CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 8 Previous Year Paper

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

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

Kanika went 50 m South from her house, then turned left and went 20 m, then turning to North she went 30 m. In which direction is her home from this point?

Q.2

Arrange the given words in descending order and in a meaningful sequence:
[a] Nation [b] Village [c] Sub-district [d] District [e] State

Q.3

What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following alpha-numeric series?

ST39, UV43, WX47, ?

Q.4

What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following alpha-numeric series?

3F, 6G, 11I, 18L, ?

Q.5

In question a problem figure is given in the left followed by four answer figure A, B, C and D. Find out that answer figure which is the mirror image of the given problem figure if mirror is placed on XY:



Q.6

Which interchange of signs will make the following equation correct?
35 + 7 x 5 ÷ 5 - 6 = 24

Q.7

The following question consists of two words each that have a certain relationship with each other. Select the pair that has the same relationship as the original words:

Run : Race :: ?

Q.8

In the following question, five figures are given. Out of them, find the three figures that can be joined to form a square:



Q.9

'Mind' is related to 'think', in the same way, 'teeth' are related to:

Q.10

Given below are the different positions of a dice. What shall come in the place of 'X'?



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Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

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

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