School Olympiads - International English Olympiad (IEO) previous year questions (PYQ)

2025 (4 questions)

Q1.

[Achievers Section - 3 Marks]
Choose the correct idiom that best captures the intended meaning:
The defense attorney was trying to find tiny procedural flaws, but the judge warned him not to ______ in such an airtight case.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'split hairs'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'burn the midnight oil'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'call it a day'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'hit the nail on the head'}

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Q2.

Read the passage excerpt and identify the author’s primary tone:
"While modern technology promises constant connectivity, the omnipresence of glowing screens has fostered an insidious isolation, severing the deep contemplative threads that historically anchored human empathy."

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'Celebratory and optimistic'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'Critical and cautionary'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'Apathetic and indifferent'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'Facetious and light-hearted'}

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2024 (13 questions)

Q1.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs & Modal Auxiliaries:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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Q2.

Choose the word that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the capitalized word:
The professor praised the speaker for his EPHEMERAL presentation on nanotechnology.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'Fleeting'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'Transient'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'Perpetual'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'Monotonous'}

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2023 (13 questions)

Q1.

Choose the grammatically correct option to fill in the blank:
Neither the headmaster nor the subject teachers ______ present at the annual sports committee meeting yesterday.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'was'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'were'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'is'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'are'}

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Q2.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Proverbs & Common Confusions:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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2022 (13 questions)

Q1.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Inference, Tone, Mood & Central Idea Extraction:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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Q2.

[Achievers Section - HOTS]
Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Vocabulary In Context & Contextual Meaning:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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2021 (13 questions)

Q1.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Proverbs & Common Confusions:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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Q2.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Error Spotting, Sentence Transformation & Editing:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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2020 (11 questions)

Q1.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Achievers Section: Advanced Rhetoric, Nuance & Precision:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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Q2.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Adjectives, Adverbs, Degrees of Comparison & Determiners:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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2019 (12 questions)

Q1.

[Achievers Section - HOTS]
Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Conversational Exchanges & Situational Dialogues:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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Q2.

[Achievers Section - HOTS]
Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Adjectives, Adverbs, Degrees of Comparison & Determiners:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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2018 (12 questions)

Q1.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Tenses, Subject-Verb Concord & Conditionals:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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Q2.

Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Scientific & Environmental Investigative Passages:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)

{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}

(B)

{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}

(C)

{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}

(D)

{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}

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