at the new supervisor of the marketing department.
Ria: Wow, this is great news! I am so glad for your. So, will you start your new job this coming
Monday?
Naina: No, I need to finish my current projects in sales department. I probably will start my new job a
week from Monday.
Ria: You will do well. You are a natural leader and you will lead well.
Naina: You think so, Ria?
Ria: I know so. You are blessed with the talent of coaching people. You led your basketball team to victory last year,
didn’t you?
Naina: Yeah. But, leading a basketball team and leading a marketing department are not quite the
same.
Ria: If you want to lead, then you want to prove that you are a good leader and use this opportunity.
Naina: Thanks for the note of confidence, Ria.
Ria: You are welcome, Naina.

  1. Transfer

  2. Demotion

  3. Promotion

  4. Retention

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

She got promoted to the post of supervisor.

Which opportunity is Ria talking about?

Directions: Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:

Naina: I have really good news today. Oh! I am so happy.
Ria: What is your good news, Naina?
Naina: I got a promotion today. You are looking at the new supervisor of the marketing department.
Ria: Wow, this is great news! I am so glad for your. So, will you start your new job this coming
Monday?
Naina: No, I need to finish my current projects in sales department. I probably will start my new job a
week from Monday.
Ria: You will do well. You are a natural leader and you will lead well.
Naina: You think so, Ria?
Ria: I know so. You are blessed with the talent of coaching people. You led your basketball team to victory last year,
didn’t you?
Naina: Yeah. But, leading a basketball team and leading a marketing department are not quite the
same.
Ria: If you want to lead, then you want to prove that you are a good leader and use this opportunity.
Naina: Thanks for the note of confidence, Ria.
Ria: You are welcome, Naina.

  1. Naina becoming a team leader

  2. Naina being a basketball coach

  3. Naina training people

  4. Naina getting demoted

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leading people is the opportunity which is being talked about in the text.

According to Ria, what is the quality of Naina highlighted in the conversation?

Directions: Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:

Naina: I have really good news today. Oh! I am so happy.
Ria: What is your good news, Naina?
Naina: I got a promotion today. You are looking at the new supervisor of the marketing department.
Ria: Wow, this is great news! I am so glad for your. So, will you start your new job this coming
Monday?
Naina: No, I need to finish my current projects in sales department. I probably will start my new job a
week from Monday.
Ria: You will do well. You are a natural leader and you will lead well.
Naina: You think so, Ria?
Ria: I know so. You are blessed with the talent of coaching people. You led your basketball team to victory last year,
didn’t you?
Naina: Yeah. But, leading a basketball team and leading a marketing department are not quite the
same.
Ria: If you want to lead, then you want to prove that you are a good leader and use this opportunity.
Naina: Thanks for the note of confidence, Ria.
Ria: You are welcome, Naina.

  1. Good at fighting with people

  2. Good at her work

  3. Good at scolding people and making them work

  4. Good at coaching people

Show answer
Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ria mentioned that coaching people is the quality of Naina.

What is Naina's new profile?

Directions: Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:

Naina: I have really good news today. Oh! I am so happy.
Ria: What is your good news, Naina?
Naina: I got a promotion today. You are looking at the new supervisor of the marketing department.
Ria: Wow, this is great news! I am so glad for your. So, will you start your new job this coming
Monday?
Naina: No, I need to finish my current projects in sales department. I probably will start my new job a
week from Monday.
Ria: You will do well. You are a natural leader and you will lead well.
Naina: You think so, Ria?
Ria: I know so. You are blessed with the talent of coaching people. You led your basketball team to victory last year,
didn’t you?
Naina: Yeah. But, leading a basketball team and leading a marketing department are not quite the
same.
Ria: If you want to lead, then you want to prove that you are a good leader and use this opportunity.
Naina: Thanks for the note of confidence, Ria.
Ria: You are welcome, Naina.

  1. Sales manager

  2. Supervisor of the marketing department

  3. CEO

  4. Operations manager

Show answer
Correct Option: B
Explanation:

She got promoted to the post of supervisor of the marketing department.

It is assumed that dolphins communicate

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. without words

  2. in sign language

  3. with actions

  4. None of these

Show answer
Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is given: “it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words”. This line suggests the answer.

We appear ____ to dolphins when we know more about them and keep killing them.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. inferior

  2. stupid

  3. crazy

  4. superior

Show answer
Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is the 4th last line of the passage.

There have been stories of dolphins saving human lives since

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. Stone age

  2. Roman times

  3. World War I

  4. World War II

Show answer
Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is given that 'stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times'.

According to some scientists, dolphins have a/an

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. language

  2. extra fin

  3. extra gill

  4. extra ear

Show answer
Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is given in the passage that 'some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language'.

Dolphins are regarded as the ____ creatures.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. most dangerous

  2. friendliest

  3. laziest

  4. most shy

Show answer
Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is given in the first line of the passage.

Dolphins take care of the other dolphins when they are

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. hurt

  2. ill

  3. dead

  4. sad

Show answer
Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is given: 'they look after other dolphins when they are ill'.

Dolphins save the ____ in the community from harm.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. weakest

  2. strongest

  3. young ones

  4. elder ones

Show answer
Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is given that they “protect the weakest in the community”.

Naina is currently working in

Directions: Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:

Naina: I have really good news today. Oh! I am so happy.
Ria: What is your good news, Naina?
Naina: I got a promotion today. You are looking at the new supervisor of the marketing department.
Ria: Wow, this is great news! I am so glad for your. So, will you start your new job this coming
Monday?
Naina: No, I need to finish my current projects in sales department. I probably will start my new job a
week from Monday.
Ria: You will do well. You are a natural leader and you will lead well.
Naina: You think so, Ria?
Ria: I know so. You are blessed with the talent of coaching people. You led your basketball team to victory last year,
didn’t you?
Naina: Yeah. But, leading a basketball team and leading a marketing department are not quite the
same.
Ria: If you want to lead, then you want to prove that you are a good leader and use this opportunity.
Naina: Thanks for the note of confidence, Ria.
Ria: You are welcome, Naina.

  1. sales department

  2. finance department

  3. academic department

  4. quality control department

Show answer
Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is evident when Naina says, “I need to finish my current projects in sales department”.

According to the stories of Roman times, dolphins help

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Dolphins

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Certainly, the most common argument in the favour of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

  1. fish

  2. sailors

  3. sharks

  4. octopuses

Show answer
Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is given in the 2nd line of the passage.

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