iOEL - English Olympiad Practice Test (Class 9)

Directions: Below given is a report with four blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one:

Steps to Check Price Rise
Facing the controversy, the Modi government has (1) the price rise in several items. Finance minister Arun Jaitley has emphasized on the (2) the availability of essential commodities through de-hoarding, inspection and monitoring. The constant increase (3) being monitored. Additional allocation of 60 lakh tonnes of rice has been approved for distribution among BPL families.
The cabinet committee has approved the inclusion of onion and potato (4) limits under the essential commodities act.

P: urgency to check limitations in ensuring
Q: in the retail price of milk is
R: under the purview of stock holding
S: announced several measures to check

Directions: Below given is a report with four blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one:

Generating Awareness About Sanskrit
The Hindustan Times, 15^th January, 2014, Kullu:
The Governor put emphasis (1) Sanskrit language. He said it should be adopted as the second language in the schools of the state. He was (2) of the four day Inter Campus Youth Festival of the National Sanskrit Organization. The governor said Sanskrit was a rich language in (3) of all wisdom. He said the youths should learn Sanskrit to be able to understand (4) these texts.

P: all respects and was the source
Q: on generating awareness about the
R: the knowledge available in
S: speaking at the opening ceremony

Directions: Below given is a story with three blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one.

Once there was a washerman. He had two pets, a dog and a donkey. The dog used to (1) washerman's clothes or load. One night a thief broke into the house. The washerman was sleeping. The dog too was fast asleep. So, he didn't bark at the thief. The donkey (2) by braying loudly. The thief ran away. The washer man could not sleep and came out. He was unable to understand why donkey was braying. So, (3) very badly. But, the washerman' s house was saved because of the poor donkey.

P: noticed the thief and tried to waken his master
Q: he beat the stupid but dutiful donkey
R: keep watch and donkey used to carry

Directions: Below given is a story with four blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one.

A trumpeter, during the battle, (1) and was captured by them. The enemies were about to kill him to death when he begged (2) mercy. He said, “I don't fight and indeed carry no weapon. I only blow this trumpet. This surely cannot harm you; then why are you killing me?”

The others said, “You may not fight yourself. But you encourage (3) fight.”

P: and guide your men to
Q: ventured too near the enemy
R: them to hear his plea for

Directions: Below given is a story with three blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one.

Once a drought broke out in the country. There lived a rich man in that village who (1) children. So every day the children flocked to his house. As soon as the servants brought out the loaves of bread, the children fought amongst themselves to get the bread but one little girl didn't fight. She waited patiently (2). One day, as usual, she brought the smallest loaf. When she cut it, she found ten rupees in it. At once she went back to return the money. The rich man was (3) not only those ten rupees but also an additional twenty rupees as a reward.

P: pleased by her honesty and gave her
Q: used to distribute bread to poor
R: for her turn and got the smallest loaf

Directions: Below given is a body of notice with three blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one.

Environment Day
Our (1) Environment Protection Day from 1st December to 4th December, 2015. Several activities including tree plantation, poster making, (2) will be held to create awareness about the environment. For further (3) staff in-charge.

P: details contact your
Q: school is observing
R: storytelling and singing

Directions: Below given is a body of notice with three blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one.

Football Match

Our school (1) organize a football match on 6^th December, 2015. The match will (2) in the sports ground of our school. The students interested in taking part (3) names to the sports teacher of their respective class.

P: is going to
Q: may submit their
R: take place

Directions: Below given is a body of notice with three blanks. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it a sensible one.

Music Gala Event
An inter school music competition (1) on 15^th December, 2015 at Nehru Hall. An audition will be held to (2) for the competition. Candidates who are interested may submit (3) the undersigned.

P: select students
Q: their names to
R: will be held

An individual's _______ brain waves are measured in brain fingerprinting.

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Brain fingerprinting is a technique which is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes specific information related to an event or activity by measuring electrical brain waves. The technique works only in situations where investigators have a sufficient amount of specific information about an event or activity that could only have been known to the investigator and criminal.

Brain fingerprinting measures electrical brain activity via a fitted headband containing special sensors. In this, the person who has to be tested wears a headband with electronic sensors that measure the brain waves from several locations on the scalp. Brain fingerprinting uses cognitive brain responses and it does not depend upon the emotions of a subject.

Dr. Lawrence Farwell is the inventor of the technique who has used the technique in one court case to determine the innocence of a man convicted of a murder. In his experiment, Farwell showed each person pictures from the crime scene and measured their brainwave response to see which person had seen the crime scene before. Farwell claimed the test is 99.99 infallible and he convinced the court to free the convicted person. The technique can be used to fight terrorism if mandated. On the other hand, critics question whether brain fingerprinting could be administered efficiently and without a considerable number of false readings.

_________ help in gauging the brain waves from different parts of scalp.

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Brain fingerprinting is a technique which is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes specific information related to an event or activity by measuring electrical brain waves. The technique works only in situations where investigators have a sufficient amount of specific information about an event or activity that could only have been known to the investigator and criminal.

Brain fingerprinting measures electrical brain activity via a fitted headband containing special sensors. In this, the person who has to be tested wears a headband with electronic sensors that measure the brain waves from several locations on the scalp. Brain fingerprinting uses cognitive brain responses and it does not depend upon the emotions of a subject.

Dr. Lawrence Farwell is the inventor of the technique who has used the technique in one court case to determine the innocence of a man convicted of a murder. In his experiment, Farwell showed each person pictures from the crime scene and measured their brainwave response to see which person had seen the crime scene before. Farwell claimed the test is 99.99 infallible and he convinced the court to free the convicted person. The technique can be used to fight terrorism if mandated. On the other hand, critics question whether brain fingerprinting could be administered efficiently and without a considerable number of false readings.

The other word used for 'precise' in the passage is :

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Brain fingerprinting is a technique which is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes specific information related to an event or activity by measuring electrical brain waves. The technique works only in situations where investigators have a sufficient amount of specific information about an event or activity that could only have been known to the investigator and criminal.

Brain fingerprinting measures electrical brain activity via a fitted headband containing special sensors. In this, the person who has to be tested wears a headband with electronic sensors that measure the brain waves from several locations on the scalp. Brain fingerprinting uses cognitive brain responses and it does not depend upon the emotions of a subject.

Dr. Lawrence Farwell is the inventor of the technique who has used the technique in one court case to determine the innocence of a man convicted of a murder. In his experiment, Farwell showed each person pictures from the crime scene and measured their brainwave response to see which person had seen the crime scene before. Farwell claimed the test is 99.99 infallible and he convinced the court to free the convicted person. The technique can be used to fight terrorism if mandated. On the other hand, critics question whether brain fingerprinting could be administered efficiently and without a considerable number of false readings.

Emotions of a subject ________ affect brain fingerprinting.

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Brain fingerprinting is a technique which is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes specific information related to an event or activity by measuring electrical brain waves. The technique works only in situations where investigators have a sufficient amount of specific information about an event or activity that could only have been known to the investigator and criminal.

Brain fingerprinting measures electrical brain activity via a fitted headband containing special sensors. In this, the person who has to be tested wears a headband with electronic sensors that measure the brain waves from several locations on the scalp. Brain fingerprinting uses cognitive brain responses and it does not depend upon the emotions of a subject.

Dr. Lawrence Farwell is the inventor of the technique who has used the technique in one court case to determine the innocence of a man convicted of a murder. In his experiment, Farwell showed each person pictures from the crime scene and measured their brainwave response to see which person had seen the crime scene before. Farwell claimed the test is 99.99 infallible and he convinced the court to free the convicted person. The technique can be used to fight terrorism if mandated. On the other hand, critics question whether brain fingerprinting could be administered efficiently and without a considerable number of false readings.

Brain fingerprinting cannot be done _________.

Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Brain fingerprinting is a technique which is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes specific information related to an event or activity by measuring electrical brain waves. The technique works only in situations where investigators have a sufficient amount of specific information about an event or activity that could only have been known to the investigator and criminal.

Brain fingerprinting measures electrical brain activity via a fitted headband containing special sensors. In this, the person who has to be tested wears a headband with electronic sensors that measure the brain waves from several locations on the scalp. Brain fingerprinting uses cognitive brain responses and it does not depend upon the emotions of a subject.

Dr. Lawrence Farwell is the inventor of the technique who has used the technique in one court case to determine the innocence of a man convicted of a murder. In his experiment, Farwell showed each person pictures from the crime scene and measured their brainwave response to see which person had seen the crime scene before. Farwell claimed the test is 99.99 infallible and he convinced the court to free the convicted person. The technique can be used to fight terrorism if mandated. On the other hand, critics question whether brain fingerprinting could be administered efficiently and without a considerable number of false readings.