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.

Why Practising with Past Papers Works

• 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

Sample Paper Previous Year Paper Marking Scheme

Previous Year Questions

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Q.1	How many such pairs of letters are there in the word - "MASTER" which has as many letters between them as there are in the english alphabet series?
	a) 4		b) 1
	c) 2		d) 3

Q.2	Select the related word from the given alternatives: Watermelon : Fruit :: Potato : ?
	a) Crop		b) Food
	c) Vegetable		d) Chips

Q.3	How many triangles are there in the given figure?
	a) 3		b) 6
	c) 5		d) 4

Q.4	Find the next two terms of the following series: 25, 20, 30, 15, 35, 10, _ , _
	a) 40, 15		b) 45, 5
	c) 5, 35		d) 40, 5

Q.5	Three words are given in the following question, which have something in common among themselves. Out of four given alternatives, choose the most appropriate option which has a similar relationship to these three words: Bone : Skeleton : Nerve
	a) House : Door : Window		b) Spoke : Wheel : Handle
	c) Retina : Eye : Pupil		d) Snow : Cloud : Ice

Q.6	How many circles are there in the following figure?
	a) 7		b) 9
	c) 8		d) 10

Q.7	Read the following information carefully and then answer the question given below: From amongst five doctors Arya, Bobby, Calvin, David and Eshu, four engineers Genny, Heena, Kevin and Leo and six teachers Michael, John, Opal, Kate, Tom and Ron, some teams are to be selected. Of these Arya, Boby, Genny, Heena, Opal, Kate and Tom are females and the rest are males. The formation of teams is subject to the following conditions: I. Whenever there is a male doctor, there will be no female teacher. II. Whenever there is a male engineer, there will be no female doctor. III. There shall not be more than two male teachers in any team. If the team consists of two doctors, two female teachers and two engineers, then all the following teams are possible except:
	a) Opal, Kate, Genny, Heena, Arya and Bobby		b) Arya, Bobby, Genny, Heena, Kate and Tom
	c) Arya, Bobby, Kevin, Leo, Kate and Tom		d) Arya, Bobby, Genny, Heena, Opal and Tom

Q.8	In the following question, there is a certain relationship between the two given series on one side of (::) and one series is given on another side of (: :) where another series is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relationship with this series as the series of the given pair bear. Choose the best alternatives: 1, 2, 4, 7 : 3, 4, 6, 9 : : ? : 2, 3, 5, 8
	a) 0, 1, 3, 6		b) 2, 4, 5, 8
	c) 1, 3, 4, 7		d) 3, 5, 6, 8

Q.9	In the following question, which answer figure is embedded in the question figure?
	a)		b)
	c)		d)

Q.10	Find the next term of the following series: D7, G10, J13, M16, ?
	a) P18		b) Q19
	c) P19		d) P20

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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.