Higher order thinking skills quiz

1)     Identify the pattern in the sequence: 10, 20, 30, 40, …

• a. Adding 5

• b. Adding 10

• c. Adding 15

• d. Adding 20

      2) Which of the following is an algorithmic thinking problem?

• a. Identifying colours

• b. Counting fingers

• c. Solving a maze

• d. Listening to music

3. Compare and contrast a tree and a flower. Which statement is true?

• a. Trees have roots, but flowers do not.

• b. Both trees and flowers grow from seeds.

• c. Trees have petals, but flowers have leaves.

• d. Flowers are always taller than trees.

4) A rooster was looking for food when it came upon a sparkling jewel. Looking at the jewel, the rooster said,

"If your owner had found you, he would have been delighted. But you are no good to me.

I would rather have three pieces of corn than all the jewels in the world."

• A. Jewels look nice, but they have no real value.

• B. What is valuable to someone may be worthless to someone else.

• C. People often want objects that are not worth having.

• D. Animals have no way of knowing what is valuable and what is not.

5) One winter day, some ants spread out their grain to dry in the sun. A hungry grasshopper passed by and began begging for food. “Why didn’t you get grain during the summer?” the ants asked. “I didn’t have time,” the grasshopper answered. “I was busy singing.” The ants laughed at the grasshopper. If you spend the summer singing, you will go hungry in the winter.

• A. Don’t laugh at the mistakes of others.

• B. Grasshoppers eat more than ants.

• C. We should be kind to each other in time of need.

• D. You should not play when it is time to work.

6) Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next?

• a) 7

• b) 10

• c) 12

• d) 13

7) Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next?

• a) 20

• b) 22

• c) 23

• d) 26

8) Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.

1. Key2. Door3. Lock4. Room5. Switch on 

• a) 5, 1, 2, 4, 3

• b) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3

• c) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5

• d) 1, 2, 3, 5, 4

9) Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives that would complete the figure matrix.

• a) 1

• b) 2

• 3) 3

• 4) 4

10) Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives that would complete the figure matrix.

• a) 1

• b) 2

• c) 3

• 4) 4