CREST Reasoning Olympiad Class 9 Previous Year Paper

Q.1

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 average day temperature of the city has increased by about 2 degrees in the current year over the average of the past ten years.
B. More people living in rural areas of the state have started migrating to the urban areas in comparison with the earlier year.

Q.2

In making decisions about important question, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between 'strong' arguments and 'weak' arguments. 'Strong' arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. 'Weak' arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question. The question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument?

Statement- Should there be only two political parties in India?
Arguments
I. Yes, in many developed countries there are only two political parties.
II. No, Indian electorate is not mature to select between only two political parties.

Q.3

In the following question, find the figure out of the answer choices figures, that can be formed by joining the pieces given in the question figure:

Q.4

Kevin starts from his house and drives 20 km North. He then turns to his right and drives another 30 km, he takes a left turn and after driving 10 km. He realises that he had taken wrong turn, he again drives back 30 km in opposite direction. In which direction he is from the starting point?

Q.5

Answer the question based on the following arrangement:
8 C M @ N £ T 2 Y 6 S α Q $ 7  W # Z 3 U E % A 4

What is the difference between the total number of symbols and the total number of numerals in the given series?

Q.6

In the following question, determine the number/letters that replaces the question mark:

Q.7

How many rectangles are there in the given figure?

Q.8

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement:
Input: pages 28 empty 24 8 book hide 29 lost 23
Step I: 8 28 empty 24 book hide 29 lost 23 pages
Step II: 8 29 28 empty 24 book hide 23 lost pages
Step III: 8 29 24 28 empty book 23 hide lost pages
Step IV: 8 29 24 23 28 book empty hide lost pages
And Step IV is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in the following question the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: tears 11 emerge 54 18 again know 49 zebra 24 move 33 64 look

In step III, which of the following element will be fourth from the right end?

Q.9

Study the following diagram carefully and answer the following question:

In the given diagram, the square represents boys, the circle represents cricketers, the triangle represents honest, the rectangle represents literate.

Persons, who are cricketers but not boys are represented by _____________.

Q.10

In this question, the relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statement is followed by two conclusions. Study the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer:

Statements: H > J, F < H, I ≤ J = K
Conclusions: (i) H > I, (ii) I ≥ F