Important Paper Olympiad IEO English
1. Though Abe had a national reputation, the Republican nomination for president in the Election of 1860 seemed elusive. What does elusive mean?
(a) possible
(b) impossible
(c) likely
(d) hard to get
Ans: (d)
2. How did William Seward feel after the Republic National Convention?
(a) He felt betrayed.
(b) He felt happy for Lincoln.
(c) He was devastated.
(d) He felt “the best man who”.
Ans: (c)
3. What according to publisher was greatest moment?
(a) It was the speech that could be published immediately.
(b) The publisher got some great material.
(c) No man ever made such an impression on his first appeal to a New-York audience.
(d) Abe decided that he would at least make an attempt for the Republican nomination to the presidency.
Ans: (c)
4. Who called Abe ‘the rail candidate’?
(a) Devoted campaigners.
(b) The railway staff.
(c) His competitors.
(d) The publisher.
Ans: (a)
5. What was Nasreddin’s job?
(a) Professor
(b) Judge
(c) Orator
(d) Ferry man
Ans: (d)
6. What kind was the second question asked?
(a) A language question
(b) A maths question
(c) A history question
(d) A physics question
Ans: (a)
7. Which man was probably able to swim?
(a) The professor
(b) Nasreddin
(c) A fish
(d) None
Ans: (b)
8. What was the professor’s remark to Nasreddin?
(a) “You did not study at school.”
(b) “How do you spell elephant?”
(c) “Then you wasted half your life.”
(d) “I have no idea”.
Ans: (c)
9. What is the noun form of the verb ‘surprised’?
(a) surprised
(b) surprise
(c) surprse
(d) none
Ans: (b)
10. When did networks start showing programs in colour?
(A) 1948
(b) 1953
(c) 1965
(d) 1939
Ans: (c)
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