Unicus English Olympiad (UEO) Class 10 Sample Paper

Sample Paper
(2020-21)

Class 10
Unicus English Olympiad

Section – Class* Total Marks per Total
*Syllabus covered Questions Questions Questions
Classic Section – Class 9 28 1 28
Classic Section – Class 8 12 1 12
Scholar Section – Class 9 7 2 14
Scholar Section – Class 8 3 2 6
Grand Total 50 60

1. Select the appropriate conjunction to complete the sentence:

_____ of several warnings, he continued to be mischievous.

a) Although b) In spite of
c) Because d) However

Correct Answer: b 1 Mark

2. Read the given statement and fill the antonym for the word given in quotes:

The umpire “deferred” the decision by 30 minutes.

a) preponed b) different
c) postponed d) disagree

Correct Answer: a 1 Mark

3. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word given in the quotes:

A 'synopsis' of the leading formula connected with the circle will now be given to solve
all your problems.

a) Index b) Appendice
c) Summary d) Puzzles

Correct Answer: c 1 Mark

4. Choose the appropriate articles for the given sentence:

Smoking can cause _______ variety of lung problems. Primarily, smoking damages
______ airways and air sacs in ______ lungs. Often, lung disease caused by smoking
can take years to become noticeable, this means _______ it is often not diagnosed.

a) a, the, the, no article b) a, an, a, no article
c) a, a, an, no article d) a, a, an, the

Correct Answer: a 1 Mark

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5. Rearrange the given sentences into a meaningful sequence. The first and last sentence
are already aligned for you:

1: Sapiens rule the world, because we are the only animal that can cooperate flexibly in
large numbers.
P: One-on-one, even ten-on-ten, we humans
Q: In which thousands and millions of
R: We can create mass cooperation networks
S: Complete strangers work together towards common goals
6: Are embarrassingly similar to chimpanzees.
a) SRQP b) RSQP
c) RQSP d) RQPS

Correct Answer: c 1 Mark

6. Choose the indirect object noun from the given sentence:

My father decorated my room for my birthday.

a) Birthday b) Father
c) Room d) My

Correct Answer: a 1 Mark

7. Choose the suitable option which expresses the same sentences in passive/active
voice:

Why did she break the garden wall?
a) Why the garden wall was broken by her?
b) Why had the garden wall been broken by her?
c) Why was the garden wall broken by her?
d) Why will the garden wall be broken by her?

Correct Answer: c 1 Mark

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8. From the given options, choose the word which can be used as a substitute for the
given sentence:
The study of ancient societies

a) Anthropology b) Archaeology
c) History d) Ethnology

Correct Answer: b 1 Mark

9. Read the passage and answer the following question:
The health of the citizens is the responsibility of the state. For this purpose, the state
sets up health services, health centers, hospitals, maternity and child welfare centres.
But all this has only a curative value. Diseases are located and cured. But the public is
hardly educated in hygienic living. Prevention is better than cure. More attention should
be paid towards the prevention of diseases that are being done. The preventive
measures include vaccination, inoculation and above all instructing and educating the
public in hygienic living. The school can play an important role in instructing the parents
and pupils in healthy living. Through a programme of health instructions, the pupils can
have scientific knowledge about the body and its functioning, the principles of hygienic
living, the advantage of healthful habits and the means of preventing diseases. Health
instruction is so important that it should form an integral part of school education.

The school can play an important role in the prevention of disease programme by
_________________

a) organising vaccination programme
b) providing mid-day meal
c) providing medicine
d) instructing the parents and students about hygienic living conditions
Correct Answer: d 2 Marks

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10. Read the following poem and answer the question from the given option:

The Lapwing in the dark that falls before the dawn,
When the dew has settled on the thorn,
When the stars have been obscured by clouds,
A silence covers all things in shrouds.

No wind sighs in the mulberry tree,
No firefly glimmers wild and free,
A shadow has wrapped the night in the gloom,
It's silent as a deserted tomb.

All of a sudden a lapwing's cry
Cuts the black silence as it flies by,
Again and again, it slashes the dark
That haunts the empty, desolate park.

Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat,
It wings in the night, note after note;
I open my window so the light
Will flood the dark of this wretched night.

On reading the above poem, the poet is actually _________.
a) surprised b) angry
c) bored d) admiring the bird

Correct Answer: d 2 Marks

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