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Direction (1-5) : What value should come in place of 3. 28

question mark (?) in the following number series? 4. 31
5. 24
1. 22, 42, 64, 88, ?
1. 112 6. 19, 27, 0 , 64, ? , 155
2. 118 1. 61
3. 116 2. 83
4. 114 3. -23
5. 115 4. 47
5. Other than the given options
2. 11, 61, 299, 1189, ?
1. 3559 7. 122, 62, 32, ?, 9.5, 5.75
2. 3659 1. 19
3. 3569 2. 24
4. 3549 3. 17
5. 3459 4. 20.25
5. Other than the given options
3. 215, 19, 163, 63, ?
1. 117 8. 49, 216 , 625 , 1024 , 729 , ?
2. 127 1. 128
3. 125 2. 512
4. 126 3. 256
5. 109 4. 324
5. Other than the given options
4. 160, 80, 120, 300, ?
1. 1050 9. 71 , ? , 868, 4345, 26076
2. 1000 1. 322
3. 1040 2. 264
4. 1020 3. 198
5. 1060 4. 216
5. Other than the given options
5. 4, 5, 8, 15, ?
1. 25 10. 1 , 12 , 144 , 1728 , ?
2. 26 1. 18024

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2. 9962 e) 269
3. 20736
4. 21302 15. 21 , 35 , 30 , 44 , 39 ,?
5. Other than the given options a) 59
b) 53
c) 55
Directions (11-15): What should come in place of the
d) 45
question mark (?) in the following number series?
e) 46

11. 8, 4.5 , 5.5 , 13 , 56 , ?

a) 566
Directions (16-20): What should come in place of the
b) 496
question mark (?) in the following number series?
c) 596
d) 450 16. 7 , 14 , 30, 56 , 93 , ?
e) 456 a) 142
b) 403
12. 19 , 16 , 44 , 107 , ? c) 124
a) 108 d) 96
b) 156 e) 124
c) 215
d) 151 17. 23 , 39 , 32, 48 , 41 , ?
e) 251 a) 58
b) 57
13. 11 , 14 , 23 , 50, ? c) 59
a) 111 d) 48
b) 121 e) 84
c) 151
d) 131 18. 11, 13 , 20 , 48 , 111 , ?
e) 141 a) 237
b) 125
14. 19 , 25 , 42 ,71 , 113 , ? c) 273
a) 169 d) 255
b) 153 e) 555
c) 186
d) 196 19. 13 , 17 , 33 , 97 , ? , 1377

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a) 259 d) 145
b) 563 e) 154
c) 535
d) 455 24. 24, 28 , 19 , 35 , 10 , ?
e) 353 a) 45
b) 44
20. 6 , 3.5 , 4.5 , 11 , 48 , ? c) 46
a) 96 d) 42
b) 56 e) 47
c) 392
d) 192 25. 14 , 6 , 4 , 4, 8 , ?
e) 292 a) 32
b) 8
Directions (21-25): What should come in place of the
c) 4
question mark (?) in the following number series?
d) 16
e) 14
21. 6, 16, 45 ,184 , 917 , ?
a) 5056
Directions (26-30): What should come in place of the
b) 5506
question mark (?) in the following number series?
c) 5006
d) 5060
26. 14, 25, 47, 91, ?, 355
e) 6050
a) 100
b) 197
22. 11, 20, 38, 74, ?
c) 179
a) 85
d) 335
b) 96
e) 155
c) 100
d) 136
27. 11, 24, 44, 70, 101, ?
e) 146
a) 136
b) 102
23. 15, 21 , 38 , 65 , 101 , ?
c) 80
a) 150
d) 102
b) 120
e) 163
c) 125

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28. 18, 8, 6, 8, 24, ? e) None of these

a) 6
b) 48 33. 4, -8, 16, -32, 64, ?
c) 24 a) 128
d) 176 b) -128
e) 167 c) 192
d) -192
29. 28, 32, 23, 39, 14, ? e) None of these
a) 30
b) 50 Directions (34 -3 5): Find the wrong term in the
c) 55 following given series.
d) 6
34. 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, 216, 344
e) 14
a) 2
b) 28
30. 5, 12, 33, 136, 675, ?
c) 65
a) 5569
d) 126
b) 4426
e) 216
c) 5046
d) 4065
35. 10, 26, 74, 218, 654, 1946, 5834
e) 4056
a) 26
Directions (31 - 33): Complete the following series. b) 74
c) 218
31. 2, 4, 12, 4, 240, ?
d) 654
a) 960
e) 1946
b) 1440
c) 1080
d) 1920 Directions (36-40): What will come in place of
e) None of these question mark (?) in the following number series?

32. 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ? 36. 59.76, 58.66, 56.46, 52.06, ?, 25.66

a) 76 a) 48.08

b) 74 b) 46.53

c) 75 c) 43.46

d) 73 d) 43.26

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e) None of these a) 16807

b) 1227
37. 36, 157, 301, 470, ?, 891 c) 2058
a) 646 d) 2401
b) 695 e) None of these
c) 639
d) 669 42. 13, 20, 39, 78, 145, (?)
e) None of these a) 234
b) 244
38. 14, 70, 350, ?, 8750, 43750 c) 236
a) 1570 d) 248
b) 875 e) None of these
c) 1750
d) 785 43. 12, 35 , 81 , 173 , 357 , (?)
e) None of these a) 725
b) 715
39. 13, 13, 65, 585, 7605, 129285,? c) 726
a) 2456415 d) 736
b) 2235675 e) None of these
c) 2980565
d) 2714985 44. 3, 100, 297, 594, 991, (?)
e) 2197845 a) 1489
b) 1479
40. 1, 16, 81, 256, 625, 1296, ? c) 1478
a) 4096 d) 1498
b) 2401 e) None of these
c) 1764
d) 3136 45. 112, 119, 140, 175, 224, (?)
e) 6561 a) 277
b) 276
c) 287
Directions (41-45): What will come in place of
d) 266
question mark (?) in the following number series?
e) None of these

41. 1, 7, 49, 343, (?)

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Directions (46 -50): In the following number series b) 394

only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong c) 399
number. d) 431
e) 391
46. 18.3, 20.6 , 16, 22.9 , 13.7, 2.2, 11.4
a) 25.2
Directions (51-55): What should come in place of the
b) 18.3
question mark (?) in the following number series?
c) 13.7
d) 22.9
51. 150, 102, 70 , 46 , 26 , ?
e) 20.6
a) 16
b) 8
47. 9 , 5 , 6 , 10.5 , 23 , 61, 183
c) 10
a) 183
d) 2
b) 10.5
e) 4
c) 61
d) 5
52. 10 , 14 , 28 , 52 , 134 , ?
e) 9
a) 302
b) 268
48. 188, 154, 140, 132 ,128, 126 , 125
c) 300
a) 125
d) 304
b) 154
e) 208
c) 132
d) 126
53. 4500 , 900 , 90 , 6 , ? , 0.012
e) 188
a) 0.3
b) 3
49. 2, 4 , 11 , 37 , 151 , 771 , 4633
c) 3.33
a) 11
d) 0.33
b) 4633
e) 3.3
c) 771
d) 151
54. 24 , 11 , 10 , 14 , 27 , ?
e) 2
a) 66
b) 70.5
50. 391 , 394 , 399 , 411 , 431 , 461, 503
c) 68
a) 503
d) 66.5
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e) 68.5 a) 55
b) 44
55. 8 , 7 , 12 , 33 , 128 , ? c) 77
a) 528 d) 88
b) 365 e) 66
c) 653
d) 825 60. 26 , 144 , 590 , 1164 , ?
e) 635 a) 1296
b) 1182
Directions (56-60): What should come in place of the c) 2059
question mark (?) in the following number series? d) 1182
e) 1181
56. 7 , 5 , 7 ,17 , 63 ?
a) 308
Direction ( 61-65) Find the wrong number in the
b) 302
following series.
c) 309
d) 409 61. 40, ,326, 2946 ,29418, 323607
e) 390 1.326
2.40
57. 50 , ? , 61 , 89, 154 , 280 3.2946
a) 52 4.323607
b) 51 5.29418
c) 60
d) 62 62. 560 , 1089 , 1725 , 2443, 3284 , 4245
e) 60 1.2443
2.1725
58. 17 , 19 , 25 , 37 , ? , 87 3.4245
a) 47 4.3284
b) 37 5.560
c) 57
d) 67 63. 3252 , 3080 , 2958 , 2876 , 2826
e) 75 1.3080
2.2876
59. 11 , 14 ,19 , 28, 43, ?
3.2826

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4.3252 5.59861
5.2958
68. 49 72 118 ? 394 762 1498
64. 2442 , 1222 , 614 , 312 ,163 , 90 , 55.75 1.234
2.239
1.1222 3.210
2.312 4.219
3.90 5.243
4.614
5.163 69. 142 143 156 193 272 417 ?
1.653
65. 1250, 1322 , 1452, 1674, 2024 , 2544 2.658
3.659
1.1322 4.657
2.1674 5.656
3.2544
4.2024 70. 118 122 158 206 356 536 ?
5.1250 1.956
2.953
Direction (66-70) Find the missing number in the 3.928
given series. 4.965
5.963
66. 1953.125 781.25 312.5 ? 20
1.48
71. 2, 8, 14, 24, 34, 48, ?
2.49
3.50 a. 66
4.51
b. 62
5.52
c. 58
67. 81 87 162 504 1992 9990 ?
d. 64
1.59903
2.59906
3.56895
72. 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 4, 5, ?
4.59904

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a. 9 76. 138, 115, 92, 69, 46, ?

b. 6 a. 9

c. 10 b. 18

d. 7 c. 21

d. 23

73. 3, 8, 13, 24, 41, ?

a. 65 77. 4, 2, 8, 16, 128, ?

b. 75 a. 562

c. 70 b. 1018

d. 80 c. 2024

d. 2048

74. 2, 4, 4, 8, 16, 16, 256,?

a. 64 78. 186, 115, 71, 44, 27, ?

b. 36 a. 19

c. 180 b. 17

d. 32 c. 13

d. 21

75. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ?

a. 11 79. 128, 64, 32, 16, ?, 4

b. 13 a. 10

c. 15 b. 8

d. 9 c. 6

d. 12
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d. 27

80. 1, 1, 2, 8, 64, ?, 65536

a. 1024 84. 1, 2, 2, 5, 3, 10, ?

b. 2556 a. 8

c. 4096 b. 4

d. 1088 c. 7

d. 11

81. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ?

a. 48 85. 4, -8, 14, -22, 32, ?

b. 56 a. -44

c. 64 b. 42

d. 70 c. -42

d. 44

82. 5, 50, 45, 450, 445, ?, 4445

a. 4450
Answer:
b. 4600

1. 4;
c. 4550
The series is 3 + 13 = 22,4 + 26 = 42,
d. 4500 5 + 39= 64,6 +52 = 88
? = 7 + 65 = 114

83. 243, 5, 81, 15, 27, 45, 9, ? 2. 1;

The series is
a. 5

b. 15

c. 135
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4. 1;
The series is

3. 2;
The series is

5. 3;

The series is

6. 5;
The series is

7. 3;
The series is

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8. 1;
The series is

9. 4;
The series is

10. 3;
The series is

11. e) 456
Solution:
8 x 0.5 + 0.5 = 4.5
4.5 x 1 + 1 = 5.5
5.5 x 2 + 2 = 13

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13 x 4 + 4 = 56
56 x 8 + 8 = 456

12. c) 215
Solution:

13. d) 131
Solution:
11 + 31 = 11 + 3 = 14
14 + 32 = 14 + 9 = 23
23 + 33 = 23 + 27 = 50
50 + 34 = 50 + 81 = 131

14. a) 169
Solution:

15. b) 53
Solution:
21 + 14 = 35

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35 5 = 30
30 + 14 = 44
44 5 = 39
39 + 14 = 53

16. a) 142
Solution:

17. b) 57
Solution:

18. a) 237
Solution:
11 + (13 + 1) = 11 + 3 = 13
13 + (23 - 1) = 13 + 7 = 20
20 + (33 + 1) = 20 + 28 = 48
48 + (43 - 1) = 48 + 63 = 111
111 + (53 + 1) = 111 + 126 = 237

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19. e) 353
Solution:

20. c) 392
Solution:
6 x 0.5 + 0.5 = 3.5
3.5 x 1 + 1 = 4.5
4.5 x 2 + 2 = 11
11 x 4 + 4 = 48
48 x 8 + 8 = 392

21. b) 5506 15 + 6 = 21
Solution: 21 + 17 = 38 (17 = 6+11)
6 x 2 + 4 = 16 38 + 27 = 65 (27 = 17+10)
16 x 3 - 3 = 45 65 + 36 = 101 (36 = 27 + 9)
45 x 4 + 4 = 184 101 + 44 = 145 (44 = 36 + 8)
184 x 5 - 5 = 917
917 x 6 - 6 = 5506 24. c) 46
Solution:
22. e) 146 24 + 22 = 24 + 4 = 28
Solution: 28 - 32 = 28 - 9 = 19
11 + 9 = 20 19 + 42 = 19 + 16 = 35
20 + 18 = 38 35 - 52 = 35 - 25 = 10
38 + 36 = 74 10 + 62 = 10 + 36 = 46
74 + 72 = 146
25. a) 32
23. d) 145 Solution:
Solution: 14 x 1 - 8 = 6

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6x2-8=4
4x3-8=4 29. b) 50
4x4-8=8 Solution:
8 x 5 - 8 = 32 28, 32, 23, 39, 14, ?

26. c) 179
Solution:
14, 25, 47, 91, ?, 355
14 x 2 - 3 = 25
25 x 2 - 3 = 47
47 x 2 - 3 = 91
91 x 2 - 3 = 179
30. e) 4056
27. a) 136 Solution:
Solution: 5, 12, 33, 136, 675, ?
11, 24, 44, 70, 101, ? 5 x 2 + 2 = 12
12 x 3 - 3 = 33
33 x 4 + 4 = 136
136 x 5 - 5 = 675
675 x 6 + 6 = 4056

31. a) 2, 4, 12, 48, 240, .

The pattern is: to arrive at a term, the previous term is
being multiplied by (n+1) where n keeps on increasing
by 1 for every term.

28. d) 176
32.
Solution:
4 = 2 (2 + 0)
18, 8, 6, 8, 24,?
12 = 4 (2 + 1)
18 x 0.5- 1 = 8
48 = 12 (2 + 2)
8 x 1- 2 = 6
240 = 48 (2 + 3)
6x2-4=8
8 x 4 - 8 = 24 Next term = 240 (2 + 4) = 240 6 = 1440

24 x 8 - 16 = 176

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2. c) 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, .. difference become equal. In the figure above there was
The pattern is: every number is arrived at previous an error & we have corrected it.
number multiplied by 2 and then alternate addition and
subtraction by 1 i.e.
2 35. d) 10, 26, 74, 218, 654, 1946, 5834
5=22+1 The pattern is: to arrive at next term, the previous is
9=52-1 multiplied by 3 and subtracted by 4:
19=92+1 10
37=192-1 10 3 4 = 26
the next term 372+1 = 75 26 3 4 = 74
74 3 4 = 218
33. b) 4, -8, 16, -32, 64, . 218 3 4 = 650 654
The pattern is: Every number is arrived at by multiplying 650 3 4 = 1946
previous alternate number with 4 as shown below: 1946 3 4 = 5834
4 x 4 = 16 Here, 654 was wrong.
-8 x 4 = -32
16 x 4 = 64
36. d) The series is - 1.1, - 2.2, - 4.4, - 8.8, - 17.6
-32 x 4 = -128
Hence, -128 is the correct answer.
37. e) The series is: + 112, + 122, + 132, + 142, + 152

34. e) 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, 216, 344.

38. c) The series is: x5, x5, x5
The pattern in the series is that the series is triangular as
shown below:
39. d) The series is: x1, x5, x9, x13, x17, x21

40. b) The series is: 14, 24, 32, 42, 54, 64, 74 (= 2401)

41. d.) 2401

Solution:
1x7=7
In the triangular series, the difference between
7x 7 = 49
consecutive terms is written below the numbers and
49 x 7 = 343
then, difference between consecutive differences is
343 x 7 = 2401
written below & this process carries on until all the

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42. d) 248 154 - 16 = 140

Solution: 140 - 8 = 132
13+122+3, 20+ 42+3, 39+62+3, 78+82+3, 145+ 102+3 132 - 4 = 128
128 - 2 = 126
43. a) 725 126 - 1 = 125
Solution:
49. d) 151
difference x 2
2x1+2=4
4 x 2 + 3 = 11
44. e) none
11 x 3 + 4 = 37
Solution:
37 x 4 + 5 = 153
+97,+197+297,+397,+497
153 x 5 + 6 = 771
991+497 = 1488
771 x 6 + 7 = 4633

45. c) 287 50. b) 394

Solution: 391 + 2 = 393

+ 7x1, +7x3, +7x5, +7x7, +7x9 393 + 6 = 399

399 + 12 = 441
46. a) 25.2 441+ 20 = 431
18.3 + 2.3 = 20.6 431 + 30 = 461
20.6 - 4.6 = 16 461 +40 = 503
16 + 6.9 = 22.9
22.9 - 9.2 = 13.7
13.7 +11.5 = 25.2 51. b) 8

25.2 - 13.8 = 11.4 Solution:

47. c) 61
9 x 0.5 + 0.5 = 5
5x1+1=6
6 x 1.5 + 1.5 = 10.5
10.5 x 2 + 2 = 23
23 x 2.5 + 2.5 = 60
60 x 3 + 3 = 183

48. e) 188 52. d) 304

186 - 36 = 154 Solution:

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10 x 3 - 2= 28 5x23=7
14 x 4 - 4= 52 7 x 3 4 = 17
28 x 5 - 6= 134 17 x 4 5 = 63
52 x 6- 8= 304 63 x 5 6 = 309

53. a) 0.3 57. a) 52

Solution: Solution:
50..50+(1+1) = 52
4500/5 = 900
52+(2+1)=61.
900/10 = 90
61+(3+1)=89
90/15 = 6
89+(4+1)=154
6/20 = 0.3
154 + (5+1) = 280
0.3/25 = 0.012

58. c) 57
54. d) 66.5
Solution:
Solution:
17 + 1 x 2 = 19

24 x (1/2) 1 = 11 19 + 2 x 3 = 25

11 x (2/2) 1 = 10 25 + 3 x 4 = 37

10 x (3/2) 1 = 14 37 + 4 x 5 = 57

14 x (4/2) 1 = 27 57 + 5 x 6 = 87

27 x (5/2) 1 = 66.5
59. e) 66

55. e) 635 Solution:

Solution: 3.5...9...15...23
2....4....6....8
8x11=7 Answer 43+23= 66
7 x 2 2 = 12
12 x 3 3 = 33 60. b) 1182
33 x 4 4 = 128 Solution:
128 x 5 5 = 635 26 x 6 12 = 144
144 x 4 + 14 = 590
56. c) 309 590 x 2 16 = 1164
Solution: 1164 x 1 + 18 = 1182
7x12=5

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61.2946
40 x 8+6=326 65. 1250
326 x 9+7=294 the difference between numbers is +(3+3) , +(4+4)
2946 x 10+8=29418 , +(5+5), +(6+6) , +(7+7),
29418 x 11+9=323607 +(8+8)

62.1725 66.50
the difference between numbers is +23 ,+25 , +27 , 1953.125/2.5=781.25
+29 ....... 781.25/2.5=312.5
312.5/2.5=125
125/2.5=50
63.3252
50/2.5=20
the difference between numbers is -(13+1), -(11+1), -
(9+1) , -(7+1), -(5+1)
67.59904
the difference between numbers is x 1+6 , x 2-12, x
64. 90
3+18 ,x 4-24 ,x 5+30 , x 6-36
2442/2 + 1 = 1222
1222/2 + 3= 614
68.210
614/2 + 5 = 312
the difference between numbers is +23 , +46 , +92 ,
312/2 + 7 =163
+184 , +368 ,+736
163/2 + 9 = 89.5
89.5/2 + 11 = 55.75
69.658
the difference between numbers is +1+0 , +2+5 ,+3+10 , +4+15 , +5+20 ,+6+25

70. 928
the difference between numbers is
+2-2
+3-3
+4-4
+5-5
+6-6
+7-7

71. (b): The sequence in the series is:

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The difference increases by 4 at alternate step.

72. (a): In this series three numbers from a set. The first two numbers of each set are in natural order and the third number
is the sum of first and second numbers. The first number of the next set begins with double the first number of the
previous set.

73. (c): The sequence in the series is (number + next number ) + addition of natural number increasing by 1 at each step,
after beginning from 2.

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74. (d): There are two alternate series:

Series I : 2,4,16,256 (next number is the square of precious numbers)

Series II : 4,8,16,32 (number is multiplied by 2 to get the next number)

75. (b): The numbers in the series are sum of two numbers preceding them.

76. (d): The numbers in the series are decreasing by 23.

77. (d): The number in the series is product of two numbers preceding it.

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78. (b): The sequence in the series is that the number subtracted from its previous number gives the next number.

79. (b): The numbers in the series are divided by 2 at each step.

80. (a): The sequence in the series is 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 64.

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81. (c): The numbers in the series are double the previous number.

82. (a): The sequence in the series is 10,-5, which is repeated.

83. (c): There are two alternate series:

84. (b): There are two alternate series:

Series I: 1,2,3,4 (numbers are increasing in natural order)

Series II: 2,5,10 (third number is product of previous two numbers)

85. (a) Alternative numbers are marked positive and negative, but the difference between their magnitude increases by 2
at each step.

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