CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 5 Previous Year Paper

Preparing for the Class 5 Reasoning Olympiad? Previous year papers are a smart tool to help students understand logical question formats and enhance analytical skills.

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  • Includes key topics like Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Geometrical Shapes and Solids, Embedded Figures etc.
  • Develops logical thinking, problem-solving speed, and accuracy.
  • Gives a clear idea of Olympiad-style reasoning questions and patterns.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Geometrical Shapes and Solids, Embedded Figures, Mirror Images and Water Images, Direction Sense Test, Possible Combinations, Ranking Test, Alphabet Test and Logical Sequence of Words, Puzzle Test, Coding - Decoding.

Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1

Previous Year Questions

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10

Q.1

Find the next two terms of the following series:

25, 20, 30, 15, 35, 10, _ , _

Q.2

Which of the following will be the correct water image of the given figure?


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Q.3

Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below:
T 4 © T 2 E % M P 5W 9 @ L Q R 6U H3 Z 7 * A T B 8 V #GS Y D

If all the symbols are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the fourteenth from the left end?

Q.4

Which of the following set of letters can be rearranged to form the word - “DESTROY”?

Q.5

Select the related word pair from the given alternatives:

Lion : Roar :: Donkey : ?

Q.6

Read the following information carefully to answer the question that follows:
Nine professors - G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O - have to appear on a series of three panels. Each panel will consist of three professors and each professor will appear exactly once. The panels must be arranged according to the following conditions:
I. I and N must be on the same panel.
II. K and L must be on the same panel.
III. O and J cannot be on the same panel.
IV. M must appear on the second panel.
V. Either J or M or both must appear on the panel with H.

Which of the following cannot be true?

Q.7

Jim started walking towards South from his home. After walking 15 meters, he turned left and walked 10 meters ahead. After this he turned 90 degrees in anti-clockwise direction and walked 12 meters ahead. Then he turned left and walked 10 meters ahead to reach his destination. In which direction is his destination with respect to his starting point?

Q.8

Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below:
T 4 © T 2 E % M P 5W 9 @ L Q R 6U H3 Z 7 * A T B 8 V #GS Y D

How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number but not immediately followed by a number?

Q.9

If in a certain code language 'nik ma de' is written as 'he has come', 'de lit pa' is written as 'come here fast' and 'ma la se' is written as 'she has gone' then how will 'he' be written in that language?

Q.10

Five girls viz. Amy, Barbie, Cathy, Divya and Emma are standing in a row facing towards north but not necessarily in the same order.
Amy sits second to the left of Cathy.
Neither Amy nor Cathy is sitting at the ends of the row.
Barbie sits second to the right of Divya.
Divya and Cathy are not immediate neighbours.

Who among the following is sitting at the rightmost end?

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Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1dQ.2cQ.3dQ.4aQ.5cQ.6dQ.7aQ.8bQ.9aQ.10c

Additional Preparation Resources

Students can also refer to the following resources to level up their CREST Reasoning Olympiad (CRO) exam preparation for class 5 -

  1. CREST Reasoning Worksheets Package for class 5 - 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
  2. CREST Reasoning Olympiad book for class 5 - 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 5 for free.

Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST Reasoning Olympiad past year paper pdf for class 5.

Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1 : d | Q.2 : c | Q.3 : d | Q.4 : a | Q.5 : c | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : a | Q.8 : b | Q.9 : a | Q.10 : c

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