CBSE Class 6 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set D

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 21, CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

1. These clothes are still completely wet. You didn’t hang them in ______ sun?
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. some
Answer : C

2. It _______ silly to me to wear that funny colourful hat, so I took it off.
A. seemed
B. seems
C. seeming
D. seem
Answer : A

3. Today I bought two _____________.
A. crisp packets
B. crisps
C. packet crisps
D. packets of crisps
Answer : D

4. Hello, Sita. This is Isabel. I’m ______ to ask you about today’s homework.
A. phoned
B. phone
C. phones
D. phoning
Answer : D

5. If you want me to, I ______ explain how the toy car works.
A. going to
B. will
C. will going to
D. would
Answer : B

6. We are _________ a party next Friday. Please bring your brother along.
A. to have
B. have
C. will have
D. having
Answer : D

7. __________ poetry, Kapil also enjoys writing short stories and songs.
A. Besides
B. Except
C. Along
D. Likewise
Answer : A

8. Our teacher ______ about the new books in the library.
A. said
B. told us
C. said us
D. told
Answer : B

9. We were marked wrong even before we ______ the question in the quiz. Not fair.
A. had answered
B. will answer
C. were answering
D. was answering
Answer : A

10. The water was very cold. ______ , we went for a swim. We almost froze.
A. Even so
B. Although
C. Though
D. Even
Answer : A

11. She’s gone without us. She ______ have waited a few more minutes for us!
A. can
B. couldn’t
C. might
D. shouldn’t
Answer : C

12. Wow! What have you done to your hair? Your hair is ______ .
A. gorgeous
B. good-looking
C. delectable
D. none of these
Answer : A

13. She said she doesn’t have it. She totally ______ that she had ever taken my books.
A. accepted
B. recalled
C. repeated
D. denied
Answer : D

14. I like the new singer. His music is very popular ______ the young people.
A. between
B. among
C. including
D. midst
Answer : B

15. He’ll be exhausted when he gets here. He ________ travelling all day.
A. will be
B. will have been
C. would be
D. would have
Answer : B

16. Last night when I ______, the electricity went off and I had to study in candle light.
A. studied
B. were to study
C. will study
D. was studying
Answer : D

17. Thank you for the book, sir. I ______ admire your writing.
A. hardly
B. slightly
C. rather
D. greatly
Answer : D

18. I opened the window in front of ______ and took a deep breath of fresh air.
A. own self
B. yourself
C. oneself
D. myself
Answer : D

19. I just know a ______ about cooking. I don’t like cooking so I don’t cook much.
A. few
B. less
C. little
D. fewer
Answer : C

20. By the end of the next month you ______ received your exam results.
A. will have
B. would
C. have had
D. had
Answer : A

21. You ______ speak so loudly. We all can hear you.
A. need to
B. needn’t
C. had better
D. ought not to
Answer : B

READING

FOR questions 22 TO 28, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

Anglerfish

The angry-looking deep sea anglerfish has a right to be cranky. It is quite possibly the ugliest animal on the planet, and it lives in what is easily Earth’s most unfriendly habitat: the lonely, lightless bottom of the sea.
There are more than 200 species of anglerfish, most of which live in the murky depths of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans, up to a mile below the surface, although some live in shallow, tropical environments. Generally dark gray to dark brown in colour, they have huge heads and enormous crescentshaped mouths filled with sharp, translucent teeth. Some anglerfish can be quite large, reaching up to 3.3 feet (1 metre) in length and can weigh up to 50 kg. Most however are significantly smaller, often less than twelve inches.
Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of their spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name, as the word angler means a person who fishes with a rod and line. Tipped with an attraction of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be grabbed. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so elastic, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size.
The male, which is significantly smaller than the female, has no need for such an adaptation. In lieu of continually seeking the vast gorge for a female, it has evolved into a permanent opportunistic mate.
When a young, free-swimming male angler encounters a female, he latches onto her with his sharp teeth. Over the time, the male physically fuses with the female, connecting to her skin and bloodstream and losing his eyes and all his internal organs except the testes. A female can carry six or more males on her body.

22. Anglerfish is bad tempered because ________.
A. it lives in the sea but wants to be in rivers
B. it is unattractive and alone
C. it fights with everybody around it
D. it has a right to be irritable
Answer : B

23. Anglerfish can be found about ______ mile deep in the sea.
A. 200
B. 3.3
C. 12
D. 1
Answer : D

24. Many anglerfish are not very big, only about ______ inches long.
A. 200
B. 12
C. 1
D. 50
Answer : B

25. Anglerfish is called that because ______.
A. it looks like a man with a fishing rod
B. it is always angry and looks unhappy
C. it has a flexible body and a big mouth
D. none of these
Answer : A

26. The tip of their spine, which protrudes above their mouth ______ to attract prey.
A. opens
B. grabs
C. swallows
D. glows
Answer : D

27. Anglerfish can eat their prey twice their size because their bodies are very ______.
A. springy
B. flexible
C. supple
D. bendy
Answer : B

28. After the male latches onto a female, its body ______ into the female’s body.
A. separates
B. teams up
C. merges
D. parts
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 29 TO 35, CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION TO FILL EACH BLANK

Why is the sea wa ter salty?

One clue to how the sea became salty is the presence of salt lakes such as the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea. Both are about 10 times saltier (29) sea water. Why are these lakes salty while most of the world’s lakes are not? Lakes are temporary (30) areas for water. Rivers and streams bring water to the lakes, and other rivers carry water out of lakes. Thus, lakes are really only wide depressions in a river channel that have been (31) with water. Water flows in one end and out from the other. The Great Salt Lake, Dead Sea, and other salt lakes have no outlets. All the water that flows into these lakes (32) only by evaporation. When water evaporates, the dissolved salts are left behind. So a few lakes are salty because rivers carried salts to the lakes, the water in the lakes (33) and the salts were left behind. After years and years of river inflow and evaporation, the salt content of the lake water built up to the present levels. The same (34) made the seas salty. Rivers carry dissolved salts to the ocean. Water evaporates from the oceans to (35) again as rain and to feed the rivers, but the salts remain in the ocean. Because of the huge volume of the oceans, hundreds of millions of years of rivers input were required for the salt content to build to its present level.

29.
A. by
B. like
C. than
D. as
Answer : C

30.
A. storage
B. loading
C. putting
D. filling
Answer : A

31.
A. occupied
B. taken
C. filled
D. packed
Answer : C

32.
A. seepages
B. leaks
C. outflows
D. escapes
Answer : D

33.
A. vanished
B. evaporated
C. faded
D. disappeared
Answer : B

34.
A. process
B. progress
C. route
D. manner
Answer : A

35.
A. decrease
B. downpour
C. fall
D. cloudburst
Answer : C

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 45, CHOOSE THE BEST REPLY TO COMPLETE EACH CONVERSATION .

36. Doctor : “Remember, what I have told you.”
Patient : “Yes doctor, ______ is that I should quit smoking or else I’ll have serious health problems.”
A. the other side
B. off the top of your head
C. the bottom line
D. cross your head
Answer : C

37. Sam : “You a r e l e a rning computer programming? How?”
Bev : “______________.”
A. Computers are easy to learn. I know it already
B. Computer programming is making good programs
C. Yes. I took an exam, passed it and got admission
D. I don’t know what computer programming is, at all
Answer : C

38. Fatema : “What happened? Why are you jumping around?”
Fiza : “Yeah! I passed my exams with flying colours. I’m _________.”
A. over the moon
B. down in the dumps
C. under the weather
D. on the ball
Answer : A

39. Teacher : “You haven’t finished your homework again. That’s not good.”
Student : “______________.”
A. Look, I just forgot, okay. Sorry for not doing my homework
B. I would like to apologise for not doing the homework
C. What do you want me to say? I forgot. I’m sorry
D. Sorry but no sorry, there was too much to do
Answer : B

40. 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
Answer : B

41. Meenu : “We need to act now. We can’t wait any longer.”
Ruby : “I agree we need to take some ______ action before it is too late.”
A. latest
B. polite
C. decisive
D. wholehearted
Answer : C

42. Louise : “Happy birthday Sheila! Here’s a present for you, my dear friend.”
Sheila : “_____________”
A. You shouldn’t have bothered.
B. Thanks. Can I open it now?
C. My sincerest gratitude.
D. I cannot thank you enough.
Answer : B

43. Bob : “You won’t mind if I borrow your pen for a minute, ______?”
Harish : “Of course not, go ahead.”
A. won’t you
B. is it
C. will you
D. isn’t it
Answer : C

44. Student : “Thank you for letting me take the exam. Traffic was bad. Sorry for being late.”
Teacher : “_______________.”
A. You have just run out of time
B. That’s OK. Take your time to come
C. Well, you got here just in time
D. It’s about time you did it right
Answer : C

45. Hari : “You can ask me for help anytime.”
Sri : “I know you are very ______.”
A. selfish and rude
B. up and about
C. down to earth
D. ready to go
Answer : C

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 TO 48, CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD/PHRASE TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

46. I ran quickly and __________ cross the field easily, even though it was muddy.
A. is able to
B. could
C. can
D. was able to
Answer : D

47. Sunil was the first person I saw ______ the hospital. I was admitted for three days.
A. by leaving
B. on leaving
C. on to leave
D. in leaving
Answer : B

48. I will only work on my Science project ______ the weekend and do nothing else.
A. over
B. up to
C. in
D. by
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 49 AND 50, CHOOSE THE BEST REPLY TO COMPLETE EACH CON VERSATION .

49. Quiz master : “Now here’s your last question; it’s time to put your thinking ______ on!”
A. heads
B. brains
C. crowns
D. caps
Answer : D

50. Grace : “I know you are hiding something from me. Tell me.”
Hamid : “Yes there is something I need to tell you and _______.”
A. break the ice
B. give you a cold shoulder
C. get it off my chest
D. make a long story short
Answer : C