eee eee piney OM VTA, AOA a ae nadowadn) + 0-(10% ) de - 1 " Wane -____ Series Completion ‘This chapter consists of questions in which series of numbers or alphabetical letters or combinations of both are given, which are generally called the terms of the series. ‘These terms follow a certain pattern throughout the series. The candidate is required to study the given series, identify the pattern followed in the series and either complete the given series with the most suitable alternative or find the wrong term in the series. GRASS Case I: Completing The Given Series By Finding The Missing Term(s) . Directions: Find the missing term in each of the following serie Bx. 1. 1,6, 15, 2, 45, 66, 91 (BBS. 2004) :. Missing term = 7° ~ 7 = 343 ~ 7 = 336. (a) 25 26 @)27 (ay 2B Hence, the answer is (c). Sol. Clearly, the given sequence follows the pattern: | Ex. 6. 1, 4, 27, 16, ?, 36, 343 (SNAP, 2004) +5,+9, 418, +17, +21, +25, .... @ 2% 87 =) 120 ia 125 ‘Thus, 1 +5=6,64+9=15, Sol. Clearly, the given series consists of cubes of odd So, missing term = 15 + 13 = 28. ~ numbers and squares of even numbers, i.e., 1°, 2°, 2 Hence, the answer is (d). - BA Ex. 2. 2, 5, 9, 19, 37,2 (P.O. 2003) So, missing term = 5% = 125. if (a) 738° 7°06) 75) 76d) 78 Hence, the answer is (d). 86] Bx. 7. 4,6, 12, 14, 28, 30, ? (@) 3212 4160" (62 (a) BH Sol. The given sequence is a combination of two series: Sol. Clearly, we have: 2x 2+1= 9x24+1=19,19x2-1=37, So, missing term = 37 x 2+1=75. 5x 2-1 Hence, the answer is (6). 1 4,12,28,? and IL. 6, 14,30,..... Bx. 3. 4,8, 28, 80, 244, ? (BM. 2006) Now, the pattern followed in each of thé above two (a) 278 (6) 428. (@) 628. id) 728 series is: +8, + 16, + 32, Sol. The terms of the given series are: 3! + 1, 3*—1, So, missing number = (28 + 82) = 60 34 1,3¢—1, 9° +1, Henee, the answer is (®). So, missing term = 3°— 1 = 729-1 = 728. Ex. 8. 1,8, 3, 6, 7, 9, 2,12, 21 Hence, the answer is (d). @i0~ 1 @2 @1B Ex. 4, 10000, 11000, 9900, 10890, 9801, ? Sol. Clearly, the given sequence is a combination of (a) 10241 (@) 10423 ef10781 (d) 10929 two series: (PGDTM, 2006) 113,721 and Mi 3,6,9,12 Sol. Clearly, alternately we add and subtract 10% of a ‘The pattern followed in lis +2, +4, ... and the . term to obtain the next term of the series. pattern followed in Ils +3 ‘Thus, 10000 + (10% of 10000) = 11000; 11000 — (10% of 11000) = 9900,. e So, missing number = 7 + 6 = 13. F 9900 + (20% of 9900) = 10890,/10890 - (10% of Hence, the answer is (d). Ex, 9, Which fraction comes next in the sequence 10890) = 9801.-—~ 1 7 So, missing term = 9801 + (10% of 9801) = 9801 + 24 ‘ee. (M.A.T. 2005) 980 = 107814" f Hence, the answer is (). CF of OF © 2 , e 5. 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, 210, Sol. Clearly, the numerators of the fractions in the ao @) 290 28, (a) 504 given sequence form the series 1, 3, 5, 7, in which Clearly, the given series is: 1° - 1, 2°-2, 3-3, ‘each term is obtained by adding 2 to the previous #-4,5°-5,6°-6. term. 13 (& scanned with OKEN ScanneroN OO 14 © Verbal Reasoning The denominatoy 24,8, 16,40, 2, 9) So, the numerator Triangular Py Sometimes, the: Uniform difference between series, Ex, 10. Bind the 144, 275,” (@) 354) 468, Sol. As discussed above, as series I and then lov SeriesI : 3 Series I wv Series Series IV: Clearly, the pattern missing t So, missing term in series III = 50 + missing term in series I missing term in series I ‘hus, the missing term is 468. Hence, the answer is @). Direct Method: Clearly, we have: Missing term = 275 + (131 + 50 + 12) = 468, Elementary Idea of Progressions: L Arithmetic Progression sion of the form a, a + d, known as an AP. wit difference = d. Directions: In each of the. correct alternative that will continue the 1. 1, 9, 25, 49, 2, 121 @é Of 24,7, 12,19, 28,2 * (@)30° 6) 36 3.11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 9 (a) 26 27 4.6, 12, 21, 2, 48 40783 @) 38 5.2, 5,9, 7, 20,27 one 16 6. 120, 99, 80, 63, 48, 2 Leah 35 (6) 38 ‘7. 4832, 5840, 6848, ? ws of the fractions form the serie 246, 9nd the denominator will be 2°. 92 ‘Thos, the next term is ermis fatiorn Series: This pattern continues till we attai we may Inbel the given series at at of the next fraction will be Hence, the answer is (a). 3p Hence the consecutive terms of the ferm in the series: 3, 20, 63, (B.E.M. 2005) (©) 548 (d) 554 form series II to IV as shown 20 63 144 275 2 43° 81 1s1 ? 26 38 50 2 2 2 in series IIT is +12, 12 = 62; (A.P.) — The progres. a+ 2d,a+ 3d, ... is th first term = a and common 6,9, 12, 8 an AP. with g | bx: i oie nth term = 44, draometrie Progression ce Me iam of the form th aF, OT OF", isn mn ith fret term =a and common rain 6 a GP. with @ 1" a oP. ts 1, 6, 25, 125, B25. Ina GP, we have nth term = ar"~1 Hex 1s In the series 957, 363, 969, ou, what wit Oth torm? 405 (6) 411.) 413-— (ay gy Sol. ‘The given series is an AP. in which a = 357 +(0-Dd=a+9 (357 + 9x 6) = (857 + 54) = 4, Hence, the answer is (b). x, 12. How many terms are there in the series 201,» 215, ony 369? (a) 23 24 ©) 25 ay ag Sol. The given series in an A.P. in which a = 201 y az Let the number of terms be n. Then, 369 = 201 + (n - 1) x7 orn = 25, Hence, the answer is (¢). Ex. 13. In the series 7, 14, 98, term? (@) 1792 (©) 2456 (@) 3584 (a) 4096 Sol Clearly, 7x 2=14, 14x 2 = 28, .. and go on So, the given series is a G.P. in which a tax r=2. vy What will be the 1, + 10th term = ar(t0~0 _ 4,9 Hence, the answer is (c), EXERCISE 10 filowing questions, a number series is given with one term mis 'e term missing. Choose tht same pattern and replace the Muestion mark in the given series (S.C. 2002) (7815) 7845 7855 (a 7887 91 — @100 80,2, 8, 14,2, 34 BBS, 2008) OMLC.A. 2005) (a) 20 () 23 OS was - EB. 2004) | 9.1.5, 19, 95, 41,2 ( (37 (a) 51 57 oe GREE: 9008) |” 1019, 3542", 2 2 40 aas @1 120 & (RRB, 2002) oe ©1824 1: 0.5, 0.55, 0.65, 0.8, 9 (RRB. 2005) 09 Bog ; ) 0.82 95 ©) 39 @ 40 2.1,1,4,8,9, 27, 16,2 (S8.C. 2000) © 2a Oe 81 a) 256 (& scanned with OKEN ScannerSeries Completion @ 15 a6 1847 (eavin 200m) (a) 58965 (b) 65423 (e) 89654 (d) 96542 2 25, 6824, 6242, 2, 4247, 3823 (S.8.C. 2000) @i w19 wah wr 228 * (q)AM67 Shy 4TIB Ce) 4866 (a) 5164 4 4 26, 3, 8, 13, 24, 41,7 14. 1, 2, 6, 7, 21, 22, 66, 67, ? (M.C.A. 2005) (70 0) 76 (©) 80 we G0 "W194 fey 31301 217. 20, 20,19, 16, 17, 18, 14, 11,2? (S.8.C. 2008) 15, 166, 195, 255, 285, 346, 7 10, 16” (by 16, 11° @) 13,14 (a) 13, 16 a Or) OO 28.0, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 15, 17, 24, 26,2 — (BVT.M. 2005) 16. 3,7, 15, 2, 63, 127 (BTM. 2006; R.R.B. 2003) (a)28 6) 30) 32 BB (@) 30 -)31 47 (a) 62 fa) Saye 17. 8, 28, 116, 584, ? (R.R.B, 2002) i. = os (a) 1752 (b) 3502 (e) 3604 3508 OD OO Oe M53 18. 2,3, 8, 27, 112,? 30, 2,3, 4 8 9 (a) 226 (b) 339 (c) 452 (d) 565 ” Ye’ 5’ 55’ 25" 19.2, 7, 27, 107, 427, ? (S.S.C. 2003) eee nt +o a ee co om (©) 4027 (a) 4207 © 5B we Oe OB (a) 300 © () 386. (e) 420.» (a) 525 31. ng. 125, uz, 163, ? 21. 10, 14, 26, 42, 70, ? (PGDTM, 2006) 1 1 1 (a) 100 () 102 (e) 106d) 114 (a3 195 20d) 225 22, 2, 8, 16, 128, ? (SSC, 2002) (a) 2042 @) 2046 ¢f2048 (a) 2086 32, In the series 2, 6, 18, 54, ... what will be the 8th 23,3, 10, 101, ? (CP.0. 2004) term? - (a) 10101 (@) 10201 (c) 10202 (a) 11012 4s70 4874 ©) SO oo. si oseetinTeneresnvee ae 33. Which term of the series 5, 8, 11, 14, ... is 320? ot BBS. 2008) (a) 104th (2) 105th (©) 106th (a) 64th ANSWERS (EXERCISE 1A) 1. @): The given series consists of squares of consecutive odd numbers i.e. 17, 3°, 5%, Ty... So, missing term = 2, (c) : The pattern is + 8, +5, +7, +9) mm So, missing term = 28 + 11 = 39. 3: (¢) : The pattern is +2, +4, +2, 44 mm 4. (a) : The pattern is + 6, + 9, + 12, + 16, ‘So, missing term = 21 + 12 = 33. ‘The pattern is + 3, + 4, +5, +6, ‘So, missing term = 9 + 5 = 14. (a) : The pattern is - 21, ~ 19, - 17, ~ 15, ‘So, missing term = 48 - 13 = 35. : The pattern is + 1008. 5. pattern is +2, + 6, + 6, + 10, + 10, term = 14 +10 = 24. is + 13, + 26, + 39, 1g term = 80 + 52 = 132. sn is + 0.05, + 0.10, + 0.16, .. 8+0.20=1. 12. (6) : The series consists of squares and cubes of ‘consecutive natural numbers i.e. 1”, 1°, 2”, 2°, BBM, oan So, missing term = 64, 18. (c): The pattern is x 3. So, missing number 2131.3 1 . 34 20d. 14. (e) : The pattern is +1, x 3, + 1, x3, +1, x3, +1, So, missing term = 67 x 3 = 201. 15. (d) : Bach number of the series is 15 multiplied by a prime number i.e. 15 x 11, 15 x 13, 15 x 17, 15 x 19, 15 x 23, So, missing term = 15 x 29 = 435. 16. (b) : Each number in the series is one more than ‘twice the preceding nuinber. So, missing term = (15 x 2)+1=31. 17: (d) : The pattern is x3 +4, 444, *5 4 4, on So, missing term = 584 x 6 + 4 = 3508. 18. (d) : The pattern is x 1+1,x2+2,x3+3,x4 +4 So, missing term = 112 x 6 +5 = 665. 19. (b) : The pattern is + 5, + 20, + 80, + 320. ; $5 XT), + (5 XD, + (6X4), + XE ie, (& scanned with OKEN Scanner16 m Verbal Reasoning So, missing term = 427 + (6 x 16%) = 427 + 1280 = 1707 20. (6) :The pattern is +96, + 60, 4 90, aun he. FIG XG +O), 4 16% (64 AI, 4 16X64 Monn So, missing torm = 210 4 16 «(6 + 15)) 10 + 126 = 996, 21. (d): Bach term in the series, except the first two terms, i¢ 2 more than the sum of the preceding ‘two terms, So, missing term = (42 + 70) 4.2 = 114 22, (c) : Each term in the series, except the frst wo terms, is the product of the preceding two terms. So, missing term = 16 x 128 = 2048, 28. (¢): Bach term in the series is obtained by adding 1 to the square of the preceding term, So, missing term = (101)* + 1 = 10202. 24. (a): The digits are removed one by one from the beginning and the end in order alternately 80 ‘as toabtain the subsequent terms ofthe series. 25. (b) Bach term in the series is obtained by subtract ing from the preceding term the number formed by the first three digits of the preceding term. So, missing term = 5242 - 524 = 4718, 26. (2) : The pattern followed is: nth term + (n + 1th term +(n +1) = (n+ 2)th term. ‘Thus, 1st term + 2nd term +2 = Srd term; 2nd term + 3rd term +3 = 4th term and th term = 4th term + 5th =24+41+5=70. 27. (a) Let the missing terms of the series be x, and fe ‘Thus, the sequence 20, 20, 19, 16, 17, 18, 14, 11, xy, x, is a combination of two serie 1. 20,19,17,14,2, and TL 20, 16, 13, 11, x ‘The pattern in Tis - 1,~2,—3, .... So, missing term, x, =14-4= 10. ‘The pattern in Ilis 4, ~3,~2, term, x, = 11-110. 28.(d) The given sequence is a combination of two series: 1.0, 3,8, 15, 24,2 IL 2,5, 10, 17, 26 The pattern in each one of and Is +8, +5, i = «So, missing and ‘numerators is + 5, +10, + denominators is + 11, + be (20+ 22) ke, 42. Thus, the missing term, 19 a2 ; Slearly, the numerators of the given fraction, ive natural numbers. So, the numerator of the missing fraction should be ¢ ‘Also, the denominator of each fraction jy multiplied by v5 to obtain the denominator of the next fraction. So, the denominator of the misaing fraction should be 25v5, Hence, thy 6 missing term in 6, ‘ 255 100 25 100. 5 41 (@):The given sequence i» 220,28, 200, 0 100 100 100, 100 9' 8'7'6 So, missing verm = 202 sane Ley 2 (6) # Clearly, 2 «8 = 6, 6 % So, the series is a G. =. 8th term = ar! ar? = 2x3" =(2 x 2187) = 4374, 88, (c) : Clearly, § + 3=8,8+3~=11, 11+3=14 So, the series is an A.P. in which a = d=3. Let 820 be the nth term of the series. Then, 820=5 +(n-1)x3 or (n-1)= or n= 106, Case Il: Finding the Wrong Term in the Given Series Ex. 1. Find the wrong number in the series: 17, 28, 68, 124, 216, 342, 511 (@)7 6) 28) 124 (a) 215 Clearly, the correct sequence is: 2-1, 39-1, 49-1, 5°—1, 6-1, 7-1, 88-1. So, 28 is wrong and should be replaced by (3°- 1) ie. 26, Hence, the answer is (6). ‘Ex. 2. Find the wrong number in the series: 3, 8, 15, 24, 84, 48, 63 @ 15 @)24 (34 (4B (6B Sol. The difference between consecutive terms of the given series are respectively 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15. Clearly, 34 is a wrong number and must be replaced by (24 + 11) ie. 35. Hence, the answer is (c). Ex. 8. Identify the wrong number in the seri 69, 55, 26, 13, 5 (MLA-T. 2003) @5 13 26 (a) 55 Sol. Clearly, in the given series, each term is one more than the product of the digits of the preceding term. Thus, (6 x 9) +1 = 65, (5 x5) +1= 26, (2x6) +1=13, So, 5 is wrong and must be replaced by (1 x 3)+1 ie 4, and 05 (e) 342 Sol. Hence, the answer is (a). (& scanned with OKEN ScannerSeries Completion 1.7 EXERCISE 1B Directions (Questions 1 to 14): In each of the following questions, one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term. 1.2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64 (17) 2687) GH 2. 16, 22, 30, 45, 52, 66 (306) 45 82d) 8 3, 125, 126, 124, 127, 123, 129 (@)126 (6) 124) 128d) 129 1 4,105, 85, 60, 30, 0, - 45, - 90 (a)105 6) 60) (a)-45 5, 980, 188, 92, 48, 20, 8, 2 (RRB. 1999) (a)8 20 (©) 48 (a) 188 6. 56, 58, 62, 70, 84, 118, 182 @58 —@)62_— 84 UB 7.3, 7, 15, 39, 63, 127, 255, 511 @15 = @)39.—@) 63d) 127 8.8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386 (14 @)48—@) 98a) 194 9, 10, 26, 74, 218, 654, 1946, 5834 @26 =) 74_—(@) 218d) G4 10, 445, 221, 109, 46, 25, 11, 4 @2 =) 46 =) 109d) 22 11, 1236, 2346, 3456, 4566, 5686 (a) 1236 (6) 3456 (c) 4566 (d) 5686 12. 3, 2, 8, 9, 13, 22, 18, 32, 23, 42 @s 9 (13 aaa 13. 2,8, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16 (M.A-T. 2003) @)3 6 9 iz 14.0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 18, 24, 26, 35 (@)18 24 28 10 Directions (Questions 15 to 19): In each of the following number series, two terms have been put within brackets, Mark your answer as (M.A.T. 2005) (@) if both the bracketed terms are right; () if the first bracketed term is right and second is wrongs (©) if the first bracketed term is wrong and second is right; and (d) if both the bracketed terms are wrong. 15. 4, 6, 10, (12), 16, (14), 22 16. 3, 10, 29, (66), (127), 218 17. 2, 8, (6), 11, 18, (90), 38 18, (2), 8, (12), 25, 41, 61 19, 4,7, (9), 10, 13, 15, (16), 19 ANSWERS (EXERCISE 1B) the terms of the series are (1? + 1), (2°+ 1), (3° +0, (4? +1), G+, 6+ D, (7 +0, So, 64 is wrong and must be replaced by (8 +L) ie. 65. L@: 2, (6) : The correct pattern is + 6, +8, + 10, +12, +14. So, 45 is wrong and must be replaced by (80 + 10) ie, 40. 8. (d) : The correct pattern is + 1,~2, +3,— 4,45. So, 129 is wrong and must be replaced by (423 +5) ke, 128. 4, (c) : The correct pattern is ~ 20, ~ 25, ~ 30, So, 0 is wrong and must be replaced by (30 ~ 35) ie. — 5. +The correct pattern is - 192, - 96, - 48, - 24, 12-6. So, 48 is wrong and must be replaced by (92-48) ie. 44. (©): The correct pattern is +2, + 4, +8, +16, + 32, $6d ie, +2, 4.27, +29, 424425 +28, So, 84 is wrong and must be replaced by (00+ 16) ie. 86. , 99 is wrong and must be replaced by (05 x 2+ Iie. 81. correct pattern is x 2-2. So, 48 is wrong and must be replaced by x 2—2) ie. 50. ‘9. (d) : The correct pattern is x 3 = 4 So, 654 is wrong and must be replaced by (218 x 3 - 4) ie. 650. 10, 6) : 3s subtracted from each number and the result divided by 2 to obtain the next number of the series. So, 46 is wrong and must be replaced by (22922) ce. 11. (d) : The correct pattern in the series is + 1110. So, 5686 is wrong and must be replaced by (4566 + 1110) ie. 5676. 12. (b) : The given sequence is a combination of two series: 13,8, 13, 18,23 and Il. 2, 9, 22, 32, 42 ‘The pattern in I is +5, and the pattern in I is +10. So, in II, 9 is wrong and must be replaced by (2+ 10) ie. 12. 13, (c) : The given sequence is a combination of three series: I. Ist, 4th, 7th terms i.e. 2,4, 9, IL. 2nd, 5th, 8th terms i.e. 3, 6, 12, IIL 3rd, 6th, 9th terms ie. 4, 8, 16, In each one of I, II and IIT, each term is twice the preceding term. So, 9 is wrong and must be replaced by (4 » 2) ie. 8. (& scanned with OKEN Scanner18 © Verbal Reasoning 14, (a): The given sequence is a combination of two series: 1.0, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35 and Il. 2, 5, 10, 18, 26 The pattern in both Fand His + 3,46. +7 #9, 0 So, in 11, 18 és wrong and must be replaced by (10+ 7) 0. 17. 15. () : The correct pattern is +2, 44, #2. + 4 « Clearly, the term 12 is correct : But, 14 ie wrong and must be replaced by G2 Die. 18 : 16, (a) : The nequence is 1° + 2, 2° + 2, 8° + 2,424 2 In this type of questions, a &¢ given. The terms of the series ‘The candidate is required to decipher t given series, Bx. 1. Find the next two terms in the series: AGE I27 (C.B.L. 2003) @LP ®)MO ©OU WRV Clearly, the frst, second, third, ... letters of the series are respectively moved two, three, four, steps forward to obtain the successive terms of the ‘Thus, the fifth term in the series must be a letter which is Give steps ahead of Jie. O, while the sixth term must be a letter six steps ahead of O i.e. U. Thus, we have the following pattern: A260 the Ft 1 to tS So, the missing terms are O and U. Hence, the answer is (c). Ex. 2. Which term comes next in the sequence: AC, FH, ‘KM, PR, ? @UW @VW @UX WIV (¢) None of these (Bank Recruitment, 2005) Sol. Clearly, the first and second letters of each term are moved five steps forward to obtain the cor- responding letters of the next term. ‘Thus, the first letter of the missing term must be five steps ahead of P i.e. U, while the second letter must be five steps ahead of R i.e. W. So, the missing term is UW. Hence, the answer is (a). Ex. 3. Find the next term in the series; BMO, E0Q, HQS,? (8.S.C. 2005) (a) KSU (6) LMN (c)SOV (d) SOW Sol. Clearly, we observe the following pattern: +3 i, EEE aS ries of single, pairs or grou form a certain pattern as re his pattern and accordi ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES the terms 66 and 127 are conn cea k russ snore tor Bis corres.” must be Feplace by Clearly, both 17, (b) + The correct Pi + 11. Clearly, But, 30 is wrong an 8+ 9) he. 27 ‘The correct patter! Clearly, 2 is wrong and Mie 4 ‘Also, 12 is wrong an\ (5 +B) ie. 13. : 19, (a): The correct pattern i +18 Clearly, both the terms 9 and 16 are correc, ; nis +4, +8, +12, +16, +09 1d) ‘must be replaced by 1d must be replaced by i+ 3, +2, 41,4349 le .d_ numeral f letters or combinations of letters an als i ‘is the position of the letters in the English alphabut, ily find the missing term or the s?rong term in the ‘The third letters follow the pattern + 2 i.e. o qs + © ‘Thus, the missing term is KSU. Hence, the answer is (a). Ex. 4. Which term comes next in the series: YEB, WFD, UHG, SKI, ? @QOL @)QGL (@) TOL (4) QNL Clearly, we observe the following pattern in the first, second and third letters of the given series: Ist letter : ¥ 25 wt 248 = @ 2nd letter: ey p—25H +> K 45 ©@ 3rd letter : p— 25024624134 © ‘Thus, the missing term is QOL. Hence, the answer is (a). Ex. 5. Which term will replace the question mark in the series: ABD, DGK, HMS, MTB, SBL, ? (@) ZKU (6) ZKW(@) ZAB_— (a) XKW Sol. Clearly, the individual letters of the terms of the given series follow the pattern shown below: Ast letter: Sol. a—3,p_*4, H_+8, m_*8, g_+7 2nd letter: pig 8, mM +7, 7_+8, p+ 3rd letter: 4K 4o§ 2, pt, p+ @ D +2ie, Th, {he missing term is ZKW. Hence, the ans¥ is). (& scanned with OKEN Scanner 1Series Completion @ 1.9 EXERCISE 10 Directions: In each of the following quertions, varioun terms of uertions, vartoun terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (2). Choore the missing terms out of the given nm 1.R, U, X, A, D,?- (BTM, 2000) 13. UPI, 7, ODP, MBQ, IAW (Bank P.O. 1999) @F oa (eH a) (a) RUS hy SHS = (ce) SI) (d) THK 2.T,RPLNLA2? (C.P.0. 2004) (THN (a) J,G rg SH OK @KI 14. AYD, BVP, DRH, 2, KGL. 3.B, D, F,1,L)P,? (S.8.C, 2002) (a) FMI (b) GMS (c) GLI (d) HLK (@)R oS (ST 1G.¢jo0 tyd ins xch 7 4.2,2,7,2,N, 2H, 2B (a)nrw (by mrw (ec) max (ed) nx AW, Q KE (6) W, RK, E (e) nsw OXQKE @) XR, KE 16. A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY 5.Z,X, 8,1, RR, 2? (B.T.M. 2006) (a)LMNO (6) MNO (c) MNOP (d) NOPQ ~@O—* ® v8 typ ®) 1.6): RS 2.6): T 29 Ro 3. (): B22 D2 FP tq: Z = T Oo No OB 7 @ et OOP st 222+ x 28 IR -8 p=. @—O the consecutive terms of the series again form Note that the numbers representing the difference betweon st D5, 10, 17, 26, 37,60 — in which the pattern is + 8, + 5, + 7,49, + 11, +13. |: The given series may be divided into 2 groups “1.A,B,C,D,E.F,?,? and IL N,0,P,? series consists of two terms of I followed by one term of II. ‘antl H while the missing term in II is Q. 0 series: ‘LY,1,O 1B, G,? ; +3 of 2nd, 7th and 12th letters from the end of the ‘English alphabet, while II consi ) 12th letters from the beginning of the English alphabet. the missing letter in II is the 12th letter from the beginning of the given sequence is a combination of two series and jsts of 2nd, 7th English alphabet, which is L- (& scanned with OKEN Scanner10m Verbal Reasoning 1 Z,W,7,Q7? and IL 8, 0, K, G,? The pattern in Lis: Z 84 w=, 7 =2, 9 2, ‘The pattern in Mis: S 45 0 44 K =4,@ —44@ 9. (a): The series may be divided into groupe aa shown: bed/f?h/j?l ae Clearly in the first group, the socond and third letters are respectively three and two steps ahead of th first letter. A similar pattern would follow in the second and third groups. 10. (a): Ist letter + A 15 p 1, ¢ 1, () 2nd letter : 11, 5 +1 K +1) U1, (): Astletter : A —S5G 8M 85@) “85 ¥ 2nd letter : Z 85 T =8 5 9, () 858 12. @): Ist letter 1a 85 g 55 @@ 845 “Sy y 2nd letter : j 85 p £5 (W) 85 bd “8b Srd letter : s £5 y *8 59 16, ¢ +8 5 q 18. (b): Ist letter —4®—b0—tM—to1 2nd letter : P85 (@) —4,p =2,B--1, 4 Srd letter : 1 +1) “8p 1,9 +8, w 14. @):Istletter : A “1p —#2,p +8, g _+4 4%) Bnd letter : Y 24 v t,x 8, mw _-8G) Srd letter :D—“2y 7 +29 +2, y _+2 © (©) + There is a gap of four letters between the first and second, the second and third letters of each term, ant also between the las letter of a term and the first letter of the next term 16. (c) : Each term consists of 15. Te G)s Let hettor 08 east 18 Ge 2nd letter : Y 2, w 2, y 2,5 _-2 | Srd letter :B—*8,8 +347 +3 4 43 ® Ath letter : Z—2,x 2, y _-2 ,p _-2 | ® Sth letter : C #2, p +5 ig two lette and one from the end. So, the missing term is PENDICO, ‘the beginning and one from the the desired term = (999 — 26) = Occurs after I, has 25 letters. = 88 and remainder = 23, (& scanned with OKEN ScannerSeries Completion @ 1.11 aoa Ea ‘This type of questions is just a jumbled form of questions of Type 1 and Type 2, which you have just read. Here, the terms of the given series are a combination of letters and numerals, which move according to a set pattern. Study the following examples: Lon ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES: Ex. 1. Find the next term in the alpha-numeric seric ZIA, X2D, V6G, T21J, R88M, P445P, ? (M.B.A. 2004) (a) N2676S (b) N2676T (c) T2670N, (d) T2676N Sol. Clearly, the patterns followed by the letters are as follows: tot letter 2B 2 x hy vty hy REP hs ® 2nd letter: A 85 D 24g 25 5 +25 mM +24 P 258) ‘The coos ones by the numerals ie. 1, 2, 6, 21, 88, 445, ..... follows the pattern x 1+ 1,x2+2,x3+3, x444,x545, ‘So, numeral in the desired term = 445 x 6 + 6 = 2676. Hence, desired term is N2676S, So, the answer is (a). Ex. 2. Find the term which does not fit into the series given below: G4T, JIOR, M20P, P43N, S9OL (NM.A-T. 2003) a) GAT @) J10R (© M20P_ (a) PAN () S90L Sol. The patterns followed by the letters are: Ist letter : G 25 J “2M —+5,,p +258 Srd letter : T —2> R —24P —-25N —45L ‘The number-series 4, 10, 20, 43, 90 should follow the pattern x 2+1,x2+2,x2+8,x2+4, So, 10 is wrong and must be replaced by (4x 2 +1) ie. 9. ‘Thus, the term J10R does not fit in the given series. The correct term is JOR. Hence, the answer is (b). EXERCISE 1D Directions: In each of the following questions, a letter-number series is given with one or more terms missing as shown by (2). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives. 1. D4, F-6, H-8, J-10, ?,? 8, 225, TYT, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13, ? (a) K-12, M-18 (@) L-12, M-14 (a) 27U24 (6) 45U15 (c) 47U15 (d) 47V14 (c) L-12, Ned (d) K-12, Meld 9, NSV, KT, ?, E14P,B19N —(S.B.LP.O. 1999) 2. 2B, 40, 9, 14H, ? eee (@)HOR —() H10Q_eFHIOR (@) NOR (one soz Oa et 10. QUF, S28, UGD, W210, ? (AT. 2004) 3. 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F— UE cy) 13, H, 15,1, M 26. ecbab cae _ beee a a ON Gay (dy 21, R18, G, W te) bab) Biba) Dana) babe OT ee sK_P_ os tions 27 fo 31): In each of a.xWO_T S 2 _PI2— LIKE pallowsinn gucktions. a veries ofletters and numbers ead () 19, E, LR, peercn ihe terme of which follow certain definite (O2.GLN,F (23,8, K, 0,1 is given, the terms of whicl pattern in groups. However, some terms in the series 1. @): The series is ab/ab/ab/ab/ab/ab. Thus, the pattern ‘ab’ is repeated. 2. @) : The series is aba/aba/aba/aba. Thus, the pattern ‘aba’ is repeated. 1¢ series is abb/abb/abb/abb. Thus, the pattern ‘abb’ is repeated. 4.) : The series is tst/tsttsttst. Thus, the pattern ‘tst’ is repeated. ‘5. (c) : The series is nnmm/npmn/anmnvanmm. Thus, the pattern ‘nnmm’ is repeated. 6. (a) : The series is beaa/bcaa/beaa/beaa. Thus, the ‘pattern ‘beaa’ is repeated. 7. (©): The series is baab/baab/baab/baab. Thus, the pattern ‘baab’ is repeated. 8, (d) : The series is abncb/abneb/abneb. Thus, the Pattern ‘abneb’ is repeated. 9. () : The series is aabber/aabbec/aabbee. Thus, the Pattern ‘aabbee’ is repeated. 10. () : The series is cabbac/eabbac/cabhac. Thus, the pattern ‘cabbac’ is repeated. 11. (a) : The series is acac/abab/acad/abab/acac. Thus, the pattern acac/abab is repeated, 2 12,0) The serena sbblnatbbasaabie, Thus the four tes aid on wice, then thrice, then 18. (©) : The series is abe/aabe/aab 14, ©) The wie is abbcaghoun Cee 46. (©) The series is bbecaalecaabb/aabhee letier pairs move in a eyelic amg eee 3.@) EXERCISE 1E) answers 18, (d) : The series is abed/aabbeedd/aaabbbecedd ‘Thus, each letter of first sequence is repees, two times in the second sequence and thy times in the third sequence. 19. (d) : The series is aab/aaab/aaaab/aaaaab. ‘Thus, the number of a’s is increasing by one the successive sequence. 20. (a) : The series is abeab/beabe/cabea. 21, (6) : The series is abcac/beaba/cabcb. ‘Thus, the series consists of three sequence The first three letters of each sequence are a cyclic order and the last two letters of ex sequence are the same as the first and thi letters of the sequence. 22, (c) : The series is abe/b/bca/c/cab/a/abelb. 23, (6) : The series is bbca/bcca/beaa/bbe. 24, (c) : The series is abedd/abecd/abbed/a. 25. (c) : The series is mno/nopq/opars/parst. 26. (a) ; The series is ecba/bbea/aabelecbalb. 27, (a) : From the alternatives, itis clear that the seri can be divided into groups of 4 terms each €ach group comprising of two numbers follovt by two letters, as shown below: ee 18 _HY Clearly, the first number in each group Fe) preents the position of the letter at the thi lace, in the English alphabet. Thus, the thit missing term is the number corresponding! > position of D i is ie! whichis given in gh, nS aiphabet be Substituting i Su atituting other terms of (a) into the seri 23.8 Es 89 fC/6 F 5! iat Gp. (& scanned with OKEN Scanner‘Observe that the second number in each group represents the position of the letter at the fourth place, in the English alphabet. 28. (a) : From the alternatives, it is clear that the series can be divided into 5 groups of three terms each — each group comprising of two letters followed by a number. Z_ 2s YBMWIX CS Wlws/lew Observing the group Y_B_ 23, we find that in a group, the number is the difference of the numbers representing the positions of the two letters in the English alphabet. ‘Thus, putting A= 1, B= 2, uy Y= 25, Z= 26, we have: Y-B=25-2=23. Similarly, missing term in 3rd group =X-C= 24-3 =21; missing term in Ist group = 2 - 25 = 26-25 : “ene So, the first and second missing terms are A eats respectively, which are given only in @. 29, (d) : From the alternatives, itis clear that the series can be divided into 4 groups of four terms each —each group comprising of three letters and a number at the third place. De one apes a w K /MBB_ ‘Studying the pairs 6E and 12K, we find that in each group, the number is one more than the number representing the position of the letter at the fourth place, in the English alphabet. ‘Thus, putting A= 1, B=2, ., ¥= 25, 2=26, wwe have: ‘2nd missing term =H +1=8+1=9 4th missing term = 15 - 1= 14th letter = N. Series Completion @ 1.15 ‘Thus, the 2nd and 4th missing terms are 9 and N respectively, which are given only in (a. 540, (d) + From the alternatives, itis clear that the se- rien can be divided into 4 groups of four terms ench — each group comprising of two letters ‘and {wo numbers, occurring alternately F_LU6/_ OFLU /TT_ a0 (aD 28 AD indicates that in a group, the number at the second place denotes the position of the letter at the third placo, in the English alphabet. ‘T 7 _. 20 indicates that in a group, the number at the fourth place denotes the position of the letter at the first place, in the English alphabet. ‘Thus, putting A= 1, B=2, we have ig term = U = 21; 3rd missing term = 7th letter = G 5th missing term = 23rd letter = W. 31. (q) : From the alternatives, itis clear that the series can be divided into 5 groups of four terms each— each group comprising of three letters and a number. xwe_/TS2_/P12_L/15K _P/_Gs7 ‘Observing the above series, we find that each ‘group consists of two consecutive letters and the number represents the position of one of + these letters in the English alphabet. So, Ist missing term must be the number corresponding to W or X i.e. 28 or 24. ‘Also, in the group —G S 7, 7 corresponds to G. So, 6th missing term must be F or H. Clearly, (d) fulfils both the’above. LATEST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS EXERCISE 1. Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 87, 89, 92, 97, 104, 115,?, 145 (@) 125 (6) 128 (©) 183d) 182 {SSC-CGL Exam, 2021] 2 Select the letter-cluster that can replace the question mark (2) in the following series. DAC, GWH, JSM, MOR, ? (a) Pav —@aQKV &)PKW ©) QW { [SSC-CGL Exam, 2021] xs that when sequentially ‘the given letter series will [SSC-CGL Exam, 2020] et the set of letter ‘4, Select the number that can replace the question ‘mark (?) in the following series. 17, 20, 15, 22, 18,7 @ 2 (22 4 (a) 24 [SSC-CGL Exam, 2020] 5. Select the letter-cluster that ean replace the question mark (?) in the following series. KQG, JTK, HXO, ECS, ? @ BIV. .@)AIW @AHW (@) BIX [SSC-CGL Exam, 2020] 6. Sclect the letter that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 0,B,L,C,1,D,F,E,? @K wc @H @)N {SSC-CGL Exam, 2020] 7. Select the combination of letters that when (& scanned with OKEN Scannerwon with one term missing. Slag from the given ones that yt rece (SSC-CGL Exam, 3M od @F select the migg, In the following que number from the given series. 2,4) 13, 41, 106, ? series? . 191 (©) 219 (d) 239 Scanned with OKEN Scanner (@) 138 (17 . 9. Tdentit the ae OGL Exam 25, & giv 2019) | Directions uestions 1 oo 1 A er ith og 2 , 729 two term ing. Choos rect alternaty Geom wen ase from the given ones that will complete the serie 4 201, 10. Which number will replace the question mark (2) in Apa . series? Exam, 2010) | 19. 96,34, 30, 28, 24, Se Darna (a) 20 (6) 23 (©) 22 (@) 26 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 97, 2, 65, 82, 101 4 4250 aD letter-cluster will replace the question mark in the following sries? : 21. FAKIEM LIO? XCA, WDZ, UFX, RIU, NMQ, ? @ OMG OPQ (@)MNO (Nop @ IKI 6) JKO. @uFU @) IRL 22. Which one set of letters when sequentially plan, ISSC-CPO Exam, 2019] at thegapsin the given letters series shal cong , 95, 10, 12, 35, _ 19,35 @)17,19 (©) 19,24 (a) 29, 95 12, In the following number series, two numbers have bo pt win Drastic tae met | -BR==NB_0_NB appropriate option for these numbers in relation to WNW 0) OWRW (©) OWOW (a) RORD their inclusion in the series. Directions (Questions 23-24): Im the follows , (12), 14, 16, (18), 20 auestiona, which one set of letters when sequential (a) The first bracketed number is co Je ed at the gaps in the given series shall Tee frst bracketed number is corect aid the | 7 (SSC-CGL Tier Tena ee (©) The frst bracketed number is incorrect and the | 2 @-—dba__bead__da second is correct. (a) ebeddeba eedbeab (c) Both the bracketed numbers are incorrect, (©) aabbeedd @ abeddeba (@) Both the bracketed numbers are correct, 24. eebab _caa_bece_a [SSC-CPO Exam, 2019] (@) babe (6) babb : ; 7 © bi 13. Which letter will come next in the following series? | Directions (Questions 25 7 Issc-cpo 2019] | TMestions, a series is given soi ie tae = 19) | Choon then eerie is given with one term misting (d) bbba aii . that will complet teas pace ne a ‘spree oe aot | 25+ 4,6, 10, 6 el (ssc-canm: Exam, 2015, a 6, 10, 16, 24, 2 7 ABS CE6 F110 N15 2 . CO 9G) eee . (@) 0T0 @) merce wreak ora, (a Tea 76. 8,5,9,17,2 [SSC-CGL Tier I Exam, 2015] 33 15. In the followis A 42 26 dy 65 when sequential) ay aa ee letter series shall complete it? "PS the given at the gaps in the given letter series shall comple ~Y2aa_y_xy_aazy_ iv (SSC-CGL Tier I Exam, 2014 (@) xxzzx ~ () xxaza (©) xzxzx (4) aay; ipi_upog_pig_pogi_g : ISSc.co — . (@) iupgg upgii (ce) puigp (a) giupi he {iloving question, teleci sane ning Directions (Questions 28 to 30): In the followin er from the given series, MB | duestions a series is given, with one term mistilé 228, 684, 1368 Choose the correct alternative from the given 0% Bas cin that will complete the series: / (eee oer, (22 (SSC-CGL Tier I Exam, 20! “CGL Exam, 2017) | 28 1,0,3,2,5,6, 2, 12, 9, 20 @)9 10 @)7 @s@oue (©) OLE abba (@)baaa (a) aabb ‘92. _beab_eabe_abea_b (@) aden () aabe —_(e) bea (d) abae (e481 (d) 1454 (9x7 (9x8 ANSWI 1 @) * Bach number of the given series has the addition of consecutive prime numbers. 8742289 89+8=92 92+5=97 97+7=104 104411 =115 115 + 13 = 128 198 + 17= 145 2 @) * The pattern is 3 +3 +3 43 p> o> 54> m—>|P 1@ ate wots ste otek a = in the given series each number (except the first) has the addition of [2(n — 1) +1] in the previous number. So, 7th term of the series will be, 87+ (2x (7-1) +1) = 87+ (2x6 41) =50. = The pattern is xe wsu torte or ff 8. 4 oy ch > n> whe Ro + The pattern is sate leshvwwlsss/werww/ssss ‘The each number of the given series is the addition and substraction of the prime number alternatively in the previous term. 174+3=20 20-5 =15 15+7=22 4. @ 4, o +4, 54 ip the combination of tw 12. (@) + 18. (@) + C] | 15. «@) otty pe pe 1 tor Atte ze xu tegen ‘The given series is in AP, with a common +The paternin - siven serie is Clee by fous is sot LgLfelse 5S : atc eb Hy 9 806 By 5 4>1 5+ NST 38> 64> 108 > 15 5 91 The pattern is~ xyzlaa/zyslxyzlaalrys ‘The numbers are multiplied by 2 and alternatively © scanned with OKEN Scanner118 © Verbal Reasoning 19x 2=38 38x 3= 114 114 x 2= 228 228 x3 = 684 ber of the given series is I 18. @) = So, the missing number of the given series is 232, 18. (©) : According tothe given question, 6 “6 36 34 90 38 Lilt 20. @ + According to the question, 3°95 3 10 12 35 [a7] ttl 45 oD 24 Ltt tlt a v4 We +8 +10 20, (a) + Oe s os [el Li _4tL tl F 7 44 48 HB © scanned with OKEN Scanner So, 7 is the answer. 29. (a) : : St> R— + Qe Pat Http [tis ty os ris#44p4 OLC is the answer. 80. (6) 7 x141=8 8x242=18 18x3+3=57 57x 444 = [239] 282 x5 +5 = 1165 + bafab/ab/ba/ab/bb abelabb/cab/eca/bea/ab ia,07 2 M yu (Row F LAGt Lot Loy 7 iL} ow we Tew GAG 84. (a) : In the series, last letter of the term is started fo a new term and next two letter is included in the term, So, option (a) is the answer, In this series, every letter has given its alphabetical series number and on¢ letter * skipped in between, So, answer option (b) is correct, ‘The series is as follows: 5x3+1=16 16x3+3=51 51x3+5=158 168 x3=7= [asi] 35. (6): 96. (c) : 87. (6): a x5: [9x6 : 9x 6 will come in place of question mark . So,