Olympiad 2024

1. Grammar and Lexical Categories

Choose the best word/phrase to complete each sentence.

Why ________ the books__________ yesterday?

Choose the best word/phrase to complete each sentence.

I ________ a shop but I chose to sell my products from home because most of my customers buy online.

Mountaineers survive at eight thousand metres because they practise for several months climbing high mountains to __________ adverse conditions.

You _________ down to 20 kilometres an hour when you drive through a school zone on a busy working day.

_________ the sun risen than the fog disappeared.

It is hard for me to ______________ with other students in the Advanced Mathematics class, as they take additional classes after school hours.

The twins were identical. It was hard for me to ___________ them _________.

Today _________ children who play computer games is bigger than that of a decade ago.

The rain continued for ____________ of the days when we were in Kerala but there wasn't _________ damage to the roads.

No medicine __________ for this rare disease that affects roses in winters every year.

These bicycles ______________ for difficult terrain, so you __________ them in the mountains.

If you ring the bell, the guard ___________ up to check your condition.

Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word.

Their business is tailoring gowns and selling them wholesale.

Amend the law -

Retain culture -

Squander wealth -

Scrutinise work -

Choose the part of the sentence that has an error.

Choose the part of the sentence that has an error.

Choose the part of the sentence that has an error.

2. Reading

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

The author begins the passage by asking a question because _________

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

Which statement is true? Encephalisation Quotient is a test________ _

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

Kelly is intelligent because she________ _.

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

The author says, 'She has trained the humans,' because ___________ .

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

Kelly breaks the fish into pieces and spreads them about the pool because _________ _.

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone because ______________ _.

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence. For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it. Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.

The purpose of the passage is to ______.

Read the text and choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

How can a parrot eat green chillies (28)_____ pleasure? (29)___ they have the ability to taste food? Just like us, parrots too have taste buds (30)____ they are far less in number. We have over 9000 taste buds while parrots have around 350 taste buds. This makes it really hard for a parrot to feel the same way about chillies as we (31)_______. Our taste buds are largely located on our tongue. A parrot’s taste buds (32)______ on its tongue and in the back of its throat, at the end of its tongue.

Read the text and choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.

How can a parrot eat green chillies (28)_____ pleasure? (29)___ they have the ability to taste food? Just like us, parrots too have taste buds (30)____ they are far less in number. We have over 9000 taste buds while parrots have around 350 taste buds. This makes it really hard for a parrot to feel the same way about chillies as we (31)_______. Our taste buds are largely located on our tongue. A parrot’s taste buds (32)______ on its tongue and in the back of its throat, at the end of its tongue.

How can a parrot eat green chillies (28)_____ pleasure? (29)___ they have the ability to taste food? Just like us, parrots too have taste buds (30)____ they are far less in number. We have over 9000 taste buds while parrots have around 350 taste buds. This makes it really hard for a parrot to feel the same way about chillies as we (31)_______. Our taste buds are largely located on our tongue. A parrot’s taste buds (32)______ on its tongue and in the back of its throat, at the end of its tongue.

How can a parrot eat green chillies (28)_____ pleasure? (29)___ they have the ability to taste food? Just like us, parrots too have taste buds (30)____ they are far less in number. We have over 9000 taste buds while parrots have around 350 taste buds. This makes it really hard for a parrot to feel the same way about chillies as we (31)_______. Our taste buds are largely located on our tongue. A parrot’s taste buds (32)______ on its tongue and in the back of its throat, at the end of its tongue.

How can a parrot eat green chillies (28)_____ pleasure? (29)___ they have the ability to taste food? Just like us, parrots too have taste buds (30)____ they are far less in number. We have over 9000 taste buds while parrots have around 350 taste buds. This makes it really hard for a parrot to feel the same way about chillies as we (31)_______. Our taste buds are largely located on our tongue. A parrot’s taste buds (32)______ on its tongue and in the back of its throat, at the end of its tongue.

3. Speaking and Writing

Choose the best response to complete each conversation.

Alice : "Hi Roma! Good to see you! Hope you had a good journey."

Roma : " ______________________ "

Choose the best response to complete each conversation.

Doctor : "Do this exercise for ten minutes every day in the morning."

Patient : "_______________________"

Choose the best response to complete each conversation.

Ryan : "How's the latest novel by Menishaw?"

Henrita : " ______________________ "

Choose the best response to complete each conversation.

Mother : "What? You lost the books again?"

Kirit : "_______________________ "

Choose the best response to complete each conversation.

Viv : "Dina holds the racquet too tightly."

Jeni : " _____________________ _."

Choose the best response to complete each conversation.

Nabil : "Don't worry! You're exactly the kind of person they are looking for. You'll get the job."

Ketan : "_______________________."

Veena : "Why do you look so sad, Joanna?"

Joanna : "My team said I played clumsily today. They said a ten-year old could play better than me."

Veena : "Oh! __________________________"

Kunal : "Thanks, mom, for letting me take that quick nap. I _____________ _."

Jack : "Do you have any idea how to solve this complicated problem?"

Kiran : "Well, Jack, I'm sorry. __________ _."

News reader : "The famous cricketer, Farid Aquil says he will retire after the Australian tour."

Dian : "That's not fair. How can he say ________ when he is so young and has so much more to achieve?"

Choose the best word/phrase to complete each sentence.

The Kinakia family managed to _________ on the pension their old mother brought home every month.

Choose the best word/phrase to complete each sentence.

Many a time _________ try to escape, but he never managed to.

4.B1 Listening

Watch a video about the city of York in England twice. For questions 1 to 6, say if the statements are true or false. English - Medieval York.

The Romans are the origin of the city of York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR4rGWLW_jU&t=16s

Most of the castle built in 1070 is still there.

No other towns preserve their medieval walls like York.

York was a rich town thanks to its river.

The cathedral, called the Minster, was built in 627.

The Minster has the biggest windows in the world.