CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 8 Previous Year Papers

Is your child aiming for the Class 8 Reasoning Olympiad? Practising with previous year question papers is a smart way to master logic-based questions and boost exam confidence.

Why Solve Previous Year Papers?

  • Includes advanced topics like Mathematical Operations, Analytical Reasoning, Mirror Images and Water Images, Embedded Figures and Figure Formation etc.
  • Improves logical reasoning, speed, and accuracy under exam conditions.
  • Familiarises students with Olympiad-style formats and question difficulty.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Series Completion and Inserting the Missing Character, Analogy and Classification, Blood Relations, Coding-Decoding, Direction Sense Test, Logical Venn Diagram, Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle, Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test, Logical Sequence of Words, Alphabet Test, Mathematical Operations, Analytical Reasoning, Mirror Images and Water Images, Embedded Figures, Figure Formation, Construction of Squares, Grouping of Identical Figures, Figure Matrix, Paper Folding and Paper Cutting, Cubes and Dice, Dot Situations.

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

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

Q.1

In the following question, the letters of the words (given in the options) have been jumbled up. Reconstruct the words and identify the one which is the answer to the given clue.

A number

Q.2

Which is the correct sequence of the water cycle?

  1. Evaporation
  2. Rain
  3. Sea
  4. Clouds

Q.3

In the following question, there is a certain relationship between the two given numbers on one side of (: :) and one number is given on another side of (: :) where another number is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relationship with this number as the numbers of the given pair has. Choose the best alternatives.

20 : 11 : : 102 : ?

Q.4

Count the number of small cubes in the following figure.



Q.5

Choose the missing number to complete the given series.



Q.6

Which number will replace the question mark?



Q.7

In the following question, certain pairs of words are given, out of which the words in all pairs except one, bear a certain common relationship. Choose the odd pair.

Q.8

In the question given below, there are two statements A and B. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or of a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

A. Most of the shopkeepers in the locality closed their shops for the second continuous day.
B. Two groups of people living in the locality have been fighting with each other with bricks and stones, forcing people to stay indoors.

Q.9

A boy goes to see a film and finds a man who is his relative. The man is the husband of the sister of his mother. How is the man related to the boy?

Q.10

A square sheet of paper has been folded twice and punched and then unfolded. The pattern of holes on the sheet of paper has been shown as in the question figure. Find out the punched whole pattern when the question figure is folded twice.

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Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

Additional Preparation Resources

Students can also refer to the following resources to level up their CREST Reasoning Olympiad (CRO) exam preparation for class 8 -

  1. CREST Reasoning Worksheets Package for class 8 - 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 8 - 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 8 for free.

Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST Reasoning Olympiad past year paper pdf for class 8.

Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

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