CREST English Olympiad Class 9 Previous Year Papers

Q.1

Fill in the blank with the correct spelling:

The __________ soldier shared his experiences with the younger recruits.

Q.2

Choose the correct meaning of the highlighted expression from the given options:

Once I couldn't help a friend due to some unavaoidable circumstances. Since then, she has turned a cold-shoulder towards me.

Q.3

Choose an appropriate relative pronoun for the given sentence, where one option fits both the blanks:

I'm looking at the art _______ you have painted, ______ is mine now!

Q.4

Read the following passage and answer the question(s):

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Amazon, the world's largest online retailer.
Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street (a famous street in New York) in various related fields. He founded Amazon in late 1994 during a cross-country road trip from New York City to Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore and has expanded to include a variety of products and services, including video and audio streaming. It is currently the world's largest Internet sales online company as well as the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services via its Amazon Web Services arm.
Bezos is also the founder of Blue Origin, a company that aims to make space travel affordable to ordinary people. He always has his customers in mind, no matter what he is working on. His top priority is making it as available and easily accessible as possible.
Bezos also purchased ‘The Washington Post’ (an American daily newspaper published in Washington) in 2013. He was named the "richest man in modern history" after his net worth increased to $150 billion in July 2018.
What is the name of the Amazon cloud infrastructure services?

Q.5

Choose the option which has the same relationship:

cricket : pitch

Q.6

Choose the word which is the exact opposite of the words given in the quotes:

I hate those artificial eyelashes which are long enough to 'annoy' me when I wear sunglasses.

Q.7

Choose an appropriate relative pronoun for the given sentence, where one option fits both the blanks:

_____ discovered America? There are several theories as to _____ “discovered” America — some more substantiated than others.

Q.8

Rearrange the given sentences into a meaningful sequence. The first and last sentence are already aligned for you:

1 : Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organised in time.
P : Or omit some of these elements creating a new variety
Q : Different styles or types of music may emphasise, de-emphasise
R : General definitions of music include common elements such as pitch
S : Rhythm, dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture
6 : This style gave an entirely new dimension to Hindustani classical music tradition.

Q.9

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word given in the quotes:

The 'distinction' left her feeling torn.

Q.10

Choose the right set of conjuctions to fill in the blanks:

Amazon is known for its disruption of well-established industries through technological innovation ______ mass scale. It is the world's largest e-commerce marketplace ______ it uses cloud computing platform. ______ Amazon is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world, it is the second largest private employer in the United States ______ one of the world's most valuable companies.