Reasoning Olympiad Practice Test 1 (Class 8)

Q4. Thermometer is related to Temperature in the same way as Barometer is related to ___.

Q5. Three of the following numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Find the odd one out.

Q6. Find the odd one out.

Q7. In a certain code, PENCIL is written as QDOBJK. How is ERASER written in that code?

Q8. If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR as 73456 and PREACH as 961473, what is the code for SEARCH?

Q9. If the English alphabet is written in reverse order (Z first, A last), which letter will be 7th to the right of the 12th letter from the left?

Q10. How many pairs of letters are there in the word FLOWERS which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

Q11. Asha walks 4 km towards the north. She turns right and walks 2 km, turns right again and walks 12 km, and then turns left and walks 4 km. How far is she from her starting point, and in which direction?

Q12. One morning, soon after sunrise, Vikram and Sunil were standing face to face. Vikram's shadow fell exactly to his right. Which direction was Sunil facing?

Q13. In a row of 40 children, Rohan is 14th from the left end and Kiran is 19th from the right end. How many children are standing between Rohan and Kiran?

Q14. Among five friends P, Q, R, S and T, P is taller than Q but shorter than R. S is shorter than Q, and T is taller than R. If they stand in order of height, who is in the middle?

Q15. Pointing to a girl, Arjun said, "She is the daughter of the only son of my father's father." How is the girl related to Arjun?

Q16. If A + B means A is the mother of B, A − B means A is the brother of B, A × B means A is the father of B and A ÷ B means A is the sister of B, which of these shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?

Q17. Statements: All pens are books. Some books are bags.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are bags.
II. Some bags are books.

Q18. Statements: Some rivers are lakes. All lakes are ponds.
Conclusions:
I. Some rivers are ponds.
II. All ponds are rivers.

Q19. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 4:20?

Q20. 15 August 2026 is a Saturday. On which day of the week will 26 January 2027 fall?

Q21. Which figure comes next in the series?

Q22. Which figure comes next in the series?

Q23. Which figure comes next in the series?

Q24. A mirror is placed along the line M, to the right of the figure. Which option shows the mirror image of the figure?

Q25. Which option is the water image of the group of characters shown (water surface below it)?

Q26. Three of these figures are the same figure turned round (rotated). Which figure is different from the other three?

Q27. In which option is figure X hidden, exactly as it is shown (same size, not turned)?

Q28. In which option is figure X hidden, exactly as it is shown (same size, not turned)?

Q29. A square sheet of paper is folded three times as shown (the dashed line is the fold line and the arrow shows which part is folded over). A hole is then punched through all the layers. What does the sheet look like when it is opened out?

Q30. A square sheet of paper is folded twice as shown, and then the two white pieces are cut out through all the layers. What does the sheet look like when it is opened out?

Q31. How many triangles are there in the figure?

Q32. How many squares are there in the figure?

Q33. Three different positions of the same die are shown. Which number is on the face opposite the face showing 3?

Q34. The net below is folded to make a cube. Which cube can be made from this net?

Q35. The solid below is built from identical cubes standing on a 3 by 3 square base, with no gaps under any cube. How many more such cubes are needed to make it into a solid 3 × 3 × 3 cube?

Q36. Divide the nine figures into three groups of three, so that the figures in each group are alike in some way. Which option shows the correct grouping?

Q37. Which figure should go in the empty box marked ? to complete the pattern?

Q38. Which figure should go in the empty box marked ? to complete the pattern?

Q39. Which option completes the square pattern?

Q40. Which option completes the square pattern?

Q41. Six friends Anu, Bina, Chetan, Dev, Esha and Farhan sit in a row, all facing north.
• Dev sits third from the left end.
• Chetan sits at the right end.
• Anu sits immediately to the left of Farhan.
• Bina does not sit next to Dev.
• Esha sits somewhere to the left of Anu.
Who sits immediately to the right of Esha?

Q42. Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U sit around a circular table, equally spaced and facing the centre.
• P sits opposite S.
• Q sits second to the right of P.
• R sits immediately to the right of S.
• U does not sit next to R.
Who sits opposite T?

Q43. Kavya, Laksh, Mehul, Nisha and Omar live in a five-storey building, one on each floor. The floors are numbered 1 (lowest) to 5 (top).
• Nisha lives on an odd-numbered floor, but not on the top floor.
• Mehul lives on the floor just above Laksh.
• Nisha lives above Laksh.
• Omar lives above Kavya.
Who lives on floor 4?

Q44. Five boxes V, W, X, Y and Z all have different masses.
• X is heavier than W but lighter than Z.
• Y is heavier than Z.
• V is lighter than X but heavier than W.
Which box is the second lightest?

Q45. Ira, Jai, Kiran and Lata each have one music lesson a week, on different days from Monday to Thursday, and each learns a different instrument: sitar, tabla, flute or violin.
• Kiran has the last lesson of the week.
• The flute lesson is on the day just after Jai's lesson.
• Ira learns the violin, and her lesson is not on Monday.
• The tabla lesson is two days before the violin lesson.
Which instrument does Kiran learn?

Q46. In a certain year, 1 March was a Friday. The next year was a leap year. On which day of the week did 1 March fall in that next year?

Q47. At what time between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock are the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock pointing in exactly opposite directions?

Q48. A wooden cuboid 5 cm long, 4 cm wide and 3 cm high is painted red on all its faces. It is then cut into 1 cm cubes. How many of the small cubes have exactly one face painted red?

Q49. In a certain code language, "sky is blue" is written as "ka la ma", "blue and green" is written as "pa ma ta", and "green is fresh" is written as "ra la pa". (The code words are not necessarily in the same order as the words.) What is the code for "and"?

Q50. Anil, Bela and Chirag each either always tell the truth or always lie.
Anil says, "Bela is a liar."
Bela says, "Chirag is a liar."
Chirag says, "Anil and Bela are both liars."
Who tells the truth?