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Instructions
In each of these questions a number series is given. In each series ‘’only one’’ number is wrong. Find out the ‘’wrong number’’
Question 1:Â 2, 8, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56
a)Â 8
b)Â 42
c)Â 30
d)Â 20
e)Â 12
Question 2:Â 7, 13, 25, 49, 97, 194, 385
a)Â 13
b)Â 49
c)Â 97
d)Â 194
e)Â 25
Instructions
What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following numbers series
Question 3:Â 22, 23, 27, 36, 52, 77, ?
a)Â 111
b)Â 109
c)Â 113
d)Â 117
e)Â 115
Instructions
What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following numbers series ?
Question 4:Â 2 16 112 672 3360 13440 ?
a)Â 3430
b)Â 3340
c)Â 40320
d)Â 43240
e)Â None of these
Question 5:Â 4 9 19 ? 79 159 319
a)Â 59
b)Â 39
c)Â 49
d)Â 29
e)Â None of these
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Question 6:Â 4000 2000 1000 500 250 125 ?
a)Â 80
b)Â 65
c)Â 62.5
d)Â 83.5
e)Â None of these
Question 7:Â 588 563 540 519 ? 483 468
a)Â 500
b)Â 496
c)Â 494
d)Â 490
e)Â None of these
Question 8:Â 121 ? 81 64 49 36 25
a)Â 92
b)Â 114
c)Â 98
d)Â 100
e)Â None of these
Instructions
Find the next term in the series.
Question 9:Â 442, 378, 346, 330, 322
a)Â 320
b)Â 318
c)Â 310
d)Â 314
e)Â 316
Question 10:Â 20,40,61,84,111
a)Â 138
b)Â 146
c)Â 136
d)Â 144
e)Â None of these
Question 11:Â 1,7,17,31,49,71
a)Â 91
b)Â 86
c)Â 97
d)Â 87
e)Â None of these
Question 12:Â 2,4,8,14,22,32
a)Â 46
b)Â 40
c)Â 42
d)Â 44
e)Â None of these
Question 13:Â 2,12,36,80,150
a)Â 252
b)Â 246
c)Â 254
d)Â 244
e)Â None of these
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Instructions
In each of the following number series, a wrong number is given. FInd out the wrong number.
Question 14: 2, 3, 6, 18, 109, 1944, 209952
a)Â 3
b)Â 6
c)Â 18
d)Â 109
e)Â 1944
Question 15:Â 1 3 6 11 20 39 70
a)Â 3
b)Â 39
c)Â 11
d)Â 20
e)Â 6
Question 16:Â 2 13 27 113 561 3369 23581
a)Â 13
b)Â 27
c)Â 113
d)Â 561
e)Â 3369
Question 17:Â 50 51 47 56 42 65 29
a)Â 51
b)Â 47
c)Â 56
d)Â 42
e)Â 65
Question 18:Â 3 9 23 99 479 2881 20159
a)Â 9
b)Â 23
c)Â 99
d)Â 479
e)Â 2881
Question 19:Â 2 4 5 8 13 21 34
a)Â 4
b)Â 5
c)Â 8
d)Â 13
e)Â 21
Instructions
In each of these questions a number series is given. In each series ‘’only one’’ number is wrong. Find out the ‘’wrong number’’
Question 20:Â 4, 12, 42, 196, 1005, 6066, 42511
a)Â 12
b)Â 42
c)Â 1005
d)Â 196
e)Â 6066
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Answers & Solutions:
1) Answer (A)
Instead of 8, it should be 6. Then the difference the consecutive terms will be in AP.
6-2 = 4
12-6 = 6
20-12 = 8
30-20 = 10
42-30 = 12
56-42 = 14
2) Answer (D)
13 = 7+6
25 = 13+12
49 = 25+24
97 = 49+48
193Â = 97+96
385 = 193+192
So 194 is an odd number out.
3) Answer (C)
The difference between consecutive terms of the series is a perfect square.
For example,
23-22 = 1
27-23 = 4
36-27 = 9
52-36 = 16
77-52 = 25
Hence, the next difference between the numbers will be 36 and the required number is 77+36 = 113
4) Answer (C)
Here, in the given series is obtained by nth term = previous term * (10 – n)
We are supposed to calculate 7th term = 13440 * (10 -7) = 13440 * 3 = 40320
Therefore, option C is correct.
5) Answer (B)
In the bgiven series, the nth term is obtained as,
nth term = previous term + 5 * 2^(n-2)
Therefore, 4th term = 19 + 5 * 2^(2) =39
Hence, the correct option is option B.
6) Answer (C)
The given series is geometric progression with common ratio of 0.5.
Therefore, 7th term = 6th term * 0.5 = 125 *0.5 = 62.5
Hence, the correct answer is option C.
7) Answer (A)
588 563 540 519 ? 483 468
588 – 563 = 25
563 – 540 = 23
540 – 519 =21
The difference is getting reduced by 2
Therefore, 519 – x = 19
x = 500
The correct option is option A.
8) Answer (D)
Here, 81 64 49 36 25
81 – 64 = 17
64 – 49 = 15
49 – 36 = 13
36 – 25 = 11
Therefore, the difference is in arithmetic progression with common difference of 2.
Hence,
x – 81 = 19
x = 100
Therefore, the correct option is option D.
9) Answer (B)
In the given series the sum of two consecutive terms are in GP
442-378 = 64
378-346 = 32
346-330 = 16
330-322 = 8
322-x = 4
x = 318
10) Answer (B)
20 = 19+1
40 = (19*2)+2
61 = (19*3)+4
84 = (19*4)+8
111 = (19*5)+16
Next term = (19*6)+32 = 146
11) Answer (C)
1 =$2(1)^2-1$
7 =$2(2)^2-1$
17 =$2(3)^2-1$
31 =$2(4)^2-1$
49 =$2(5)^2-1$
71 =$2(6)^2-1$
Next terms =$2(7)^2-1 = 97$
12) Answer (D)
4-2 = 2
8-4 = 4
14-8 = 6
22-14 = 8
32-22 = 10
Next term = 32+12 = 44
13) Answer (A)
2 =$n^3+n^2$
12 =$2^3+2^2$
36 =$3^3+3^2$
80 =$4^3+4^2$
150 =$5^3+5^2$
Next term =$6^3+6^2 = 252$
14) Answer (D)
Each number in the series given is the product of the earlier two numbers.
For example, 2*3 = 6
3*6 = 18
6*18 = 108
18*108 = 1944
1944*108 = 209952
In this case, the number which is wrong in the series is 109. It should be replaced by 108.
15) Answer (B)
$1 \times 2+1 = 3$
$3 \times 2+0 = 6$
$6 \times 2-1 = 11$
$11 \times 2-2 = 20$
$20 \times 2-3 = 37$
$37 \times 2-4 = 70$
Hence, 39 is the wrong number here.
16) Answer (A)
$(2\times2)+7 = 11$
$(11\times3)-6 = 27$
$(27\times4)+5 = 113$
$(113\times5)-4 = 561$
$(561\times6)+3 = 3369$
$(3369\times7)-2 = 23581$
13 is the wrong number.
17) Answer (D)
$50+1^2 = 51$
$51-2^2 = 47$
$47+3^2 = 56$
$56-4^2 = 40$
$40+5^2 = 65$
$65-6^2 = 29$
42 is the incorrect number
18) Answer (C)
$(3\times2)+3 = 9$
$(9\times3)-4 = 23$
$(23\times4)+5 = 97$
$(97\times5)-6 = 479$
$(479\times6)+7 = 2881$
$(2881\times7)-8 = 20159$
Hence, it should be 97 instead of 99.
19) Answer (A)
2 + 1 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
5 + 3 = 8
8 + 5 = 13
13 + 8 = 21
21 + 13 = 34
4 is the incorrect number
20) Answer (B)
$T_n = T_{n-1}*n + n^2$
12 = $4*2 + 2^2$
45 = $12*3 + 3^2$
196 = $45*4+4^2$
and so on.
So 42 is the wrong term in the series.
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