Reasoning Olympiad Practice Test 1 (Class 6)
A free Maths, Science, English and Reasoning Olympiads (IMO, NSO, IEO style) practice paper for Grade 6 in the format of the real test: 50 questions in 60 minutes, covering Verbal Reasoning; Non-Verbal Reasoning; Analytical Reasoning; Challenge Section. 60 minutes, no calculator. Choose one answer for each question. Questions in the Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Analytical Reasoning sections carry 1 mark each; questions in the Challenge Section carry 3 marks each (60 marks in all). There is no negative marking, so answer every question. On this portal each correct answer counts once. Attempt it online — every question is marked instantly and the correct answers are shown at the end.
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Q1. Find the next number in the series:
2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, ?
Q2. Find the next number in the series:
3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?
Q3. Find the next letter in the series:
C, F, J, O, ?
Q4. Thermometer is related to Temperature in the same way as Anemometer is related to ______.
Q5. Find the missing number:
7 : 50 :: 9 : ?
Q6. Find the missing letter group:
ACE : BDF :: MOQ : ?
Q7. Three of these are alike in some way. Which one is the odd one out?
Q8. Which number is the odd one out?
Q9. In a certain code, LAMP is written as OZNK. How is GOLD written in that code?
Q10. In a certain code, CAT = 24 and DOG = 26. What is COW in that code?
Q11. In a certain language, 'sky' is called 'sea', 'sea' is called 'water', 'water' is called 'air' and 'air' is called 'cloud'. In that language, where do fish live?
Q12. In the English alphabet, which letter is 8th to the left of the 17th letter from the right end?
Q13. These words are arranged in the order in which they appear in a dictionary:
Planet, Plank, Planning, Plant, Plane
Which word comes third?
Q14. Rohan walks 8 m towards the north. He turns right and walks 3 m. He turns right again and walks 14 m. Then he turns left and walks 5 m. How far is he from his starting point, and in which direction?
Q15. One morning, just after sunrise, Neha stood in a field. Her shadow fell exactly to her right. Which direction was she facing?
Q16. In a class of 40 students, Anu is 12th from the top. Bela is 5 places below Anu. What is Bela’s rank from the bottom?
Q17. Pointing to a young man, Kavya said, 'He is the only son of the only son of my paternal grandfather.' How is the young man related to Kavya?
Q18. Statements:
All pencils are pens.
Some pens are erasers.
Conclusions:
I. Some pencils are erasers.
II. Some pens are pencils.
Which conclusion follows?
Q19. What is the smaller angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 4:20?
Q20. In a year that is not a leap year, 5th January is a Monday. What day of the week is 5th March of the same year?
Q21. The square design is the same on the left and right, and the same on the top and bottom. Which piece completes it?
Q22. Which figure comes next in the series?
Q23. Which figure comes next in the series?
Q24. A mirror is placed along the dashed line on the right of the figure. Which option shows its mirror image?
Q25. A mirror is placed along the dashed line on the right. Which option shows the mirror image of the word and number?
Q26. The dashed line shows the surface of still water below the figure. Which option is the water image of the figure?
Q27. In which option is the shape at the top hidden? (It must be the same size and the same way round.)
Q28. A square sheet of paper is folded in half from left to right, then folded in half again from top to bottom. A round hole and a square hole are then punched as shown. What does the sheet look like when it is opened out?
Q29. A square sheet of paper is folded along the dashed diagonal so that the bottom-left half lies on top of the top-right half. A triangle is then cut out as shown. What does the sheet look like when it is opened out?
Q30. How many triangles are there in this figure?
Q31. How many squares of any size are there in this figure? (The green square is also part of the figure.)
Q32. Three views of the same die are shown. Which number is on the face opposite 3?
Q33. This net is folded to make a cube. Which letter is on the face opposite Q?
Q34. Which of these can be folded to make a cube?
Q35. Divide these nine figures into three groups of three so that the figures in each group share the same property. Which option shows the correct groups?
Q36. Which figure should go in the empty box marked ? to complete the pattern?
Q37. The first two figures are related in a certain way. Which figure is related to the third figure in the same way?
Q38. Three of these figures are the same figure turned round. Which one is different?
Q39. Look at the first two rows. Which figure should go in the empty box marked ? to complete the pattern?
Q40. The figure is turned 90° clockwise (a quarter turn in the direction of the arrow). Which option shows how it looks after the turn?
Q41. Six friends — Asha, Bilal, Chetan, Dia, Esha and Farhan — sit in a row, all facing north.
• Dia sits third to the right of Asha.
• Bilal sits immediately to the left of Esha.
• Asha sits next to Esha.
• Chetan does not sit next to Dia.
Who sits second from the right end?
Q42. Six children — Kabir, Leela, Mira, Nikhil, Ojas and Pari — sit around a round table, equally spaced, facing the centre.
• Kabir sits opposite Leela.
• Mira and Pari both sit next to Kabir.
• Ojas sits next to Leela.
• Nikhil sits next to Mira.
Who sits opposite Mira?
Q43. Five friends — Tara, Uday, Veer, Wamiq and Yash — all have different heights.
• Uday is shorter than Tara but taller than Veer.
• Wamiq is taller than Yash but shorter than Veer.
Who is the second shortest?
Q44. Ira, Jai, Kiran and Lata each have a different pet (cat, dog, parrot, fish) and a different favourite colour (red, blue, green, yellow).
• Ira has neither the cat nor the dog, and does not like red.
• The owner of the dog likes blue. Lata does not own the dog.
• Kiran likes green, but does not own the fish.
• The owner of the parrot likes yellow.
Who owns the fish, and what is that person’s favourite colour?
Q45. Mohan, Nisha, Om, Pooja and Rahul live on different floors of a five-floor building. The floors are numbered 1 (lowest) to 5 (top).
• Pooja lives two floors above Om.
• Mohan lives on either the top floor or the lowest floor.
• Rahul lives on a floor above Pooja.
• Nisha lives on an even-numbered floor.
Who lives on floor 4?
Q46. In a certain code, MANGO is written as NZOFP. How is TIGER written in that code?
Q47. 15th August 1947 was a Friday. On which day of the week was 26th January 1950?
Q48. At what time between 4 o’clock and 5 o’clock are the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock exactly on top of each other?
Q49. P + Q means P is the brother of Q.
P × Q means P is the mother of Q.
P − Q means P is the sister of Q.
P ÷ Q means P is the father of Q.
Which expression shows that M is the maternal uncle of N?
Q50. A solid cube of side 4 cm has its top and bottom faces painted red and its four side faces painted blue. It is then cut into 64 small cubes of side 1 cm. How many small cubes have both red and blue paint on them?
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