Unicus English Olympiad (UEO) Class 11 Sample Paper

Sample Paper
(2020-21)

Class 11
Unicus English Olympiad

Section – Class* Total Marks per Total
*Syllabus covered Questions Questions Questions
Classic Section – Class 10 28 1 28
Classic Section – Class 9 12 1 12
Scholar Section – Class 10 7 2 14
Scholar Section – Class 9 3 2 6
Grand Total 50 60

1. Choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/phrase:
Not likely to be easily pleased
a) Fastidious b) Infallible
c) Fatalist d) Communist

Correct Answer: a 1 Mark

2. Find the proper order for the four sentences and mark accordingly:

1: The lions used to be widely found in Africa and Asia.
P: There are special forest zones set aside for wildlife in various countries.
Q: Indiscriminate killing by hunters has been the cause of this drastic fall in their
number.
R: Today they are a relatively rare species.
S: If the species survives at all, it will be only in national parks.
6: No hunting is permitted in such reserved areas.

a) Q S P R b) R S P Q
c) S R P Q d) R Q S P

Correct Answer: d 1 Mark

3. Punctuate the following sentence:
great god I would rather be a pagan than such a christian wrote wordsworth.
a) 'Great God! I would rather be a Pagan than such a Christian,' wrote Wordsworth
b) “Great God! I would rather be a Pagan than such a Christian,” wrote Wordsworth.
c) “Great God! I would rather be a Pagan than such a Christian”, wrote Wordsworth.
d) Great God! I would rather be a Pagan than such a Christian, wrote Wordsworth.

Correct Answer: b 1 Mark

4. Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

Son: I failed, father. I don't understand how.
Father condemned: __________

a) Well, never mind. Try again next year. b) Well, I do! You are lazy.
c) Perhaps there has been a mistake. d) You really care that you should pass.

Correct Answer: b 1 Mark

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5. Fill in the blank with the correct option:

The earliest known Greek _______ are Mycenaean, written on clay tablets, and
________ records, but cannot be _________ literature

a) runics, document, termed b) writings, document, termed
c) document, register, termed d) transcripts, classify, termed

Correct Answer: b 1 Mark

6. Read the passage and answer the question:
In front of the house, there was a beach. Peter liked to stretch on the sand when the
sun was warming it. From the back door of the house, he would walk along a path as
far as the sand, and stand at the water's edge looking at the sea. When nothing very
interesting was happening on the water, he would go down on his knees and take a
handful of sand. Through his fingers ran the stand until only small stones and shells
were left. Then, with a large sweep of his arm and with as much strength as he could
muster, Peter would throw the shells away as far as he could.

At other times, he would go on his back and gaze up at the clouds, his hands idly
searching the sand at his sides. He never stopped playing with the sand and feeling it
run through his fingers, however much he was absorbed by the changes in the clouds.
Occasionally, some fishing boats came close enough to the beach for Peter to see what
the fishermen were doing. Then with his hands clasped, he would look and look, while
his whole body moved with the boat from side to side. When the fisherman drew in their
nets or cast them into the water, Peter would do the same with an imaginary net of his
own his place on the beach.

On this small beach, Peter had a world of his own.

When nothing interesting was happening on the water, Peter would______________.
a) take a handful of sand and let it run through his fingers
b) watch the fishing boats
c) pretend to be a fisherman by playing with his imaginary net
d) go back to the house

Correct Answer: a 1 Mark

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

We were “ecstatic” but increasingly nervous.

a) Animated
b) Bewildered
c) Enraptured
d) Wilful

Correct Answer: c 1 Mark

8. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the
four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in
Passive/Active Voice.

"Are you upset about your exam result?" asked a soft voice from behind.

a) A soft voice asked that if I was upset about my exam result.
b) A soft voice behind me asked if I was upset about my exam result.
c) A soft voice said to me are you upset about my exam result.
d) A soft voice from my back asked if I was upset about my exam result.

Correct Answer: b 1 Mark

9. Read the following passage and answer the question:

Manik Pradhan, a power-loom owner from Maharashtra, and his mother were
homeward-bound one evening when heavy rain forced them to take shelter beneath a
bridge. Not far away, a small group of laborers huddled together under a part of the
cement housing above a 16 meter deep well used to pump water for irrigation.
Suddenly, Manik and his mother heard the laborers scream. When the two got to the
well, they were told that a five-year-old boy named Hariya had fallen in through a side
opening in the structure. Ignoring his mother's fears, Manik quickly knotted together
lengths of flimsy rope belonging to the laborers and asked them to lower him into the
dark well. "I hope the rope holds," he thought. As he descended, Manik noticed the
metal rungs on the wall of the well. He grabbed hold of one and started climbing down
when he saw the boy clinging to a pipe running up the well's center. Grabbing the child,
Manik started to climb praying that the old rungs wouldn't give away and plunge them
both into the churning water below. Their luck held and within a few minutes, Manik
clambered to ground level and handed over Hariya to his sobbing father.

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The man fell at Manik's feet and offered him some money as a reward. Refusing the
cash, Manik took Hariya and his family to a nearby eatery and offered them steaming
tea to warm them up. Several organizations have honored Manik for his bravery and
presence of mind on that wet day three years ago. "I am happy I was at the right place
at the right time," he says, "and was able to return a little boy to his family."

On reading the above passage, from the given set of options choose the right option
which first drew Manik and his mother to the well?

a) They wanted to take shelter from the heavy rain
b) They were returning back home from their journey
c) They heard news of about a small boy falling into the well
d) They heard screams of the labourers

Correct Answer: d 2 Marks

10. Read the given statement and identify the best word that captures the expression of the
father:

She’s scared to ask for pocket money as her father is in a black mood today.
a) Occupied
b) Irritated
c) Busy
d) Worried

Correct Answer: b 2 Marks

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