CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 10 Previous Year Paper
Getting ready for the Class 10 Reasoning Olympiad? Practising previous year question papers is a powerful way to fine-tune logical thinking and boost Olympiad performance.
Why Solve Previous Year Papers?
Includes high-level topics like Series Completion, Analogy and Classification, Coding - Decoding and Blood Relations etc.
Sharpens decision-making, time management, and problem-solving skills.
Gives students the edge they need with real exam-style practice questions.
Download the Reasoning Olympiad Previous Year Paper for Class 10 (PDF) and help your child prepare smarter and score higher in reasoning competitions!
Section 1: Series Completion, Analogy and Classification, Coding - Decoding, Blood Relations, Sequential Output Tracing , Direction Sense Test, Logical Venn Diagrams, Alphabet Test and Logical, Alpha-Numeric, Number, Mathematical Operations, Inserting the Missing Characters, Analytical Reasoning, Mirror Images and Water Images, Spotting Out The Embedded, Figure Matrix, Paper Folding and Paper Cutting, Grouping of Identical Figures, Cubes and Dice, Dot Situation, Construction of Squares and Triangles, Figure Formation and Analysis.
Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input: 36 bread 8 same 92 shaving 82 seldom 54 den Step I: 8 36 bread same 92 shaving 82 seldom 54 den Step II: 8 shaving 36 bread same 92 82 seldom 54 den Step III: 8 shaving 36 seldom bread same 92 82 54 den Step IV: 8 shaving 36 seldom 54 bread same 92 82 den Step V: 8 shaving 36 seldom 54 bread 82 same 92 den Step V is the last step, find out in each of the rules followed in the above steps, find out in the following question the appropriate step for the given input. Input: 24 against 16 ascending 80 best bin 64 candy 46
Which of the following will be the second last step?
Q.2
Select an appropriate figure from the given alternatives that would complete the figure matrix:
Q.3
How many triangles are there in the given figure?
Q.4
Which one set of letters, when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series, shall complete it?
A _ B A L _ A _ D _ L E
Q.5
In the following question, all the equations except one have been solved according to a certain rule. You are required to solve the unsolved equation following the same rule and to choose the correct answer out of the given options:
7 - 4 - 1 = 714, 9 -2 - 3 = 932, 8 - 0 - 4 =?
Q.6
How many meaningful words of four letters can be formed by using the first, third, fifth and eighth letter of the alphabetical series using each letter only once?
Q.7
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input: 86 king 98 mouse duck 72 cat 48 hat 56 90 parrot Step I: 48 86 king mouse duck 72 cat hat 56 90 parrot 98 Step II: 48 56 86 king mouse duck 72 cat hat parrot 90 98 Step III: 48 56 72 king mouse duck cat hat parrot 86 90 98 Step IV: 48 56 72 cat king mouse duck hat parrot 86 90 98 Step V: 48 56 72 cat duck king mouse hat parrot 86 90 98 Step VI 48 56 72 cat duck hat king mouse parrot 86 90 98 Step VI: is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in following question the appropriate steps for the given input. Input: 66 juice roll 36 doll 80 love 44 baby 72 gone 40
Which Step number would be the following output? 36 40 44 baby doll juice roll love gone 66 72 80
Q.8
In the following question, four figures are given. Three are similar in a certain way and so form a group. Find out which one of the figures does not belong to this group:
Q.9
A house faces North. A man coming out of his house walked straight for 10 m, turned left and walked 25 m. He then turned right and walked 5 m and again turned right and walked 25 m. How far is he from his house?
Q.10
The question given below contains three items. These items may or may not have some relation with one another. Each group of items may fit into one of the options. Please indicate the option in which the group of items correctly fits into:
Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:
Q.1
c
Q.2
b
Q.3
a
Q.4
c
Q.5
b
Q.6
c
Q.7
c
Q.8
c
Q.9
a
Q.10
b
Additional Preparation Resources
Students can also refer to the following resources to level up their CREST Reasoning Olympiad (CRO) exam preparation for class 10 -
CREST Reasoning Worksheets Package for class 10 - It is a package of 5 worksheets. The worksheets are in the same pattern as the previous year paper. Hence, very useful for preparation. Existing users can purchase additional practice worksheets by following these steps: Login at https://www.crestolympiads.com/login -> Dashboard -> Additional Practice -> Buy & new users can visit https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration
CREST Reasoning Olympiad book for class 10 - The book covers topic-wise reading material, chapter-wise practice questions with answer key & contains the previous year paper. The book is available in both physical and pdf formats. Proceed now to purchase the Olympiad book. Also, students can view & download the first chapter of the Reasoning Olympiad book for class 10 for free.
Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST Reasoning Olympiad past year paper pdf for class 10.
Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:
Q.1 : c | Q.2 : b | Q.3 : a | Q.4 : c | Q.5 : b | Q.6 : c | Q.7 : c | Q.8 : c | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : b
