CREST Science Olympiad (CSO)

Previous Year Paper (2023-24)

Class 3 (Set - A)
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 45
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the start of the exam.
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• There are a total of 35 questions in this booklet comprising 2 sections namely
the Practical Science & Achievers' Section consisting of 25 questions (1 mark
each) & 10 questions (2 marks each) respectively.
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 Practical Science (Each Question is 1 Mark)
1. Look at the birds shown below and 4. Mark the correct option regarding the
identify the similarity between them: two statements given below:
Statement A: Mars is the planet closest
to the sun and is the smallest of all
planets.
Statement B: Venus is called the
reddish planet.

a. Statement A is correct but

Hummingbird Sunbird statement B is incorrect.
b. Statement A is incorrect but
a. Both are nectivorous birds. statement B is correct.
b. Both are preying birds. c. Both the statements are incorrect.
c. Both are nocturnal birds. d. Both the statements are correct.
d. Both are swimming birds.
5. State whether the following statements
2. Mark the correct option regarding the are true or false:
two statements given below: 1. The dark spot formed when a
Statement A: The state of matter that transparent object blocks the path
does not change its shape when of light is called the shadow.
moved to another container is liquid. 2. The object which gives out light is
Statement B: The state of matter that called an opaque object. For
takes all the available space in the example, a book.
container is gas.
a. 1 - True, 2 - True
a. Statement A is correct but b. 1 - True, 2 - False
statement B is incorrect c. 1 - False, 2 - False
b. Statement A is incorrect but d. 1 - False, 2 - True
statement B is correct
c. Both the statements are incorrect 6. Which of the following is the
d. Both the statements are correct INCORRECTLY matched method of
seed dispersal with the different seeds
3. Match the column I with column II and mentioned?
select the correct option:
a. Seed: Coconut
Column I Column II Seed dispersal method: Water
Kidney a. Food b. Seed: Cotton
1.
Seed dispersal method: Water
2. Stomach b. Wastes
c. Seed : Guava
3. Heart c. Air
Seed dispersal method: Animals
4. Lungs d. Blood d. Seed: Dandelion
Seed dispersal method: Wind
a. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c, 4 - d
b. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c 7. Which of the following represents the
c. 1 - d, 2 - a, 3 - c, 4 - b division of the warm-blooded animals
d. 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - d into mammals and birds?

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 a. Only 1 b. Only 2
c. Only 3 and 4 d. 1, 2 and 4

11. Fill in the blank:

A muscular bag in our body that churns
food well is the ____________.
a. a b. b
c. c d. d a. stomach b. lungs
c. intestine d. kidney
8. Three students were preparing for their
Science exam and revising the chapter 12. Study the picture carefully:
on earth and the universe. They made Which of the following is called the
the following statements: 'kitchen of the plant'?

Rachel: Jupiter is the fastest spinning

planet.
Michael: The sun is the closest moon
to the earth but it is not the biggest
moon in the universe.
Susan: Changes in the seasons are
caused by the rotation of the earth
around moon.

Who among the above is/are correct? a. Roots b. Seeds

c. Flower d. Leaf
a. Only Rachel
b. Only Michael 13. Study the food chain below.
c. Only Susan Plant → Mouse → Weasel → Hawk
d. All the three students are correct Which of the following best describes
the weasel?
9. State whether the following statements A. Prey
are true or false: B. Predator
1. Luminous objects like stars and C. Carnivore
moon do not give us light.
2. Shadow of an object always gives a. A and B only b. A, B and C
the correct information about the c. B and C only d. A and C only
shape of the object.
14. Choose the correct option and
a. 1. False b. 1. True complete the following sentence:
2. True 2. True Food items shown below are rich in
c. 1. False d. 1. True ________ and are known as _______.
2. False 2. False

10. Which of the following is/are correctly

matched?
1. Igloo - Snow house
a. iron, fibre-rich food
2. Houseboat - Water
b. proteins, protective food
3. Stilt house - Desert
c. calcium, bodybuilding food
4. Bungalow - City

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 d. carbohydrates and fats, energy a. Oesophagus
giving food b. Trachea
c. Alveoli
15. Identify the means of transport which is d. Large intestine
used to carry sick people:
19. Look at the pictures of animals given
below. Find out the similarity between
a. b. these animals correctly:

c. d.

a. They are all endangered animals.

16. Name the following: b. They are all killed for their skin.
1. The state of matter that does not c. They all hibernate during cold
have fixed volume or shape but season.
may have a smell. d. They all have ears on either side of
2. The process that changes water their head.
into the vapour.
20. Two students were discussing friction
a. 1 - Solid, 2 - Stirring and this is what they said:
b. 1 - Liquid, 2 - Boiling
c. 1 - Solid, 2 - Cooling Jack: Friction helps to stop moving
d. 1 - Gas, 2 - Evaporation vehicles by applying brakes.
Ana: Friction makes it impossible to
17. To travel from hotel to the church which write with chalk on the blackboard.
of the following mode of transport
should not be taken? Which of them is/are correct?

a. Jack is correct but Ana is incorrect

b. Jack is incorrect but Ana is correct
c. Both Jack and Ana are correct
d. Both Jack and Ana are incorrect

a. Aeroplane b. Scooter 21. Read the passage given below

c. Bus d. Car carefully and answer the question that
follows:
18. Observe the picture shown below and
answer the following question: X mode of transport is used to transfer
What is the tube that connects your passengers and goods to far off places.
mouth to the stomach called? It runs on tracks. This transport carries
more people or goods compared to
road transport.
Identify X correctly:

a. Rail b. Bus
c. Water d. Air

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 22. Unscramble and choose the correct 25. Given below is a wrong statement.
option: Change the words that are quoted and
The _________ works like a pump and choose the correct option:
pushes the blood through blood
vessels around the body. Woollen and silk clothes need a lot of
care. They are easily attacked by moth
a. REHAT b. DKINYE and silver fish. We should store silk
c. UGNLS d. TEISNTNESI and woollen clothes with 'dried papaya
leaves'.
23. Which of the birds given below can
have the type of feet as shown in the a. Woollen and silk clothes need a lot
image below? of care. They are easily attacked by
moth and silver fish. We should
store silk and woollen clothes with
naphthalene balls.
b. Woollen and silk clothes need a lot
of care. They are easily attacked by
moth and silver fish. We should
store silk and woollen clothes with
a. Kite b. Heron dried basil leaves.
c. Sunbird d. Eagle c. Woollen and silk clothes need a lot
of care. They are easily attacked by
24. Read the passage given below moth and silver fish. We should
carefully: store silk and woollen clothes with
baking soda.
X are made of mud and straws. These d. Woollen and silk clothes need a lot
types of houses are built in villages. of care. They are easily attacked by
Mud walls and straw roofs keep the X moth and silver fish. We should
cool even in summer season. store silk and woollen clothes with
dried banana leaves.
Identify X correctly:

a. Tent b. Igloo
c. Hut d. Bungalow

Achievers’ Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

26. Which of the following statements is 27. Match the column I with column II and
correct? select the correct option:

a. Only opaque objects can form Column I Column II

shadow.
Luminous Clean water and
b. A table kept in a completely dark a.
1. objects clear glass
room will not form a shadow. Transparent
c. A shadow is of the same colour as b. Sun and stars
2. objects
that of the object. Translucent
c. Bricks and wood
d. Birds flying high in the sky casts 3. objects
shadow on the ground. Opaque Butter paper and
d.
4. objects tissue paper

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 a. 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - d, 4 - c 31. Two students were having a classroom
b. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c discussion about the effects of
c. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c, 4 - d force. This is what they said:
d. 1 - d, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - a Susan: When we make bread, the
force of our hands changes the shape
28. Tom placed the ice tray on the kitchen of the dough.
table and left the kitchen to do his Norah: When we open a refrigerator
homework. After a few hours, when he door, we use a pull force.
came back, he saw that ice has
changed into water. What is the Choose the correct option related to
process that is taking place during this the statements made by these two
conversion? students:

a. Boiling b. Freezing a. Susan is incorrect but Norah is

c. Melting d. Evaporation correct
b. Susan is correct but Norah is
29. Carefully look at the following pictures incorrect
and identify which of them is/are a fruit: c. Both Susan and Norah are correct
d. Both Susan and Norah are
incorrect

32. What is common between the plant

products shown below?
1 2

Bean Kidney bean Gram Peas

3 4
a. We eat the leaves of these plant
a. Only 3 b. Only 4 products.
c. 2 and 4 d. 1, 2 and 3 b. We eat the fruits of these plant
products.
30. Given below is a wrong statement. c. We eat the seeds of these plant
Change the words that are underlined products.
and choose the correct option: d. We eat the stem of these plant
Forest is an exhaustible non-renewable products.
resource.
33. Name the following and select the
a. Forest is an exhaustible renewable correct option:
resource. 1. The largest planet in our solar
b. Forest is an exhaustible artificial system. It can accommodate 1300
resource. earths. Although it is only 318 times
c. Forest is an exhaustible non- heavier than earth.
biodegradable resource. 2. The second-largest planet in our
d. Forest is an exhaustible non- solar system. It is unique as it has
occuring resource. thousands of beautiful rings.

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 a. 1 - Venus, 2 - Neptune b. They all lay eggs.
b. 1 - Mars, 2 - Mercury c. They are arboreal animals.
c. 1 - Jupiter, 2 - Saturn d. They are all omnivorous animals.
d. 1 - Saturn, 2 - Jupiter
35. Study the food pyramid shown below.
34. Pictures of three different animals are Which of the following level is rich in
shown below: proteins?
What is common between these three
animals?

a. Level 1 b. Level 2
a. They have gills to breathe and their c. Level 3 d. Level 4
ears can be seen.

Answer Key

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

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