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English Olympiad Questions for Class 8
1. Find out the relation between the given two words in capital letters and pick up one word proportionately from the options that bear the same relation:
POWER: BATTERY:: LIGHT: _______
a) AUTOMOBILE
b) ENGINE
c) BULB
d) KEROSENE
Answer: BULB
2. Select the correct option for the underlined word in the given sentence:
A pebbled path was laid around the fountain.
a) Verb
b) Adverb
c) Adjective
d) Preposition
Answer: Adjective
3. Select the most suitable options to fill the blank:
The plane _________, when he reached the airport.
a) had landed
b) will be landing
c) is landing
d) lands
Answer: had landed
4. Find out the misspelt word:
a) VASELINE
b) YEOMAN
c) WREAK
d) TOUNGE
Answer: TOUNGE
5. Fill in the blank: How _____ oranges did you put in the box?
a) much
b) big
c) so much
d) many
Answer: many
6. Choose ONE WORD from the options given below that matches the quoted words correctly:
He scolds everyone as if he is 'a man who does not makes any mistakes.'
a) Gullible
b) Infallible
c) Eccentric
d) Glutton
Answer: Infallible
7. Select most suitable option to fill the blank:
I was ___________ joking.
a) only
b) often
c) never
d) ever
Answer: only
8. Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below that makes the sentence meaningful:
The more you work _________ it is.
a) a better
b) the better
c) better
d) too better
Answer: the better
9. Select the most suitable option to fill the blank:
We wanted him ____________ the next day.
a) come
b) coming
c) came
d) to come
Answer: to come
10. Identify the antonyms of the words given in capital letters:
BRISK
a) Slow
b) Rapid
c) Gust
d) Hurried
Answer: Slow
11. Choose the options correctly synthesising the sentences:
He studied very hard. He became a doctor.
a) He studied so hard that he would become a doctor.
b) He studied hard that he became a doctor.
c) He studied very hard and became a doctor.
d) He studied so hard that he will become a doctor.
Answer: He studied very hard and became a doctor.
12. Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below that makes the sentence meaningful:
He is _______ teacher.
a) a university
b) an university
c) university
d) the university
Answer: a university
13. Identify the kind of the sentence given below:
Let us have a walk.
a) Interrogative sentence
b) Imperative sentence
c) Optative sentence
d) Exclamatory sentence
Answer: Imperative sentence
14. Select correct options to replace the blanks:
Alan : Did the magician take a ______ out of a _____ ?
Sasha : No, no. He took out a _____ out of a _______.
a) habit, rat, rabbit, hat
b) hare, hat, habit, rat
c) habit, rat, rabit, hat
d) habbit, rat, rabbit, hat
Answer: habit, rat, rabbit, hat
15. Choose the correct form of the verb: I ____ (plan) to visit him today.
a) were planned
b) am planning
c) was planned
d) has planned
Answer: am planning
16. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions:
She leaned _____ the wall because she was tired.
a) Under
b) Against
c) Down
d) Above
Answer: Against
17. Choose the best option:
If a business person is called munificent, he/she is_________.
a) prominent
b) miserly
c) generous
d) rich
Answer: generous
18. Choose the correct ANTONYM of the bold words from the options:
Leader
a) Student
b) Enthusiast
c) Disciple
d) Follower
Answer: Follower
19. The thief walked away with the diamond crown on display. No one stopped him because he was _____ the director of the museum.
a) Contacting
b) Impersonating
c) Implanting
d) Contradicting
Answer: Impersonating
20. Select the correct synonym to the given word:
Crooked
a) Gentle
b) Peaceful
c) Twisted
d) Colourful
Answer: twisted
21. Select the option that represents the correct meaning of the following idiom/phrase:
To fly off the handle
a) To take off
b) To be indifferent
c) To dislocate
d) To lose one's temper
Answer: To lose one's temper
22. Give the antonym of the word underlined in the given sentence:
He was a man of sulky disposition.
a) Mild
b) Cheerful
c) Loving
d) Kind
Answer: Cheerful
23. Choose the noun: Derrick is running fast.
a) is
b) fast
c) running
d) Derrick
Answer: Derrick
24. A sentence that contains only one subject and one finite verb, expressed or understood is a:
a) Complex sentence
b) Compound sentence
c) Simple sentence
d) Imperative sentence
Answer: Simple sentence
25. One word for the sentence will be: A person of obscure background who has recently gained wealth:
a) Sumptuary
b) Extravagant`
c) Promiscuous
d) Parvenu
Answer: Parvenu
26. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals:
Ria: _____ I go to visit my friend in Vermont?
Father: No, you _____.
a) Can, cannot
b) May, may not
c) Might, might not
d) All of these
Answer: Can, cannot
27. Choose the correct option.
The transmission of the President's speech remained _____ interrupted.
a) mis
b) dis
c) un
d) non
Answer: un
28. Choose the most suitable option: Cheaper houses ____________ provided to workers by factory.
a) can be
b) could
c) might
d) will
Answer: can be
29. Choose the odd pair:
a) Annoy : Irritate
b) Comprehend : Understand
c) Spectator : Onlooker
d) Reserve : Supply
Answer: Reserve : Supply
30. Find out the collective noun from the given sentence: Fox wanted to eat a bunch of grapes.
a) wanted
b) bunch
c) fox
d) eat
Answer: bunch
31. Choose the word with opposite meaning to the underlined word:
The bee is a very industrious creature.
a) Hardworking
b) Indolent
c) Repulsive
d) Curious
Answer: Indolent
32. Find out the RELATION between the given two words in capital letter and pick up one word proportionately from the options that bear the same relation:
CLOTHES : CLOSET :: INK : _______
a) WRITE
b) SCRIPT
c) PEN
d) NOTEBOOK
Answer: PEN
33. Sentences 1 and 3 are given. Sentence 2 is missing. Choose the right sentence for sentence 2:
Sony: Hema, I notice your tennis serve is much better these days.
Sonam: ______________________________.
Soniya: Your efforts have not been wasted. There is a remarkable improvement in your game.
a) Yes, I think I’ve finally mastered the technique, though it took months of practise
b) Serving well is an art that can be mastered
c) I saw a doctor because I was suffering from tennis elbow
d) In tennis, one has to focus on one’s serving action
Answer: Yes, I think I’ve finally mastered the technique, though it took months of practise
34. Choose the word which means the same as 'famous':
a) Popular
b) Introvert
c) Pedophile
d) Powerful
Answer: Popular
35. Choose the correct option:
The thief walked away with the diamond crown on display. No one stopped him because he was ___________ the director of the museum.
a) contracting
b) impersonating
c) implanting
d) contradicting
Answer: impersonating
36. Person working in same organisation
a) Colleague
b) Antagonist
c) Opposer
d) Detractor
Answer: Colleague
37. Fill in the blanks with the proper tense or form of the verb given in bracket:
I _________ the painting just now.
a) finished
b) had finished
c) finish
d) have Finished
Answer: Have Finished
38. A story in which animals or objects speak and give wholesome moral lesson
a) Allegory
b) Fable
c) Legend
d) Parable
Answer: Fable
39. We met a lot of people __________ our holidays.
a) On
b) In
c) During
d) At
Answer: During
40. Fill in the blank with correct word from the options given below that makes the sentence meaningful.
This cup of milk is ___________.
a) hot enough to drink
b) hot to drink
c) too hot to drink
d) to hot drink
Answer: hot to drink
41. Select correct options to replace the blanks:
Sonal : Mom, can you tell me how to make a two _____ cake ?
Mom : Ok. First mix the ingredients, some________,
sugar and baking soda in a_____as per requirement.
a) tyre, flour, boul
b) tire, flower, bowel
c) tier, flour, bowl
d) tired, floor, bole
Answer: tier, flour, bowl
42. Choose the correct article to fill in the blank: I'm in ___ hurry.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) no article
Answer: a
43. Find out the misspelt word:
a) NEIGH
b) MUSCULAR
c) LEAGE
d) INFLUENTIAL
Answer: LEAGE
44. Change the voice of the sentence: He said to me, "They will hurt you".
a) He said to me that they will hurt me.
b) He said to me that he would be hurt me.
c) He said to me that they would hurt me.
d) He said to me that they would hurt you.
Answer: He said to me that they would hurt me.
45. Choose the odd one out: Puke, Nauseate, Vomit, Emit
a) Puke
b) Nauseate
c) Vomit
d) Emit
Answer: Emit
46. The thief walked away with the diamond crown on display. No one stopped him because he was ______ the director of the museum.
a) contacting
b) impersonating
c) implanting
d) contradicting
Answer: Impersonating
47. Choose the correct synonym for the word given in bold:
Lisa felt nostalgic upon seeing her hometown.
a) Solitary
b) Dreary
c) Lethargic
d) Sentimental
Answer: Sentimental
48. Dyna and Paul _____ for five years.
a) has been married
b) have been married
c) are married
d) is married
Answer: Have been married
49. A pronoun that stands for a person or thing is called a _____
a) personal pronoun
b) possessive pronoun
c) relative pronoun
d) reflexive pronoun
Answer: personal pronoun
50. Choose the correct pronoun for the subject of the given sentence: When can Derek and Drew come over to play?
a) Me
b) Him
c) Us
d) They
Answer: They
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