Reasoning Olympiad Practice Test 1 (Class 7)
A free Maths, Science, English and Reasoning Olympiads (IMO, NSO, IEO style) practice paper for Grade 7 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, Non-Verbal 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. What number comes next in the series?
4, 9, 19, 39, 79, ?
Q2. Find the missing number in the series.
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?, 50
Q3. What comes next in the letter series?
AZ, CX, FU, JQ, ?
Q4. Thermometer : Temperature :: Anemometer : ?
Q5. Choose the number that completes the analogy.
5 : 130 :: 7 : ?
Q6. FLOW : GMPX :: SAND : ?
Q7. Which pair is the odd one out?
Q8. Which word is the odd one out?
Q9. In a certain code, PLANT is written as QKBMU. How is FRUIT written in that code?
Q10. In a certain code, CAT = 48 and DOG = 52. What is BIRD in the same code?
Q11. If the second half of the English alphabet (N to Z) is written in reverse order while the first half stays as it is, which letter will be 5th to the right of the 16th letter from the left?
Q12. How many pairs of letters in the word BEAUTIFUL have as many letters between them in the word as there are between them in the English alphabet (counting forwards or backwards)?
Q13. Ravi walks 8 km towards the north. He turns right and walks 6 km, turns right again and walks 3 km, then turns left and walks 6 km. How far is he from his starting point, and in which direction?
Q14. One morning, soon after sunrise, Meera and Kabir stand in an open field facing each other. Kabir’s shadow falls exactly to Meera’s right. Which direction is Meera facing?
Q15. In a row of students, Anu is 14th from the left end and Binu is 9th from the right end. When they swap places, Anu becomes 25th from the left end. How many students are there in the row?
Q16. Pointing to a boy, Nisha said, “His mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the boy related to Nisha?
Q17. In a code, A + B means “A is the brother of B”, A × B means “A is the father of B”, A − B means “A is the sister of B” and A ÷ B means “A is the mother of B”. If P × Q − R + S, how is P related to S?
Q18. Statements: All pens are books. Some books are bags.
Conclusions: I. Some pens are bags. II. Some bags are books.
Which conclusion(s) follow from the statements?
Q19. What is the smaller angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 7:20?
Q20. 26 January 2023 was a Thursday. What day of the week was 26 January 2025?
Q21. Which option completes the pattern?
Q22. Which option comes next (in place of the question mark) in the figure series?
Q23. Which option continues the figure series?
Q24. A mirror is placed along the dashed line to the right of the figure. Which option is the mirror image of the figure?
Q25. The dashed line is the surface of still water below the figure. Which option is the water image of the figure?
Q26. Which option is the mirror image of the given word and number when the mirror is held along the dashed line?
Q27. The picture shows a wall clock as it is seen in a mirror. The green mark is at 12 o’clock. What is the actual time?
Q28. Which option figure is hidden (embedded) in the figure given above? The hidden figure is the same size and is not turned or flipped.
Q29. A square sheet of paper is folded along the dashed lines as shown (fold 1, then fold 2), and two holes are punched through the folded paper. How will the paper look when it is completely unfolded?
Q30. A square sheet of paper is folded twice as shown, and the two white triangles are cut out of the folded paper along the fold edges. Which option shows the paper when it is unfolded?
Q31. How many triangles are there in the figure?
Q32. How many squares are there in the figure?
Q33. Three different views of the same die are shown. Which number is on the face opposite the face with 2?
Q34. The net below is folded to make a cube. Which cube can be made from it?
Q35. The stack is made of identical cubes placed on a flat floor. Every cube rests either on the floor or on another cube. How many cubes are there in the stack?
Q36. Divide the nine figures into three groups of three, so that the figures in each group are alike in some way. Which grouping is correct?
Q37. Which option fits in place of the question mark in the matrix?
Q38. Study the rows of the matrix. Which option should replace the question mark?
Q39. The first two figures are related in a certain way. Which option is related to the third figure in the same way?
Q40. Three of the four figures are the same figure turned to different positions. Which figure is the odd one out?
Q41. Six students – Arjun, Bela, Chetan, Diya, Eshan and Farah – sit in a row facing north.
• Diya sits at one of the ends.
• Chetan sits third to the right of Bela.
• Farah sits immediately to the left of Eshan.
• Arjun does not sit next to Diya.
• Bela does not sit at an end.
• Eshan sits somewhere to the right of Arjun.
Who sits third to the left of Diya?
Q42. Six friends – Pooja, Qadir, Ritu, Sameer, Tanvi and Uday – sit around a round table, equally spaced and facing the centre.
• Sameer sits opposite Pooja.
• Uday sits immediately to the left of Pooja.
• Tanvi sits second to the right of Qadir.
Who sits opposite Tanvi?
Q43. Kiran, Lata, Mohan, Neha and Omkar live on different floors of a five-floor building (floor 1 is the lowest and floor 5 the highest).
• Neha lives two floors above Mohan.
• Kiran and Lata live on floors next to each other.
• Neither Omkar nor Lata lives on the top or the bottom floor.
• Kiran lives above Omkar.
Who lives on floor 3?
Q44. Anil, Bina, Charu and Dev come from Pune, Agra, Kochi and Surat (one city each), and each plays a different game: cricket, chess, hockey or tennis.
• Dev plays chess.
• Bina is from Pune.
• The hockey player is from Kochi.
• The cricket player is from Agra.
• Anil does not play cricket.
• Charu is not from Surat.
Which city is Charu from?
Q45. Five bags P, Q, R, S and T all have different weights.
• Q is heavier than R but lighter than T.
• P is lighter than R.
• S is heavier than Q but lighter than T.
Which bag is the second heaviest?
Q46. A 5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm cube is painted red on its top and bottom faces and green on its four side faces. It is then cut into 1 cm cubes. How many of the small cubes have exactly one red face and exactly one green face (and no other painted face)?
Q47. In a secret language, “sky is blue” is written as “ta ro mi”, “blue sea is deep” is written as “mi pa ro ka” and “deep sky” is written as “ka ta”. (The code words may be in any order.) What is the code for “sea”?
Q48. How many times are the hands of a clock exactly at right angles to each other after 3 p.m. and before 9 p.m. on the same day?
Q49. How many triangles are there in the figure?
Q50. Each of A, B and C either always tells the truth or always lies.
A says: “B is a liar.”
B says: “C is a liar.”
C says: “A and B are both liars.”
Who tells the truth?
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