SilverZone iOEL Sample Paper Class 6

International Olympiad of English Language - iOEL’ 23 CLASS 6th SAMPLE QUESTIONS The Actual Question Paper Contains 35 Questions. The Duration of the Test Paper is 40 Minutes. 1. Below given is a letter with four blanks. Fill those blanks 3. Identify the given sentence on the basis of its structure. with the options provided in P, Q, R, S to make it a Rabindranath Tagore was both, a poet and a writer. sensible one. Dear Steve (A) Simple It’s been a while since we wrote, so I thought I’d drop you (B) Complex a line to bring you up to date with what’s been happening (C) Compound here. (D) All of these I suppose the most important thing is that Jane’s job is more secure than we thought._________I_______, but 4. Find the analogy. we just found out that she has a permanent contract of sorts. Obviously this is great, as it means we can relax a If ‘House’ is to ‘Shelter’ then ‘Soap’:? little. I still don’t have what I really want work wise, but (A) Washerman it will happen soon. You have to stay positive, don’t you? (B) Cleanliness My parents are both fine, _______ II________. For us, (C) Bathroom it’s great to be so close to family again, an extra sense of comfort and security. We see my sister quite often as (D) Water she’s in London, although we’re not that bothered about 5. In which of the following sentences the verbs used is/ going into the city. are transitive verb(s): So, what about you these days? _________ _____ III_______Since I’ve been having so much trouble A: Jack eats. getting a job I understand your reluctance to change. B: Ronaldo plays football. There’s nothing worse than filling in endless application C: Lata sings a song. forms,_____________IV_______. Yours Lovingly John (A) Only A (B) A and B P: At the beginning of the year, when she got the job, (C) Only C (D) B and C we thought it might only be for one semester 6. Fill in the blank with correct pronoun. Q: Are you still stuck in that old job? Two sisters loved__________. R: With no idea of what it will lead to S: And I think they are really happy that we’ve moved (A) One another (B) Each other back (C) Neither (D) themselves Choose your answer from the given options: 7. Arrange P,Q,R,S to make a meaningful sentence. I II III IV He said that those who (A) P Q R S (B) P S Q R P: would miss a very interesting game (C) P S R Q (D) R Q S P Q: to be played 2. Give the usage of the word underlined in the given R: between two famous teams sentence. S: would not accompany him Wait till I return. (A) QRPS (B) SPQR (A) Adjective (B) Conjunction (C) SQRP (D) SRPQ (C) Determiners (D) Pronoun 7

International Olympiad of English Language - iOEL’ 23 8. Change the direct sentence into indirect one. 9. The poor farmers in Bengal took up indigo cultivation The boy said to me, “Don’t buy this toy”. because: (A) The boy asked me not to buy the toy. (A) This was the only crop that would grow in Bengal. (B) The boy told me not to buy the toy. (B) It was a lucrative earning opportunity for the (C) The boy forbade me to buy that toy. farmers. (D) All of these (C) Farmers were forced to do so. (D) The British government gave the farmers huge Direction: For Q9-10: Read the given passage carefully and money for indigo cultivation. answer the questions that follow. In Bengal, many poor farmers had been forced and compelled 10. Why indigo cultivation resulted in famine in Bengal? to take up indigo cultivation when the British settlers were (A) Farmers were not interested in the cultivation of given the right to purchase and cultivate land in India. Many food grains. whites, therefore, either acquired land or advanced loan to (B) Most of the fertile lands had undergone forcible poor farmers and pressured them to forsake the farming of indigo cultivation. food grains and other cash crops for indigo cultivation. Within (C) British settlers forcibly took away all the food grains a few years, most of the fertile lands had undergone forcible out of Bengal. indigo cultivation, resulting in a famine situation in Bengal. (D) All foods were transported to Europe When the farmers declined to cultivate indigo, they were tortured, jailed and even killed. ANSWERS 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B) 8