CREST Reasoning Olympiad (CRO)

Previous Year Paper (2022-23)

Class 3 (Set - A)
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 45

• Additional 10 minutes will be allotted to fill up information on the OMR Sheet, before
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• There are a total of 35 questions in this booklet comprising 2 sections namely
the Logical Reasoning and Achievers' Section consisting of 25 questions (1 mark
each) & 10 questions (2 marks each) respectively.
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 Logical Reasoning (Each Question is 1 Mark)

1. The following figure shows four friends

with their ages as on 1 January 2020 or
their dates of birth. Who is the eldest?

a. b.

a. Pam b. Sam c. d.
c. Rachel d. Bob

2. In the following question, there are

three words. The first two words to the 6. Which of the following quantity denotes
left of (::) are related in some way. The the longest distance?
same relationship holds between the
third word to the right of the sign (::) a. 1800 m b. 3 miles
and one of the responses (a), (b), (c), c. 2 km d. 1.8 km
or (d). Identify the correct related word.
7. In the following question, a series of
TORCH : HCROT :: TABLE : ? numbers is given. Observe the pattern
given in the series and find the missing
a. ELABT b. ATELB term of the series.
c. ELBAT d. BATLE
12, 16, 21, 27, ?
3. In the following question, a series of
numbers is given. Observe the pattern a. 37 b. 35
given in the series and find the missing c. 33 d. 34
term of the series.
34, 40, 44, 50, 54, ? 8. In this question, three of the following
four figures marked as (a), (b), (c) and
a. 64 b. 62 (d) are similar in certain way. Choose
c. 60 d. 56 the one that is different from others.

4. In a certain code, ROBOTICS is written

as BCIOORST. How is MECHANIC
written in that code? a. b.

a. ACCEHIMN b. ACCHEIMN
c. NMIDECCA d. CINAHCEM
c. d.
5. Select the answer figure in which the
question figure is embedded/hidden.

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 9. In a certain code, SECONDARY is
written as YSRONEDCA. How is c. d.
TECHNOLOGY written in that code?

a. TYOONLHGEC b. CEGHLNOOTY
14. In a certain code, SUBSTANCE is
c. YTOONLHGEC d. YGOLONHCET
written as ECNATSBUS. How is
MATERIAL written in that code?
10. Which one set of letters when
sequentially placed at the gaps in the
a. LAIREMAT b. LAIRETAM
given letter series shall complete it?
c. TAMREAIL d. ALIRETAM
K _A K K_K_C K _ D

15. In this question, three of the following

a. BKBK b. KBKK
four alternatives are alike in a certain
c. BBKK d. KKKA
way. You have to choose the one that
is different from the rest.
11. How many quadrilaterals are there in
the following figure?
a. Peacock b. Owl
c. Ostrich d. Pigeon

16. In this question, three of the following

four option figures are similar in a
a. 4 b. 6 certain way. Choose the one that is
c. 5 d. More than 5 different from others:

12. In the following question, there are

three words. The first two words to the a. b.
left of (::) are related in some way. The
same relationship holds between the
third word to the right of the sign (::)
and one of the responses (a), (b), (c) or c. d.
(d). Identify the correct related word.

Dice : Cube :: Earth : ?

17. In the following question, one term in
a. Circle b. Ball the letter series is wrong. Find out the
c. Oblate Spheroid d. Moon wrong term.

13. Select the answer figure in which the W, T, Q, N, J, H

question figure is embedded/hidden.
a. Q b. H
c. J d. T

18. Select the answer figure in which the

question figure is embedded/hidden.

a. b.

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 23. In this question, three of the following
a. b. four option figures are similar in a
certain way. Choose the one that is
different from others.

c. d.
a. b.

19. In a certain code, TEAM is written as

3527 and ATOMIC is written as
c. d.
236794. How is ITEM written in that
code?

a. 9357 b. 9661
24. Select the answer figure in which the
c. 3579 d. 9375
question figure is embedded/hidden.
20. In a row of 23 girls, when Nora was
shifted by four places towards the right,
she became 12th from the left end.
What was her earlier position from the
right end of the row?

a. 13th b. 15th
a. b.
c. 17th d. 16th

21. Select the next term of the following

series:
c. d.
20, 49, 68, 87, ?

a. 95 b. 106
c. 105 d. 104 25. How many meaningful words can be
formed by using the second, fourth,
22. In this question, three of the following seventh and eighth letters of the word
four alternatives are alike in a certain 'BUILDINGS'?
way. You have to choose the one that
is different from the rest. a. One b. None
c. Two d. Three
a. Spain b. Argentina
c. Italy d. Germany

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 Achievers’ Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

26. From the following options, select the related number.

one which is a part of the question
figure: 2112 : 7117 :: 1221 :?

a. 1177 b. 1717
c. 1771 d. 1117

30. How many triangles are there in the

following figure?

a. b.

a. 2 b. 3
c. 1 d. 4
c. d.

31. In the following question, various terms

27. In this question, three of the following of a letter series are given. However,
four alternatives are alike in a certain some of the terms are missing as
way. You have to choose the one that shown by a question mark(?). You
is different from the rest. have to choose the missing term out of
the given alternatives.
a. 17 - 22 b. 21 - 25
c. 12 - 16 d. 24 - 28 U, ?, I, E, A

28. The following figure shows four jars a. O b. N

with their capacity in terms of volume. c. P d. T
Which of the given jar could hold most
amount of water? 32. In the following question, the elements
given in the figure follows a pattern.
Identify the pattern and select the
appropriate figure (from the options)
which will replace the question mark.

a. P b. S
c. R d. Q

29. In the following question, there are a. b.

three numbers. The first two numbers
to the left of (::) are related in some
way. The same relationship holds
between the third number to the right of c. d.
the sign (::) and one of the responses
(a), (b), (c) or (d). Identify the correct

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 33. In the following question, there are a. 3 b. 2
three words. The first two words to the c. 5 d. 4
left of (::) are related in some way. The
same relationship holds between the 35. Among the five persons viz. A, B, C, D
third word to the right of the sign (::) and E, each of them has a different
and one of the options. Identify the height. D is taller than E who is shorter
correct related word. than only three people. C is shorter
than both E and A. A is not the tallest.
TEAM : MEAT :: WARD :? At least one person is taller than B. B is
taller than A. Who among the following
a. YARD b. ROOM is the third tallest?
c. DRAW d. DARW
a. B b. A
34. How many triangles are there in the c. D d. E
following figure?

Answer Key
1. d 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. c 10. b
11. c 12. c 13. b 14. b 15. c 16. d 17. c 18. d 19. a 20. d
21. b 22. b 23. b 24. b 25. a 26. d 27. a 28. d 29. c 30. b
31. a 32. b 33. d 34. d 35. b

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