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

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 input and rearrangement.
Input : 29 own 18 down 37 13 low east 46 pick 26 alarm
Step I : alarm 46 29 own 18 down 13 low east 46 pick 26
Step II : alarm 46 east 34 own 18 down 13 low 46 pick 26
Step III: alarm 46 east 34 own 18 18 down low 46 pick 26
Step IV : alarm 46 east 34 own 18 pick 13 down low 46 26
Step V : alarm 46 east 34 own 18 pick 13 low 21 down 46
Step VI : alarm 46 east 34 own 18 pick 13 low 21 down 41
Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement.
As per the rules followed in the steps given above, find out in the following question the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: 28 upon 19 flow 41 38 India melt 16 eat cream 31 quick

Which word/number would be at the fifth position from right end in step IV?

Q.3

In the question given below, there are four statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions, logically follows from the four statements disregarding commonly known facts:

Statements -
I. Some umbrellas are raincoats.
II. All the raincoats are shirts.
III. No shirt is a blazer.
IV. Some blazers are suits.
Conclusions -
I. Some shirts are umbrellas.
II. Some suits are raincoats.

Q.4

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.5

Determine the term that would come in place of the question mark:

Q.6

In the following question, one number is wrong in the series. Find out the number:

2, 6, 12, 72, 865, 62208

Q.7

Answer the question based on the following arrangement:
M 7 Σ 8 L P @ ? 6 N B T Y 3 2 = E $ 4 9 © G H 5

If ‘78’ is to ‘P ? 6’ and ‘?N’ is to ’T32’, then in the same way as'2E' is to ______ in the arrangement.

Q.8

Select an appropriate figure from the given alternatives that would complete the figure matrix:

Q.9

In the following question, choose which number completes the second pair in the same way as the first pair:

DJIH : 31 : : HKCT : ?

Q.10

In making decisions about important questions, 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?

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