CREST English Olympiad Class 10 Previous Year Paper

Preparing for the Class 10 English Olympiad? Practising previous year papers is a smart strategy to boost performance and gain confidence in tackling advanced-level questions.

Why Practise with Previous Year Papers?

  • Covers topics such as Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Punctuations, Voices, Narration etc.
  • Enhances language precision, analytical reading, and writing clarity.
  • Helps students understand Olympiad question trends and manage time effectively.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies and Spellings, One Word, Word Order, Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Punctuations, Voices, Narrations, Concord, Question Forms, Tenses, Conditionals, Modals, Collocations, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Homonyms and Homophones, Words (Related to Weather, Countries, Language and People, Global Problems, etc.), Information Retrieval from Various Text (Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Manual Format, Message Format, Editorials, Essays and Advanced Texts), Spoken and Written Expressions (Giving/Accepting Compliments, Agreeing, Disagreeing, Requesting, Seeking Information, Pronunciation, etc.)

Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1

Please note that the dictionary which will be used for reference is Oxford Learner's Dictionary. This will be w.r.t. spellings & meanings. In case, if the word is not found in this dictionary, then it is assumed that this word does not exist.

Previous Year Questions

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10

Q.1

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

They don't always agree, but I think there is a bond of ______ affection between them.

Q.2

Choose an appropriate answer:

Saba and I are very much in love, but we are not joined at the hip, you know. 'Joined at the hip' means:

Q.3

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:

Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.

Q.4

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

Remember, this is not a safe road __________________.

Q.5

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

Patient: Good evening, doctor! I am your new patient and scheduled for an appointment today. Could you please re-schedule it for tomorrow, as I have to go out of station today?
Doctor: In that case, you can come back a week later.
Patient: That would be too late. ___________________________

Q.6

Punctuate the following sentence:

young and old good and bad all must die.

Q.7

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

She ______ stay up late if she takes a nap now.

Q.8

Read the passage and fill in the blank:

Iron is only one chemical element. Steel, on the other hand, is a mixture of at least a few elements-iron and carbon. Steel may have as much as 1.5 percent carbon in it. But the steel we use most often has only 0.2 percent carbon in it. Besides carbon, steel may have small amounts of other metals that have been put into the 'melt' on purpose.
Metals like manganese, found in some forms of iron, can improve the quality of steel. But there are also some elements found in steel which do not belong. An element such as sulphur can ruin steel. Steel makers try their best to get rid of it.
Without the use of steel, the face of the world today would look a lot like it did in the middle of the 1800s. We would not have tall skyscrapers, huge steamships, cars, planes and large machines to make life easier.

The invention of steel ______________________________.

Q.9

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

The Chairman and ________ CEO of our hotel is a very energetic person.

Q.10

Read the passage and fill in the blank:

Stammering is a habit disorder linked with a lack of self-confidence. Basically, for a child to understand a language, there are four stages. The first is learning to understand the spoken language, and the second is speaking. Both of these usually develop around the age of two.
The third stage is speaking complex sentences, which develops at around three, and the fourth is when the child recognises the written alphabet. In 80% of children, while the third and fourth stages are at play, the first two get disturbed because something new is being incorporated in the mind.
This is absolutely normal. But what over-cautious mothers do is fret a lot, and the child develops a fear which later manifests itself as stammering. In fact, most textbooks on stammering state in bold that - 'Had there not been any over-cautious mothers, hardly anyone would have suffered from stammering'. Fluency can be incorporated in the speech of such patients through hypnosis.

The second stage of a child's understanding the language is ______________.

Your Score: 0/10

Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1cQ.2cQ.3bQ.4dQ.5dQ.6cQ.7aQ.8aQ.9dQ.10a

Additional Preparation Resources

  1. CREST English Worksheets Package for class 10 - It is a package of 5 worksheets. The worksheets are in the same pattern as the previous year paper. Hence, very useful for preparation. Existing users can purchase additional practice worksheets by following these steps: Login at https://www.crestolympiads.com/login -> Dashboard -> Additional Practice -> Buy & new users can visit https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration
  2. CREST English Olympiad book for class 10 - The book covers topic-wise reading material, chapter-wise practice questions with answer key & contains the previous year paper. The book is available in both physical and pdf formats. Proceed now to purchase the Olympiad book. Also, students can view & download the first chapter of the English Olympiad book for class 10 for free.

Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST English Olympiad past year paper pdf for class 10.

Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1 : c | Q.2 : c | Q.3 : b | Q.4 : d | Q.5 : d | Q.6 : c | Q.7 : a | Q.8 : a | Q.9 : d | Q.10 : a

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