CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 10 Previous Year Paper

Getting ready for the Class 10 Reasoning Olympiad? Practising previous year question papers is a powerful way to fine-tune logical thinking and boost Olympiad performance.

Why Solve Previous Year Papers?

• Includes high-level topics like Series Completion, Analogy and Classification, Coding - Decoding and Blood Relations etc.
• Sharpens decision-making, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Gives students the edge they need with real exam-style practice questions.

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Syllabus:

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

Sample Paper Previous Year Paper Marking Scheme

Previous Year Questions

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Q.1	Find the missing number in the given series:
	a) 17		b) 18
	c) 21		d) 22

Q.2	Select an appropriate figure from the given alternatives that would complete the figure matrix:
	a)		b)
	c)		d)

Q.3	What comes in place of question mark (s) in the following letter series? W, U, S, P, M, I, ?
	a) E		b) A
	c) H		d) F

Q.4	How many triangles are there in the given figure?
	a) 9		b) 8
	c) 10		d) 11

Q.5	A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input: 86 king 98 mouse duck 72 cat 48 hat 56 90 parrot Step I: 48 86 king mouse duck 72 cat hat 56 90 parrot 98 Step II: 48 56 86 king mouse duck 72 cat hat parrot 90 98 Step III: 48 56 72 king mouse duck cat hat parrot 86 90 98 Step IV: 48 56 72 cat king mouse duck hat parrot 86 90 98 Step V: 48 56 72 cat duck king mouse hat parrot 86 90 98 Step VI 48 56 72 cat duck hat king mouse parrot 86 90 98 Step VI: is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in following question the appropriate steps for the given input. Input: 66 juice roll 36 doll 80 love 44 baby 72 gone 40 Which Step number would be the following output? 36 40 44 baby doll juice roll love gone 66 72 80
	a) II		b) VI
	c) V		d) IV

Q.6	Select an appropriate figure from the given alternatives that would complete the figure matrix:
	a)		b)
	c)		d)

Q.7	Select the option figure which satisfies the same conditions of the placement of dots as in the question figure:
	a)		b)
	c)		d)

Q.8	How many meaningful words of four letters can be formed by using the first, third, fifth and eighth letter of the alphabetical series using each letter only once?
	a) One		b) Three
	c) Two		d) None

Q.9	Select the answer figure in which the question figure is embedded:
	a)		b)
	c)		d)

Q.10	In the following question, four figures are given. Three are similar in a certain way and so form a group. Find out which one of the figures does not belong to this group:
	a) a		b) b
	c) c		d) d

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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 10 -

1. CREST Reasoning Worksheets Package for class 10 - 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 10 - 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 10 for free.

Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST Reasoning Olympiad past year paper pdf for class 10.