Q1) What is the missing number 'X' of the series 7, X. 21, 31, 43?

(a) 11 (b) 12
(c) 13 (d) 14
[UPSC-2015]
Q2) A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay in
completion of the work beyond a certain date is as follow: Rs. 200 for
the first day, Rs. 250 for the second day, Rs. 300 for the third day etc.,
the penalty for each succeeding day being Rs. 50 more than that of the
preceding day. How much penalty should the contractor pay if he delays
the work by 10 days?
(a) Rs. 4950 (b) Rs. 4250
(c) Rs. 3600 (d) Rs. 650
[UPSC-2014]
Q3) The sum of n terms of the series 4 + 44 + 444 + ….is
(a) (4 / 81)[10n1  9n  1]
n 1
(b) (4 / 81)[10  9n  1]
(c) (4 / 81)[10n1  9n  10]

(d) (4 / 81)[10n  9n  10]

[GATE-2011]
Q4) Given the sequence of terms, AD, CO, FK, JP, the next term is
(a) OV (b) OW
(c) PV (d) PW
(GATE-2012)
Q5) What will be the maximum sum of 44, 42, 40,….. ?
(a) 502 (b) 504
(C) 506 (d) 500
[GATE-2013]
Q6) Find the sum to n terms of the series 10 + 84 + 734 +....
9(9n  1) 9(9n  1)
(a) 1 (b) 1
10 8

9(9n  1) 9(9n  1)
(C) n (d)  n2
8 8
[GATE-2013]
Q7) Which number does not belong in the series below?
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64
(a) 17 (b) 37
(c) 64 (d) 26
[GATE-2014]
Q8) The value of 12  12  12  ..... is
(a) 3.464 (b) 3.932
(c) 4.000 (d) 4.444
[GATE-2014]
Q9) In a sequence of 12 consecutive odd numbers, the sum of the first 5
numbers is 425. What is the sum of the last 5 numbers in the
sequence _____?
[GATE-2014]
Q10)What is the next number in the series?
12, 35, 81, 173, 357, ____
[GATE-2014]
Q11) Find in the missing number in the series.
2, 3, 6, 15, ______, 157.5, 630
[GATE-2014]
Q12) The next term in the series 81, 54, 36, 24, is___.
[GATE-2014]
Q13) Find the odd one from the following group:
WEKO, IQWA, FNTX, NVBD
(a) WEKO (b) IQWA
(c) FNTX (d) NVBD
[GATE-2014]
Q14) Find the odd one in the following group
QWZB, BHKM, WCGJ, MSVX
(a) QWZB (b) BHKM
(c) WCGJ (d) MSVX
[GATE-2014]
Q15) Find the next term in the sequence: 7G, 11K, 13M, ___
(a) 15Q (b) 17Q
(c) 15P (d) 17P
[GATE-2014]
Q16) Find the missing sequence in the letter series below:
A, CD, GHI ? UVWXY
(a) LMN (b) MNO
(c) MNOP (d) NOPQ
[GATE-2015]
Q17) log tan1  log tan 2  ....  log tan89 is,
1
(a) 1 (b) 2

(d) 0 (d) – 1
[GATE-2015]
Q18) Pick the odd one out in the following:
13, 23, 33, 43, 53
(a) 23 (b) 33
(c) 43 (d) 53
[GATE-2016]
Q19) The number that least fits this set: (324, 441, 97 and 64) is.
(a) 324 (b) 441
(c) 97 (d) 64
[GATE-2016]
Q20) Pick the odd one from the following options.
(a) CADBE (b) JHKIL
(c) XVYWZ (d) ONPMQ
[GATE-2016]
Q21) Find the missing sequence in the letter series.
B, FH, LNP, ____.
(a) SUWY (b) TUVW
(c) TVXZ (d) TWXZ
[GATE-2016]
 1 1
Q22) Consider a sequence of numbers, a1 , b2 , a3 ,.....an , where an   ,
n n2

for each integer n  0 . What is sum of the first 50 terms?

 1 1  1 1
(a) 1  2   50 (b) 1   
 2  50

 1  1 1  1 1 
(c) 1       (d) 1   
 2   51 52   51 52 

[GATE-2018 CE Morning Session]

Q23) Find the missing group of letters in the following series:
BC, FGH, LMNO, ___
(a) UVWXY (b) TUVWX
(c) STUVW (d) RSTUV
[GATE-2018 ME Afternoon Session]
 1 1 1 1
Q24).What is the value of 1      ...?
4 16 64 256
(a) 2 (b) 7/4
(C) 3/2 (d) 4/3
[GATE-2018 EC]