CREST Olympiads - CRO PDF Sample Papers for Class 9

Q.1

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 the sale of tobacco products be restricted to only a few outlets in each city/town?
Arguments
I. Yes, this will substantially reduce the consumption of tobacco products.
II. No, those who want to purchase tobacco products should get them at convenient locations.

Q.2

If Jerry says, "Arya's father, Danny is the only son of my father-law, Mike", then how is Betty, who is the sister of Arya, related to Mike?

Q.3

Find the wrong term in the given series.

AoZ, BeY, DiW, GmT, KpQ

Q.4

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

125 is to 62.5, as 8 is to _____________.

Q.5

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 Government of state 'X' decided to ban working of women in night shifts and also in late evening hours.
B. The percentage of working women has a significant increase in the last one decade.

Q.6

Kate starts from her house and covers 4 km in North direction, then she turns towards South-East and covers 10 km, after that she turns towards North and travels another 4 km to reach Tess's house. Calculate the shortest distance between Kate's and Tess's house.

Q.7

Study the following diagram carefully and answer the following question.

Which region represents illiterate cricketers, who are dishonest boys? (Rhombus represents boys, circle represents cricketers, triangle represents honest and rectangle represents literate)

Q.8

In the following letter series, some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Select the correct alternative.

b_ab_b_aab_b

Q.9

In the following question, choose the correct mirror image from the answer figures.

Q.10

The figure below shows a map interconnected roads, study the following map and answer the following question.

In the above map, O is the intersection of roads AD, BC and O is also the midpoint of roads GH and EF. If Rahul starts from point A and reaches to point C, then the total distance travelled by Rahul is ________.