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iOEL - I (SilverZone) Olympiad (Class - 9)

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Directions: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

You can lead a _____ to water, but you cannot make it drink.

  1. man

  2. horse

  3. donkey

  4. woman

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It’s an English proverb. It means that one can lead/ guide a person to the opportunity, but cannot force him/her to make the best out of it.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a correct modal.

We ______ go to the rock concert if the rain stops. We don’t know for sure.

  1. have to

  2. must

  3. would

  4. might

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The statement talks about the possibility of going to the concert.

Directions: Choose the synonym of the underlined word in the sentence given below.

He is a suave, cool and cultured man.

  1. Intelligent

  2. Intellectual

  3. Charming

  4. All of these

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Suave means charming or sophisticated.

Directions: Three sentences are given below, you have to identify which sentence is a fact and which is an opinion.

  1. More people will start taking interest in our project.
  2. Many nutritionists believe a low-carbohydrate and a high-protein diet is the healthiest diet.
  3. ‘Spam’ is the e-mail equivalent of junk mail.
  1. 1-fact, 2-opinion, 3-opinion

  2. 1-opinion, 2-fact, 3-opinion

  3. 1-opinion, 2-opinion, 3-fact

  4. 1-fact, 2-fact, 3-opinion

  5. None of these.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

1-opinion, 2-opinion, 3-fact

Directions: Fill in the blank as per subject-verb agreement.

Singing and dancing ______ great skill.

  1. require

  2. requires

  3. required

  4. to be required

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If two infinitives are separated by 'and', they take the plural form of the verb.

Directions: Choose the synonym of the underlined word in the sentence given below.

The director said that he had been vindicated by the expert's report.

  1. Accused

  2. Blamed

  3. Absolved

  4. Punished

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vindicate means to clear from an accusation.

Directions: Choose the synonym of the underlined word in the sentence given below.

He was fooled by her bogus identity card.

  1. Big

  2. Fake

  3. Clear

  4. Unclear

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bogus means fake.

Directions: Fill in the blank with a correct modal.

People _____ smoke near children.

  1. can’t

  2. couldn’t

  3. shouldn’t

  4. wouldn’t

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The statement presents an advice.

Directions: A sentence is given below in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part.

  1. The customer handed

  2. over a

  3. five hundred rupees note

  4. to the shopkeeper

  5. No error


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Incorrect- ‘five hundred rupees note’ Correct- ‘five hundred rupee note’

Directions: A sentence is given below in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part.

  1. If you listen

  2. with the questions

  3. carefully you will be

  4. able to answer them easily

  5. No error


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Incorrect- 'with the questions' Correct- 'to the questions'

Directions: A sentence is given below in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part.

  1. I have read

  2. too many books

  3. by R. K. Narayan

  4. and I love them all

  5. No error


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Incorrect- ‘too many books’ Correct- ‘so many books’

Directions: Identify the possessive adjective in the given sentence.

The cat is wagging its tail.

  1. Cat

  2. Is

  3. Its

  4. Tail

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Possessive adjective shows possession.

Directions: Identify the adverb of manner in the given sentence.

He skipped happily down the road to his school.

  1. Skipped

  2. Happily

  3. Road

  4. School

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Happily shows the manner in which the action was done.

Directions: Three sentences are given below, you have to identify which sentence is a fact and which is an opinion.

  1. In World War II, the Axis powers consisted of Germany, Italy and Japan.
  2. For adequate water intake, adults need to drink 6 to 8 glasses of water in a day.
  3. Bicycling is a truly enjoyable exercise.
  1. 1-fact, 2-opinion, 3-opinion

  2. 1-opinion, 2-fact, 3-opinion

  3. 1-opinion , 2-opinion, 3-fact

  4. 1-fact, 2-fact, 3-opinion

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

1-fact, 2-fact, 3-opinion

Directions: Identify the adverb of time in the given sentence.

I haven't seen her since yesterday.

  1. Seen

  2. Since

  3. Yesterday

  4. Haven't

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yesterday is the adverb of time.

In which one of the following sentences, a wrong article is used?

  1. I am looking forward to be a grandmother.

  2. Have you fed the dogs?

  3. There are some children in the garden.

  4. Who invented a radio?

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Incorrect- ‘who invented a radio’ Correct- ‘who invented the radio’

In which one of the following sentences, a wrong article is used?

  1. Raj is an eldest in his family.

  2. We went to the same school.

  3. Have you got any matches?

  4. I prefer the mountains to the seaside.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Incorrect – ‘Raj is an eldest’ Correct – ‘Raj is the eldest’

In which one of the following sentences, a wrong article is used?

  1. I am the child, so I think cartoons are funny.

  2. My mother is an English teacher.

  3. When I get home from my job, I watch programmes on the TV.

  4. At night, I turn off the light and go to bed.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Incorrect- ‘I am the child, so I think cartoons are funny.’ Correct- ‘I am a child, so I think cartoons are funny.’

Find the correctly spelt word.

  1. Grief

  2. Recieve

  3. Breif

  4. Dicieve

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Grief is the correctly spelt word.

Find the correctly spelt word.

  1. Furniteur

  2. Medicine

  3. Sampal

  4. Exampel

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Medicine is the correctly spelt word.

Directions: Three sentences are given below, you have to identify which sentence is a fact and which is an opinion.

  1. Babies generally begin to talk from 18 to 24 months of age.
  2. English is an easy language to learn.
  3. Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States during the civil war.
  1. 1-fact, 2-opinion, 3-opinion

  2. 1-opinion, 2-fact, 3-opinion

  3. 1-fact, 2-opinion, 3-fact

  4. 1-fact, 2-fact, 3-opinion

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A fact is a piece of information that can be defined and proved true. An opinion is a statement that expresses belief, value or feeling. A- Fact; B-opinion, c-fact

Directions: Choose the correct question tag for the given statement.

I’m clever, _____?

  1. isn’t I

  2. am I not

  3. weren’t I

  4. wasn’t I

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The question tag must be in the same tense as the preceding statement. 

Find the correctly spelt word.

  1. Fragrance

  2. Fragrence

  3. Fraglance

  4. Fragerence

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fragrance is the correctly spelt word.

In which one of the following sentences, a wrong article is used?

  1. New York is a exciting city.

  2. My friend works on the Main Street.

  3. We live near the sea.

  4. Most of the houses in the central area are expensive.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Incorrect- ‘New York is a exciting city’ Correct- ‘New York is an exciting city’

Directions: Identify the quantitative adjective in the given sentence.

Some yellow ribbons should be used to decorate the gift box.

  1. Some

  2. Ribbon

  3. Decorate

  4. Gift

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Quantitative adjective conveys quantity of an object.

Directions: Choose the word which is the exact opposite of the given word.

Enormous

  1. Soft

  2. Tiny

  3. Average

  4. Weak

  5. Large


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Enormous means very big. Tiny means very small.

Directions: Fill in the blank as per subject-verb agreement.

The Burbs _____ a movie starring Tom Hanks.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. have

  4. were

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Title of a movie represents a single movie.

Directions: Choose the word which is the exact opposite of the given word.

Commissioned

  1. Started

  2. Finished

  3. Closed

  4. Terminated

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Commissioned means hired. Terminated means fired.

Directions: A sentence is given below in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part.

  1. He is

  2. too intelligent

  3. to make a mistake

  4. and get caught

  5. No error


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The sentence is correct.

P. number of blood donors surpassed the number of doctors Q. N.C.C. wing of the school and the 'Punjab blood bank' R. donors were given fruits, biscuits and juice after the donation S. Dayanand Medical College, Dr. Harish Sidvani

Directions: A report is given below with some blanks. Fill those blanks with options provided to make it a sensible one.

Blood Donation Camp

Priya
Member, NCC
Sacred Heart Convent School, 23 July 2015-08-21

A blood donation camp was organised on July 22,2015. The activities of the camp were carried out by the _____. The chief guest for this occasion was the noted senior doctor of ______. He inaugurated the event by donating blood himself. Awareness programmes encouraged people to donate blood without any hesitation. Consequently, the _______  and the doctors worked throughout the day to collect blood. The ______. Later, the chief presented the volunteers with a certificate and congratulated everyone for organizing a noble event.
  1. PQRS

  2. QPSR

  3. QPRS

  4. QSPR

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Q shows that who carried out the blood donation camp activities. S gives the name of a senior doctor of a hospital. As the number of donors was high, the doctors worked throughout the day. R shows what the donors were given.

Directions: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

Don’t count your chickens before they _____.

  1. hatch

  2. born

  3. gone

  4. flew

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It’s an English proverb. It means one should not count on something before it happens.

Directions: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the _____.

  1. farm

  2. ground

  3. fence

  4. machine

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It’s an English proverb. It implies that 'people are never satisfied with their own situation; they always think that others have it better.'  

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct modal.

The music band _____ play very well last year, but now they are much better.

  1. must

  2. couldn’t

  3. shouldn’t

  4. can’t

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The statement talks about the ability in the past.

Directions: Choose the correct question tag for the given statement.

He could have bought a new car, ____?

  1. couldn’t he

  2. can’t he

  3. mustn’t he

  4. shouldn’t he

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The question tag must be in the same tense as the preceding statement. 

Directions: Fill in the blank as per subject-verb agreement.

Neither the students nor the teacher ____ to come tomorrow.

  1. wants

  2. want

  3. wanted

  4. had wanted

  5. have wanted


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When two nouns are separated by the word 'nor', the subject closer to the word determines the form of the verb.

Which of the following authorities is/are trying to remove pollution from the Ganga?

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the following question.

Holy rivers have become a myth today. According to a report of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) all the fourteen big rivers of India are heavily polluted. They cover 85 per cent of the surface water in the country. The main pollutant of the river water is the industrial waste. River Jamuna in Delhi receives 6000 kg of dissolved solids, 3000 kg of heavy metals and 200 kg of detergents every day. In its 48 kms stretch around Delhi, Yamuna gets polluted through 17 drains that bring toxics, acids and a number of chemicals that affect the health of the river and consequently of all those who depend on it for drinking and bathing.

Cauvery and Kapila in Karnataka are so polluted that in a stretch of 10 kms of the banks of Cauvery, people suffer badly from skin diseases, boils and burning sensation. Cauvery receives industrial wastes from Tamil Nadu. The story of Godaveri is no different. It receives 4,500 gallons of toxic waste everyday from Andhra Paper Mills alone. Plankton, on which fishes' depend, has been dying in large numbers in the rivers. Similarly Hoogly and Damodar, receive untreated waste from coal washeries, pulp and paper mills, steel mills, and chemical industries in Bengal. Hoogly receives industrial wastes of 150 big factories including jute mills, textile mills, paper and pulp factories distilleries, and tanneries. Even the fishes have been greatly contaminated causing bone diseases and arthritis among those who eat fish in the area. The waste of fertilizer plant and Indian Oil Corporation flowing in to Mahi Sagar in Gujarat has killed fishes, cattles and even elephants.

Human and animal excreta flows into all rivers in India. As it is untreated it is responsible for almost all water borne diseases. Untreated sewage flows into the Jamuna in Delhi through 17 open drains. Chambal, tributary of the Jamuna, is the most polluted river in Rajasthan. The people between Rajpura and Nagda suffer from acute shin diseases because of the water pollution.
Efforts have been made to remove pollution of the Ganga by Central Ganga Authority (CGA). No serious efforts have been made anywhere else. No government efforts can make the rivers clean if the common man has no consciousness as to how to keep the rivers clean as he keeps his house neat and clean. Non Government Organizations can play an important role in educating the people both in cities and the rural areas.

  1. Central Ganga Authority

  2. Central Gangahotri Authority

  3. State Ganga Authority

  4. Both (1) and (3)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is given in the 1st line of the 4th paragraph.

Which of the following rivers are polluted because of untreated waste from coal washeries?

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the following question.

Holy rivers have become a myth today. According to a report of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) all the fourteen big rivers of India are heavily polluted. They cover 85 per cent of the surface water in the country. The main pollutant of the river water is the industrial waste. River Jamuna in Delhi receives 6000 kg of dissolved solids, 3000 kg of heavy metals and 200 kg of detergents every day. In its 48 kms stretch around Delhi, Yamuna gets polluted through 17 drains that bring toxics, acids and a number of chemicals that affect the health of the river and consequently of all those who depend on it for drinking and bathing.

Cauvery and Kapila in Karnataka are so polluted that in a stretch of 10 kms of the banks of Cauvery, people suffer badly from skin diseases, boils and burning sensation. Cauvery receives industrial wastes from Tamil Nadu. The story of Godaveri is no different. It receives 4,500 gallons of toxic waste everyday from Andhra Paper Mills alone. Plankton, on which fishes' depend, has been dying in large numbers in the rivers. Similarly Hoogly and Damodar, receive untreated waste from coal washeries, pulp and paper mills, steel mills, and chemical industries in Bengal. Hoogly receives industrial wastes of 150 big factories including jute mills, textile mills, paper and pulp factories distilleries, and tanneries. Even the fishes have been greatly contaminated causing bone diseases and arthritis among those who eat fish in the area. The waste of fertilizer plant and Indian Oil Corporation flowing in to Mahi Sagar in Gujarat has killed fishes, cattles and even elephants.

Human and animal excreta flows into all rivers in India. As it is untreated it is responsible for almost all water borne diseases. Untreated sewage flows into the Jamuna in Delhi through 17 open drains. Chambal, tributary of the Jamuna, is the most polluted river in Rajasthan. The people between Rajpura and Nagda suffer from acute shin diseases because of the water pollution.
Efforts have been made to remove pollution of the Ganga by Central Ganga Authority (CGA). No serious efforts have been made anywhere else. No government efforts can make the rivers clean if the common man has no consciousness as to how to keep the rivers clean as he keeps his house neat and clean. Non Government Organizations can play an important role in educating the people both in cities and the rural areas.

  1. Hoogly and Chambal

  2. Damodar and Chambal

  3. Mahi Sagar and Hoogly

  4. Hoogly and Damador

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is given in the 2nd last line of the 3rd paragraph.

Which one of the following rivers receives industrial waste from jute mills and textile mills?

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the following question.

Holy rivers have become a myth today. According to a report of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) all the fourteen big rivers of India are heavily polluted. They cover 85 per cent of the surface water in the country. The main pollutant of the river water is the industrial waste. River Jamuna in Delhi receives 6000 kg of dissolved solids, 3000 kg of heavy metals and 200 kg of detergents every day. In its 48 kms stretch around Delhi, Yamuna gets polluted through 17 drains that bring toxics, acids and a number of chemicals that affect the health of the river and consequently of all those who depend on it for drinking and bathing.

Cauvery and Kapila in Karnataka are so polluted that in a stretch of 10 kms of the banks of Cauvery, people suffer badly from skin diseases, boils and burning sensation. Cauvery receives industrial wastes from Tamil Nadu. The story of Godaveri is no different. It receives 4,500 gallons of toxic waste everyday from Andhra Paper Mills alone. Plankton, on which fishes' depend, has been dying in large numbers in the rivers. Similarly Hoogly and Damodar, receive untreated waste from coal washeries, pulp and paper mills, steel mills, and chemical industries in Bengal. Hoogly receives industrial wastes of 150 big factories including jute mills, textile mills, paper and pulp factories distilleries, and tanneries. Even the fishes have been greatly contaminated causing bone diseases and arthritis among those who eat fish in the area. The waste of fertilizer plant and Indian Oil Corporation flowing in to Mahi Sagar in Gujarat has killed fishes, cattles and even elephants.

Human and animal excreta flows into all rivers in India. As it is untreated it is responsible for almost all water borne diseases. Untreated sewage flows into the Jamuna in Delhi through 17 open drains. Chambal, tributary of the Jamuna, is the most polluted river in Rajasthan. The people between Rajpura and Nagda suffer from acute shin diseases because of the water pollution.
Efforts have been made to remove pollution of the Ganga by Central Ganga Authority (CGA). No serious efforts have been made anywhere else. No government efforts can make the rivers clean if the common man has no consciousness as to how to keep the rivers clean as he keeps his house neat and clean. Non Government Organizations can play an important role in educating the people both in cities and the rural areas.

  1. Mahi Sagar

  2. Damodar

  3. Chambal

  4. Hoogly

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is given in the 3rd last line of the 2nd paragraph.

Which one of the following is the most polluted river in Rajasthan?

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the following question.

Holy rivers have become a myth today. According to a report of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) all the fourteen big rivers of India are heavily polluted. They cover 85 per cent of the surface water in the country. The main pollutant of the river water is the industrial waste. River Jamuna in Delhi receives 6000 kg of dissolved solids, 3000 kg of heavy metals and 200 kg of detergents every day. In its 48 kms stretch around Delhi, Yamuna gets polluted through 17 drains that bring toxics, acids and a number of chemicals that affect the health of the river and consequently of all those who depend on it for drinking and bathing.

Cauvery and Kapila in Karnataka are so polluted that in a stretch of 10 kms of the banks of Cauvery, people suffer badly from skin diseases, boils and burning sensation. Cauvery receives industrial wastes from Tamil Nadu. The story of Godaveri is no different. It receives 4,500 gallons of toxic waste everyday from Andhra Paper Mills alone. Plankton, on which fishes' depend, has been dying in large numbers in the rivers. Similarly Hoogly and Damodar, receive untreated waste from coal washeries, pulp and paper mills, steel mills, and chemical industries in Bengal. Hoogly receives industrial wastes of 150 big factories including jute mills, textile mills, paper and pulp factories distilleries, and tanneries. Even the fishes have been greatly contaminated causing bone diseases and arthritis among those who eat fish in the area. The waste of fertilizer plant and Indian Oil Corporation flowing in to Mahi Sagar in Gujarat has killed fishes, cattles and even elephants.

Human and animal excreta flows into all rivers in India. As it is untreated it is responsible for almost all water borne diseases. Untreated sewage flows into the Jamuna in Delhi through 17 open drains. Chambal, tributary of the Jamuna, is the most polluted river in Rajasthan. The people between Rajpura and Nagda suffer from acute shin diseases because of the water pollution.
Efforts have been made to remove pollution of the Ganga by Central Ganga Authority (CGA). No serious efforts have been made anywhere else. No government efforts can make the rivers clean if the common man has no consciousness as to how to keep the rivers clean as he keeps his house neat and clean. Non Government Organizations can play an important role in educating the people both in cities and the rural areas.

  1. Mahi Sagar

  2. Hoogly

  3. Chambal

  4. Damodar

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is given in the 2nd last line of the 3rd paragraph.

Which one of the following is/are the main pollutant(s) of rivers?

Directions: Read the given passage and answer the following question.

Holy rivers have become a myth today. According to a report of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) all the fourteen big rivers of India are heavily polluted. They cover 85 per cent of the surface water in the country. The main pollutant of the river water is the industrial waste. River Jamuna in Delhi receives 6000 kg of dissolved solids, 3000 kg of heavy metals and 200 kg of detergents every day. In its 48 kms stretch around Delhi, Yamuna gets polluted through 17 drains that bring toxics, acids and a number of chemicals that affect the health of the river and consequently of all those who depend on it for drinking and bathing.

Cauvery and Kapila in Karnataka are so polluted that in a stretch of 10 kms of the banks of Cauvery, people suffer badly from skin diseases, boils and burning sensation. Cauvery receives industrial wastes from Tamil Nadu. The story of Godaveri is no different. It receives 4,500 gallons of toxic waste everyday from Andhra Paper Mills alone. Plankton, on which fishes' depend, has been dying in large numbers in the rivers. Similarly Hoogly and Damodar, receive untreated waste from coal washeries, pulp and paper mills, steel mills, and chemical industries in Bengal. Hoogly receives industrial wastes of 150 big factories including jute mills, textile mills, paper and pulp factories distilleries, and tanneries. Even the fishes have been greatly contaminated causing bone diseases and arthritis among those who eat fish in the area. The waste of fertilizer plant and Indian Oil Corporation flowing in to Mahi Sagar in Gujarat has killed fishes, cattles and even elephants.

Human and animal excreta flows into all rivers in India. As it is untreated it is responsible for almost all water borne diseases. Untreated sewage flows into the Jamuna in Delhi through 17 open drains. Chambal, tributary of the Jamuna, is the most polluted river in Rajasthan. The people between Rajpura and Nagda suffer from acute shin diseases because of the water pollution.
Efforts have been made to remove pollution of the Ganga by Central Ganga Authority (CGA). No serious efforts have been made anywhere else. No government efforts can make the rivers clean if the common man has no consciousness as to how to keep the rivers clean as he keeps his house neat and clean. Non Government Organizations can play an important role in educating the people both in cities and the rural areas.

  1. Industrial waste

  2. Agricultural waste

  3. City pollution

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is given in the 4th line of the 1st paragraph.

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