Today's challenge for English Olympiads (With answer key)

Spot the grammatical error

Which part of the sentence has a grammatical error?

  • Part A : We discussed about the problem so thoroughly
  • Part B : on the eve of the examination
  • Part C : that I found it very easy to work it out.
  • No error 

Select the right word

  • Select the most appropriate word(s) which will make the sentence complete in a meaningful manner 

Fate smiles ________ those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.

  • Option I : Upon
  • Option II : After
  • Option III : for
  • Option IV : by

Test your vocabulary

  • Which word is the apt substitute to the description? 

Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool

  • Option I : Senility
  • Option II : Imbecility
  • Option III : Tranquility
  • Option IV : Dotage

Arrange the words in the correct sequence

  • Rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence to get the correct sequence.  

It has been established that

  • Part A : Einstein was
  • Part B : although a great scientist
  • Part C : weak in arithmetic
  • Part D : right from his school days

Know this idiom / phrase?

  • Choose the option which gives the correct meaning to the idiom / phrase below. 

To make clean breast of

  • Option A : Be very systematic
  • Option B : Self praise
  • Option C : Confess without reserve
  • Option D : to exercise

Complete the statement

  • Which option completes the statement correctly and meaningfully? 

Despite his best efforts to conceal his anger _____

  • Option A : people came to know that he was annoyed
  • Option B : he failed to give us an impression of his agony
  • Option C : we could detect that he was very happy
  • Option D : he succeeded in camouflaging his emotions

Identify the correct verbal analogy

  • Select the option which has the same relationship as the two words below have. 

DIVA : OPERA

  • Option A : producer : theatre
  • Option B : director : drama
  • Option C : conductor : bus
  • Option D : thespian : play

Word meaning

  • Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word given below. 

CORPULENT

  • Option A : Emaciated
  • Option B : Sharp
  • Option C : Obese
  • Option D : gaunt

Test your spellings

Only one word below has the correct spelling. Identify it.

  • Option A : Foreign
  • Option B : Foriegn
  • Option C : Forieng
  • Option D : Forgein

Antonyms

  • Which word is the exact opposite to the word given below.  

Enormous

  • Option A : soft
  • Option B : Average
  • Option C : Tiny
  • Option D : Weak

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