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SERIES COMPLETION

Series completion problems deal with numbers, alphabets and both. While attempting to solve the question, you have to check the pattern of the series. Series moves with certain mathematical operations. You have to check the pattern Type of questions asked in the examination : Find the missing term(s) Find the wrong-term(s)

NUMBER SERIES
(i) a, a d, a 2d, a 3d ............................(Arithmetic Progression) (ii) a, a k, ak2, ak3, ........................................(Geometric Progression) (iii) a,

a a a , , , .............................................(Geometric Progression) k k2 k3

(iv) Series of prime numbers i.e. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11,............................... (v) Series of composite numbers i.e. 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, .................

ALPHABET SERIES (SERIES OF LETTERS)

Pattern of alphabets show variation based on : (i) Position of the letters e.g. A, C, E, G, I (ii) Difference between the alphabets e.g. F3X, H7U, J15R

LETTER REPEATING SERIES

Pattern of such questions is that some letters in the sequence are missing. (i) The letters may be in cyclic order (clockwise or anti-clockwise). (ii) To solve a problem, we have to select one of the alternative from the given alternatives. The alternative which gives a sequence form of letters is the choice.

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--LETS TRY-Questions: 1. 3, 6, 12, 24, ?, 96 2. 11, 15, 21, 29, ? 8, 15, 28, 53, ? 3. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ? 4.
5. 336, 210, 120, ?, 24, 6, 0

Answers: 1. 48, 2. 39, 3. 102, 4. 36, 5. 60

1. Sol.

3, 6, 12, 24, ?, 96 As per series, a, ak, ak2, ak3, ........ a = 3, k = 2 ak4 = 3 24 = 48 11, 15, 21, 29, ? This series consists of increasing numbers. The pattern is +4, +6, +8,........ 8, 15, 28, 53, ? let x = 8 then 15 = 2x 1 = y 28 = 2y 2 = z 53 = 2z 3 = m Next term in the pattern should be 2m 4 = 2 53 4 = 102 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ? 12 = 1,22 = 4,32 = 9,42 = 16,52 = 25 62 = 36 336, 210, 120, ?, 24, 6, 0 Note that 0 = 13 - 1 6 = 23 2 24 = 33 3

2. Sol. 3. Ans: Sol.

4. Sol.

5. Sol.

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60 = 43 4 120 = 53 - 5 210 = 63 - 6 336 = 73 - 7 Questions: 6, 12, 7, 11, 8, 10, 9, ? 6. A, C, ?, G, I 7. V. T, R, ?, N, ? 8. F3X, H7U, J15R, L31O, ? 9.
10. CIR, GMV, KQZ, OUD, ?

[Difference series]

Answers: 6. 9, 7. E, 8. P and L, 9. beN63L, 10. SYH 6. Sol. 6, 12, 7, 11, 8, 10, 9, ? Alternate series (i) 6, 7, 8, 9 (ii) 12, 11, 10, [Difference series]

7. Sol. 8. Sol.

A, C, ?, G, I The Series consists of alternate letter in order . So, the missing term would be E. V. T, R, ?, N, ? Given series consists of alternate letters in reverse order. So, the missing terms would be P and L. F3X, H7U, J15R, L31O, ? The first letter of each term is moved two steps forward and the last letter is moved three steps backward to obtain the corresponding letters of the next term. The numbers form the sequence 3 2 + 1 = 7, 7 x 2 + 1 = 15, 15 x 2 + 1 = 31, 31 x 2 + 1 = 63. So the missing term would be N63L. CIR, GMV, KQZ, OUD, ? There is a continuous difference of 4 letters between the first letters of each group, second letters of each group and third letters of each group. So the missing term would be SYH.

9. Sol.

10. Sol.

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Questions: 11. ZSD, YTC, XUB, WVA, ? 12. KTE, SBM, AJU, IRC, ? 13. Find the wrong term and replace it by the correct one: 14.
15. D4V, G10T, J20R, M43P, P90N Find the wrong term and replace it by the correct one: ABC, DGJ, HMR, NTA, SBK, ZKV a _ ab _ ba _ a _ ab (A) babb (B) abba (C) baba (D) aabb

Answers: 11. VWZ, 12. QZK, 13. G9T, 14. MTA, 15. (A) babb 11. Sol. ZSD, YTC, XUB, WVA, ? The first letter of each group is in continuation in backward direction. The second letter of each group is in continuation in forward direction. The third letter of each group is in continuation in backward direction. Therefore, the missing term would be VWZ. KTE, SBM, AJU, IRC, ? First letter of each group differ by 8 letters. Second letter of each group differ by 8 letters. Third letter of each group differ by 8 letters. Therefore, the missing term would be QZK. D4V, G10T, J20R, M43P, P90N First letter of every term is moved three steps forward in each next term. Second number of every term of the pattern 2 + 1, x 2 + 2, x 2 + 3............. and third letter of every term is moved two steps backward. Hence, G10T is the wrong term and should be replaced by G9T. ABC, DGJ, HMR, NTA, SBK, ZKV First letter of first, second, third .......... terms is moved three, four, five, ........steps forward respectively. Similarly, second letter is moved five, six, seven, ....... steps forward respectively and third letter is moved seven, eight, nine,......... steps forward respectively. Hence, NTA is the wrong term and should be replaced by MTA. a _ ab _ ba _ a _ ab (A) babb (B) abba (C) baba (D) aabb we proceed step by step to solve the above series : Steps : 1. We have two letters a and b making the series. 2. The first blank space should be filled in by 'b' so that we ha ve one a followed by one b. 3. Second blank space should be filled in by 'a' so that the same pattern followed till end.

12. Sol.

13. Sol.

14. Sol.

15. Sol.

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Questions: 16. a _ cab _ a _ c _ bc 17. 18. 19.

20. (A) bbac (B) abab _ abb _ a _ baa _ b (A) baba (B) abba ba _ cb _ b _ bab _ (A) acbb (B) bcaa ab _ aa _ caab _ c _ abb _ c (A) bbcaa (B) bcbca bc _ b _ c _ b _ ccb (A) cbcb (B) bbcb (C) abba (C) aabb (C) cabb (C) cabac (C) cbbc (D) bcba (D) aaab (D) bacc (D) cbbac (D) bcbc

Answers: 16. (D) bcba, 17. (C) aabb, 18. (D) bacc, 19. (D) cbbac, 20. (A) cbcb 16. Sol. a _ cab _ a _ c _ bc (A) bbac

(B) abab

(C) abba

(D) bcba

Series is abc / abc / abc / abc. So, pattern abc is repeated. 17. Sol. 18. Sol. 19. Sol. 20. Sol. _ abb _ a _ baa _ b (A) baba (B) abba (C) aabb Series is aabb / aabb / aabb. So, pattern aabb is repeated. ba _ cb _ b _ bab _ (A) acbb (B) bcaa (C) cabb The series is babc/babc/babc So, pattern babc is repeated. ab _ aa _ caab _ c _ abb _ c (A) bbcaa (B) bcbca Series is abc / aabc / aabbc / aabbcc.

(D) aaab

(D) bacc

(C) cabac

(D) cbbac

bc _ b _ c _ b _ ccb (A) cbcb (B) bbcb (C) cbbc Series is bccb / bccb / bccb. So, pattern bccb is repeated.

(D) bcbc

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Direction: The series given below are based on the letter series, In each of these series, some letters are missing. Select the correct alternative. If more than five letters are missing? select the last five letters of the series. Questions: 21. abcd _ bc _ e _ _de _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(A) deabc (B) edcba (C) decba (D) edabc

Answers:
21. (A) deabc

21. Sol.

abcd _ bc _ e _ _de _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (A) deabc (B) edcba Thus the letters are written in a cyclic order.

(C) decba

(D) edabc

The series is a b c d e / b c d e a / c d e a b / beabc

Direction: There is a letter series in the first row and a number series in the second row. Each number in the number series stands for a letter in the letter series. Since in each of that series some term are missing you have to find out as to what those terms are, and answer the questions based on these as given below in the series. Questions: 22. _ m y e _ _ y I x _ y I

m__I____ 4 6_ 58 6___57_658_____ The last five terms of the number series are (A) 46758 (B) 74658

(C) 76485

(D) 46785

Answers:
22. 46758 67485 74658 46785

22.

Sol.

_m ye_ _ y Ix_yI m__I____ 4 6_ 58 6___57_658_____ The last five terms of the number series are (A) 46758 (B) 74658 (C) 76485 (D) 46785 46758 67485 74658 46785 By taking e = 5, I = 4, m = 6, y = 7 and x = 8 the number series runs as 46758 67485 74658 46785. By taking the digits in the groups of five, we find that first digit of the first group (i.e. 4) is the third digit of the second group and the last two digits have interchanged their positions. The same rule applies in others groups also.

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Questions: 23. Find the missing number in the following matrix. 1 2 11 120 24. (a) 15 (b) 16 Find the missing number.
(a) 2 (c) 4 (b) 3 (d) 5

3 5 ?

7 45 (d) 18

(c) 17 18 12 3 72

24 14 ? 112

32 16 4 128

25.

Find the missing number.

26.

(a) 52 (b) 36 Find the missing character :

(c) 117

(d) 81

(a) 937
27.

(b) 824

(c) 769
B D G

(d) 678

Insert the missing letter: G N J R N ? (a) U (b) V (c) W (d) X Insert the missing characters in the matrix from the options given below. (a) E10 (b) E12 (c) S10 (d) S15 Z4 X3 V9 A6 C2 ? T5 R4 P15

28.

Answers: 23. 16 (b), 24. 3 (b), 25. 36 (b), 26. 678 (d), 27. W (c), 28. E12 (b)

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23.

Find the missing number in the following matrix. 1 11 120 2 7 45 3 5 ? (d) 18

Sol.

(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 17 Column 1: ll2 -l2 = 120 Column 2: 72 -22 = 45 Column 3: 52 -32 = 16 Hence, the answer is (b). Find the missing number. 18 12 3 72 24 14 ? 112 32 16 4 128

24.

Sol.

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 In each column, the product of 1st and 2nd number is the same as the product of 3 rd and 4th number e.g. in the first column, we have 18 12 = 3 72 So in the second column, we have 2 4 4 = ? 112 ?=
24 14 = 3. Hence, the answer is (b) 112

25.

Find the missing number.

Sol.

(a) 52 (b) 36 (c) 117 (d) 81 The rule is: In the figure: 5 4 = 20; 5 + 4 = 9. In the second figure: 3 8 = 24 and 3 + 8 = 11. In the third figure: 9 4 = 36. Hence, the answer is (b). Find the missing character :

26.

Sol.

(a) 937 (b) 824 (c) 769 In the first figure: 5 1= 5; 4 2 = 8; 2 2 = 4. In the second figure: 2 3 = 6; 3 3 = 9; 2 2 = 4; In the third figure: 6 1=6, 7 1 = 7, 4 2 = 8 the answer is 678 i.e. (d).

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27.

Insert the missing letter: B D G G J N N R ?

Sol.

(a) U (b) V (c) W (d) X st In 1 column, the rule is +1, +2; in column two, the rule is +2, +3, +3, and so in column three, the rule is +3, +4,. So the letter is 4 letters from R i.e. W. Hence, the answer is (c). Insert the missing characters out of the giving option below the matrix. Z4 X3 V9 A6 C2 ? T5 R4 P15 (a) E10 (b) E12 (c) S10 (d) S15 Each row consists of alternate letters. So the missing letter of the second row is E. The numbers in the columns are 4, 5, 6; 2, 3, 4; 9, 12, 15. Hence, the missing character is E12. Hence the answer is (b).

28.

Sol.

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EXERCISE
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 54, 165, 276, 387,... (a) 498 (b) 496 7, 15, 31,63, 127,... (a) 254 (b) 265 11,23,48,99,202,... (a) 409 (b) 408 23,48,99,203,413,.. (a) 927 (b) 837 5, 7, 10, 15, 22,... (a) 31 (b) 32 2, 12,30,56,90,... (a) 110 (b) 121 2, 10, 26, 50, 82,... (a) 110 (b) 112 7, 15,29,59, 117,, (a) 230 (b) 231 10, 19, 40, 77, 158, (a) 311 (b) 307 98, 72, 14,... (a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 6 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, 210,... . (a) 240 (b) 290 1,3, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12,..., 21. (a) 10 (b) 11 0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17, 24, 26,.... (a) 35 (b) 32 2,3,5,8, 13,21 (a) 29 (b) 30 4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30,... (a) 32 (b) 60 BDF, CFI, DHL,... (a) CJM (b) EIM YEB, WFD, UHG, SKI,... . (a) QOL (b) QGL A, CD, GHI, ..., UVWXY (a) LMNO (b) MNOL (c) 497 (c) 253 (c) 407 (c) 937 (c) 38 (c) 132 (c) 120 (c) 233 (c) 301 (d) 4 (c) 336 (c) 12 (c) 30 (c) 32 (c) 58 (c) EJO (c) TOL (c) NOPQ (d) 504 (d) 13 (d) 28 (d) 34 (d) 56 (d) EMI (d) QNL (d) MNOP (d) 501 (d) 255 (d) 406 (d) 437 (d)35 (d) 143 (d) 122 (d) 235 (d) 299

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19. 20.

3F,6G, 111, 18 L,... . (a) 210 (b) 25 N C 4X, F 9 U, I 16 R,... (a) K 25 P (b) L 25 P

(c) 27 P (c) L 25 O

(d) 27 Q (d) L 27 P

Directions: In each of the following letter series, some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternative below it. Choose the correct alternative. 21. a - bbc - aab - cca bbcc (a) bacb (b)acba (c) abba (d)caba 22. aab - aa - bbb -aaa-bbb (a) abba (b)baab (c) aaab (d)abab 23. bc-b -c- b ccb (a) cbcb (b)bbcb (c) cbbc (d)bebe 24. abb - baa - a - bab-ab (a) abba (b)abab (c) ccac (d)aabb 25. abca - bcaab - ca -bbc (a) ccaa (b)bbaa (c) abac (d)abba 26. 67, 62, 57, ? , 47 (a) 51 (b) 52 (c) 50 (d) 53 27. 2, 5, 10, 17, ? (a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27 28. 0, 5, 22, 57, 116, ? (a) 205 (b) 216 (c) 192 (d) 207 29. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, ?, 50 (a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 34 (d) 35 30. 4, 7, 10, 11, 22, 17, 46, 25, ? (a) 58 (b) 69 (c) 86 (d) 94 31. 1, 8, 9, 64, 25, 216, ?, ? (a) 49, 64 (b) 343, 64 (c) 49, 512 (d) 343, 512 32. 0, 7, 26, ?, 124, 215 (a) 51 (b) 37 (c) 63 (d) 16 33. 0, 6, 20, 42, ? (a) 64 (b) 72 (c) 80 (d) 84 34. 4,10,22,46,? (a) 56 (b) 66 (c) 76 (d) 94 35. 3, 8, 35, 48, ?, 120 (a) 72 (b) 64 (c) 80 (d) 99 36. 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, ? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16

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37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49.

4, 25, 64, 121, 196, ? (a) 384 (b) 256 2, 10, 19, 29, 40, 52, 65, 79, 94, ? (a) 110 (b) 109 3, 4, 10, 33; 136, ? (a) 240 (b) 430 B, E, H, (a) K (b) L Y, W, U, S, Q, ? (a) A (b) P (c) O AH, DL, GP, JT, ? (a) MY (b) NX LO, IL, FI, CF, ? (a) ZB (b) AB ZYX, BAZ, DCB, FED, ? (a) GHF (b) FGH ATL, BUM, CVN, DWO, ? (a) EZP (b) EYQ TYU, NSO, HMl, ? (a) AGC (b) CGC A3P, C5N, E8K, G12G, ? (a) l16D (b) l17B Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C, ? (a) Y66B (b) Y44B MAAL, AALM, ALMA, LMAA, ? (a) AMLA (b) MAAL

(c) 225 (c) 108 (c) 685 (c) J (d) B (c) MX (c) ZC (c) FFG (c) EFP (c) GBC (c)l17D (c) Y88B (c) AAML

(d) 289 (d) none of these (d) 820 (d) M

(d) NY (d) ZO (d) HGF (d) EXP (d) BGC (d) J16B (d) Z88B (d) LAAM

Directions: Which sequence of letters when placed at the blank one after the other will complete the given letter series ? 50. _aabb_abba_b (a) b a b (b) a b a (c) b b a (d) b a a 51. a_baa_baa_ba (a) a a b (b) b a b (c) b b a (d) b b b 52. baa_ba_aab (a) b a b a (b) b b a a (c) a b b b (d) b b a b 53. babbb_b_b_bb (a) b b a (b) b a b (c) a b a (d) a a a 54. _ ha _ hach _ c _ _ (a) ccaha (b) achac (c) chaaa (d) aaach

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55.

m _ I _ ml _ m _ llm (a) Immm

(b) Imlm

(c) Imml

(d) mllm

Directions: Given below are based on the letter series, In each of these series, some letters are missing. Select the correct alternative. If more than five letters are missing select the fast five letters of the series. 56. x _ xxy _ x _ xy _ yxx _ _ yy _ y (a) xyyyy (b) xxyyx _ _ r _ tqrptsrpqst _ _ _ _ _ (a) pqrts (b) pqtrs

(c) yxxyx

(d) xyxyx

57.

(c) pqrst

(d) qrpst

Directions: There is a letterseries in the first row and a numberseries in the second row. Each number in the number series stands for a letter in the letter series. Since in each of that series some terms are missing you have to find out what those terms are and answer the questions based on these as given below in the series. 58. n _ g f _ t _ f h t n _ _ t _ b _ f 1 3_ 2 4 50 _4 _ _3 __ _ _ _ _ The last five terms of the number series are (a) 50123 (b) 40321 (c) 40231 _ m i a x _ i r x a _ _ m a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 _ 5 _ 7 3__ _ 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The last five term of the letter series are (a) r m x i a (b) x m r a i (c) x r m a i Find the missing number:
963 464 2 ? 844 903

(d) 51302

59.

(d) r m i x a

60.

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

Direction: Find the missing character in the following questions. 61. 5 9 7 (a) 16 62. 11 5 7 (a) 96 (b) 120 3 19 13 49 ? 100 (c) 144 (d) 169 (b) 56 3 5 8 (c) 55 16 46 ? (d) 57

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63. 3 5 4 (a) 11 64. 3 7 3 (a) 15 65. 1 2 3 (a) 26 66. 5 9 11 (a) 146 67. 12 10 64 (a) 16 68. 1 11 120 (a) 19 69. 13 7 27 (a) 42
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9 20 ? (c) 28 4 5 5 (c) 17 9 ? 117 (c) 20 (d) 12 (d) 18 (d) 12

(b) 14 15 38 ?

(b) 16 7 14 105

(b) 16 26 84 ?

1 3 5 (c) 126 (d) 136

(b) 116 47 52 ?

21 4 24 (c) 62 3 5 ? (c) 16 (d) 15 (d) 83

(b) 40 2 7 45

(b) 17 54 45 144

? 32 68 (c) 6 (d) 4

(b) 36

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70. 18 12 3 (a) 12 71. 7 4 9 (a) 18 72. 1 1 2 (a) 16, 8 73. 5 4 1 40 (a) 40 74. 11 17 25 19 (a) 9 75. 4 2 1 21 (a) 94
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32 16 4 (c) 14 21 36 54 (c) 36 27 18 ? (d) 48 (d) 11

(b) 13 9 2 4

(b) 24

4 2 4

9 3 6

? 4 ? (c) 36, 4 (d) 25, 5

(b) 49, 7 9 5 6 100

7 3 8 ? (c) 50 (d) 80

(b) 60 6 12 34 28

8 ? 19 11 (c) 15 (d) 16

(b) 13 5 3 8 98

6 7 3 ? (c) 73 (d) 16

(b) 76

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76. 3 6 8 56 10 90 2 2 ? 20 1 0 (d) 7

77.

(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 5 In the matrix given below, find the value of A, B and C. 9 B 8 (a) A = 13,B = 11,C = 9 (c) A = 9, B = 11, C= 13 A 10 C 12 7 11

(b) A = 13, B = 9, C = 11 (d) A = 9, B = 13, C = 11 3C 7I 4D 27D 21K ? 9E 3M 7J (c) 35I (d) 48F

78.

(a) 11E 79.

(b) 28G

(a) 60 80. 84 14 12 81 18 9

(b) 50 88 ? (b) 21 11

(c) 25

(d) 40

(a) 16 81.

(c) 61

(d) 81

(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 12

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82.
4

6 8 10

14 18

6 8 14

14 22
11

6 4

? 15

(a) 6 83.

(b) 8

(c) 10

(d) 14

(a) 47 84.

(b) 45

(c) 37

(d) 35

(a) 184 85.

(b) 210

(c) 241

(d) 425

(a) 72

(b) 70

(c) 68

(d) 66

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ANSWERS TO EXERCISE
1. 2. 3. 4. (a) Rule is +111, the next number is 387 + 111 =498 (d) Rule is x 2 + 1 or +8, +16, +32, +64 etc. The next number is 127 x 2 + 1 = 255 or 127 + 128 = 255 (a) The rale is x 2 + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. The next number is x 2 + 5 i.e. 202 x 2 + 5 = 409. (b) The rale is x 2, + the numbers 2, 3, 5,7,11 etc. Thus the next number is 2 x 413 + 11 = 837 (d) The rale is : +2, +3, +5, +7, +11 etc. (prime numbers) (c) The sequence is 1 x 2, 3 x 4, 5 x 6, 7 x 8, 9x 10, 11 x 12 etc (d) Sequence is l2 x 1, 32 x 1, 52 + 1, 72 +1,1 9 2 + 1, ll 2 + 1 etc or +8, +16, +24, +32, +40 etc. The next number is ll 2 + 1 or 82 + 40 i.e. 122. (d) The rule is: Double the number and operate 1 alternately. The next term is 2 x 117 + 1 = 235. (a) Double the number and operate -1, +2, -3,+4,.-5 etc. So, the next number is 2 x 15! -5 = 311 (d) 98 9x8 = 72;72 7x2= 14, 1x4=1;4 (c) Given series is l 3 - l,2 3 -2, 3 3 -3,4 3 4 53 -5, 63 - 6 etc. next term = 73 - 7 = 336 (d) The given series is a combination of two Series I. 1, 3, 7,..., 21 and II. 3, 6, 9, 12. The pattern in the first series is +2, +4, +6, +8. The missing number is 13. (a) Sequence given is a combination of two series: I. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24,... and II. 2, 5,10, 17, 26. The pattern is both the series is +3, +5, +7, +9, etc. (d) Sum of the previous two terms is the next term. the missing term is 13 + 21 = 34. (b) Add the first two terms and then double to get the third term.

5. 6. 7.

8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

13.

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(c) First, 2nd, 3rd letters are moving +1, +2, +3 steps. (a) First letter of each term is -2 steps; Second of each term +1, +2, +3, +4 steps forward. Third letter is alternatively moved +2, +3 steps. (d) The number of letters in each term is increasing by one. First letter of each term is+1,+3,+5. (c) +1, +2, +3, +4 in letters; +3, +5, +7, +9 in numbers. (c) +3; 22, 32, 42, 52; -3. (b) The series is aabbcc/aabbcc/aabbcc Thus the pattern aabbcc is repeated. (b) The series is aa bb/aaabbb/aaaabbbb Thus the letters are repeated twice, thrice and four times etc. (a) The series is bccb/bccb/bccb Thus the pattern bccb is repeated. (a) The series is abba/baab/abba/baab Thus the pattern abba, baab is repeated. (c) The series is abc/aabc/aabbc/aabbcc (b) (c) (a) (d) (d) (c) (c) (b) (d) (d) (d) (d) (a) (c) (a) (c) (c) (c) (d) (d)

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(d) (b) (c) (b) (d) (d) (c) (c) (a) (b) (a) (a) (d) (d) (b) (d) In each row the third term is product of first two terms plus 1. ? = 7 8 + 1 = 57. (c) In a row the third term is the square of the average of the first two numbers.

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5 19 ? 122 144 2 (b) The third term of each row is half the product of the two numbers. Thus 1 ? (4 7) 14 2 (d) In each row the middle number is 3 more than the product of the other two numbers. So the missing number is 3 + 3 5 i.e. 18. (d) In the first column 2 1+1=3 In the second column 14 7+7 = 105 In the third column x 9 + 9 = 117 x = 12 (c) In each row middle term is "square of the first" plus second the missing number is 11 2 + 5 = 126. (d) 12 21 In the first row : 4 7 10 4 In the second row : 4 2

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From the options 83 is satisfying the above condition because 68.

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(c) In each column, the third term is the difference of the square of the other two numbers. ? = 52 - 32 = 25 - 9 = 16. (d) In each column, the third number = 13 + 2 7 = 27 54 + 2 45 = 144 missing number x + 2 32 = 68 or x=4 (d) In the first row: (18 + 24) 10 = 32 In the second row: (12 + 24) 10 = 16 In the third row: 3 + x 10 = 4 so x = 11 (b) 21 27 In the first row: 7 9 36 18 In the second row: 4 2 59 x In the third row: x 24 9 4 (a) 1st row: 12, 22, 32, 42 Third row: 2, 4 6, 8 The missing numbers = 16, 8 (c) In first column: 52 + 42 1 = 40; In second column: 92 + 52 6=100 In third column: 72 +32 8 = 50 (d) In first column: 17 + 19 = 25 + 11 In second column: 12 + 28 = 6 + 34 In third column: 8 + 19 = ? + 11 ? = 16 (a) 1st column = 42 + 22 + 12 = 21 2nd column = 52 + 32 + 82 = 98 3rd column = 62 + 72 + 32 = 94 (c) The rule is x2 x = n 32 3 = 6; 82 8 = 56 etc x2 x = 20 so x = 5. (d) The sum of numbers in each row and each column is constant i.e. 30. (b) In the first row letters are consecutive i.e. CDE. In the 2nd row letters are one step forward IK-M

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In the third row, the letters are +2 forward i.e. D - - G - - J. Number is the product of the two numbers. Hence 4 7 = 28. Hence the answer is 28 G. (c) First figure

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16x ? 20 i .e. 16 ? =400 or ? = 25 (a) First figure: (84 14) 2 etc. 88 so ? 2 11 ? so ? = 16 (d) 2 + 1 is the rule. So the missing number is 2 7+1 i.e. 15. (c) Fig 1:10 4 = 6; 18 10 = 8; 18 4 =14 Fig 2:14 8 = 6; 22 14 = 8; 22 8 = 14 Fig 3:11 5 = 6; 15 11 = 4; 15 5 = 10 (c) Fig 1: 3 3 + 6 5 = 39 Fig 2: 4 4 + 5 7=51 So ? = 3 4+5 5=37 (a) Fig 1 : 122 82 = 80 Fig 2 : 162 72 = 207 Fig 3 : ? = 252 212 = 184 (b) Rule is: Double the number and add 2. Starting with 7

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