CREST Science Olympiad Class 5 Previous Year Papers

Want to help your child do well in the Class 5 Science Olympiad? One of the most effective ways is to practise with previous year question papers. These papers are not just about answering questions-they help children understand the exam pattern, revise important topics, and build confidence.

Why Practise with Previous Year Papers?

• They include questions from key topics like Animals, Human Body and Health, Plants, Natural Resources etc.
• They train students to manage time efficiently while solving challenging questions.
• Each paper comes with an answer key to help track progress and learn from mistakes.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Animals, Human Body and Health, Plants, Natural Resources, Pollution and Calamities, Earth and Universe, Matter, Force, Work and Energy.

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

Sample Paper Previous Year Paper Marking Scheme Free Study Material

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Q.1	Two students were having a classroom discussion on earth and universe and this is what they said: Ana: An imaginary line about which earth rotates is called its pole. Sara: Earth takes 365 days to complete one rotation. Who among them was/were wrong?
	a) Ana only		b) Sara only
	c) Both the students were wrong		d) Both the students were correct

Q.2	Four children made the following statements: Richard - Natural resources are very useful and they are both exhaustible and inexhaustible. Sara - Resources that we get from soil are called unnatural resources. Bob - Some of the natural resources are very harmful to us. Tom - Non-mineral resources include air and water which are not obtained from the soil. Which of the above children made the correct statements?
	a) Richard and Sara		b) Sara and Bob
	c) Richard and Tom		d) Sara and Tom

Q.3	Read the following statement carefully and identify X correctly: X is the conversion of solid into gas without changing into liquid.
	a) Sublimation		b) Evaporation
	c) Melting		d) Decantation

Q.4	Identify the type of joint shown in the picture:
	a) Hinge joint		b) Ball and socket joint
	c) Gliding joint		d) Pivot joint

Q.5	Match column I with column II and select the correct option: Column I Column II 1. Dolphin a. Mammal with a beak like a duck 2. Platypus b. A fish-like mammal that lives in water 3. Ostrich c. Lays the smallest egg 4. Hummingbird d. Lays the largest egg
	a) 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - d, 4 - c		b) 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c, 4 - d
	c) 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - d		d) 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c, 4 - d

Q.6	In which of the following groups, matter does not share the same properties?
	a) Stone, brick, pebble		b) Air, hydrogen, helium
	c) Apple juice, salt, soda		d) Coke, orange juice, tomato juice

Q.7	Unscramble the words to find the name of the type of simple machine that is made with a rope or chain wrapped around a wheel as shown in the picture below:
	a) REEVL		b) EGWDE
	c) WECSR		d) YEPLUL

Q.8	The name of which of the following CANNOT be obtained by using the letter in the wonder box below: G       M     A     T     E     I     C     N       F      O     B    U     R    Y
	a) Attractive or repulsive force that arises between electrically charged particles because of their motion.		b) Upward force exerted by a fluid on a body.
	c) Force by which the earth pulls an object towards it.		d) Force generated when two surfaces in contact slide against each other.

Q.9	Complete the following sentences and select the correct option: 1. The spines protect the plant from _____________________. 2. Coconut trees are generally found in ________________________.
	a) 1. grazing animals 2. hot and damp areas		b) 1. itching 2. rainy areas
	c) 1. floating 2. desert regions		d) 1. pricking 2. hilly areas

Q.10	Which of the following are not the characteristic properties of liquids? 1. They expand on heating. 2. They can be compressed easily. 3. There is a lot of intermolecular space between the molecules. 4. They do not have a definite shape. 5. They flow to take the shape of the container.
	a) 2 and 3		b) 1 and 4
	c) 4 and 5		d) 3 and 4

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Additional Preparation Resources

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

1. CREST Science 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 Science 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 Science Olympiad book for class 5 for free.

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