CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 9 Previous Year Papers

Preparing for the Class 9 Reasoning Olympiad? Practising previous year papers is one of the most effective ways to strengthen logical reasoning and build exam confidence.

Why Practise with Previous Year Papers?

  • Covers advanced topics like Series Completion, Analogy and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations and Puzzle Test etc.
  • Improves analytical thinking, speed, and question-solving accuracy.
  • Gives a clear understanding of Olympiad-style formats and difficulty level.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Series Completion, Analogy and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Puzzle Test, 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

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

Q.1

The post office is to the East of the school while my house is to the South of the school. The market is to the North of the post office. If the distance of the market from the post office is equal to the distance of my house from the school, in which direction is the market with respect to my school?

Q.2

David said, 'I have no brother or sister and this girl is the wife of the only grandson of my mother.' Who is David to the girl?

Q.3

Looking at a woman sitting next to him, Harry said, “She is the sister of the husband of my wife”. How is the woman related to Harry?

Q.4

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 bear. Choose the best alternatives.

100 : 121 : : 144 : ?

Q.5

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. The Government of state 'X' decided to ban working of women in night shifts and also in late evening hours.
B.
The percentage of working women has a significant increase in the last one decade.

Q.6

A cube which is painted red on the outer surface is 2 inches high, 2 inches wide and 2 inches across. If it is cut into 1 inch cubes as shown by dotted lines, then indicate the number of cubes which are painted red only on two sides.



Q.7

Read the information given below carefully and answer the question.

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are selected to represent their school in six games, cricket, hockey, badminton, tennis, judo and athletics but not necessarily in the same order.
• One of them studies in class 10th, two in class 11th and three in class 12th.
• A plays hockey but doesn't study in class 10th.
• D plays cricket and studies in class 12th.
• Students of class 11th do not play tennis and are also not athletes.
• E studies in class 11th.
• The student selected to represent the school in hockey doesn't study in class 12th.
• C plays judo and studies in class 10th.

In which class does the student representing Tennis study?

Q.8

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.

4 - 4 = 17, 6 - 6 = 37, 2 - 2 = 5, 5 - 5 =?

Q.9

In the following letter series, some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Select the correct alternative.

b_ab_b_aab_b

Q.10

Find the missing term in the given series.

A5L, D25N, G125P, J625R, ?

Your Score: 0/10

Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

Additional Preparation Resources

Students can also refer to the following resources to level up their CREST Reasoning Olympiad (CRO) exam preparation for class 9 -

  1. CREST Reasoning Worksheets Package for class 9 - 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 9 - 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 9 for free.

Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST Reasoning Olympiad past year paper pdf for class 9.

Answers to Previous Year Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

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