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PREVIOUS YEAR
QUESTIONS
Missing Terms & with
ANSWER KEY
Number Series 2011-2022
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Previous Year Questions

01. Consider the following figures: Which one of the following numbers is the missing
number indicated above by X?
(a) 19 (b) 15
(c) 14 (d) 8 [CSAT 2014]
What is the missing number?
(a) 7 (b) 8 04. Consider the following matrix with one empty
block in the lower extreme corner:
(c) 9 (d) 10 [CSAT 2011]

02. Consider the following matrix:

Which of the following figures could fit in the

empty block and thus complete the matrix?
Which one of the following figures fits into the
blank part of the above matrix?
(a) (b)

(a)

(c) (d)

(b)
[CSAT 2014]

05. Consider the figure given below:

(c)

(d) [CSAT 2014]

To fit the question mark, the correct answer is

(a)
03. Consider the table given below in which the
numbers bear certain relationship among
themselves along the rows: (b)

(c)

(d) [CSAT 2015]

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06. Consider the following matrix: 10. Consider the following figures:

What is the missing number at ‘?’ in the matrix?

(a) 5
(b) 0
(c) 7
(d) 3 [CSAT 2015]
07. Consider the following sum: In the figures (I) to (VI) above, some parts are
• + 1 • + 2 • + • 3 + • 1 = 21• shown to change their positions in regular
In the above sum, • stands for directions. Following the same sequence, which
(a) 4 (b) 5 of the figures given below will appear at (VII)
stage?
(c) 6 (d) 8 [CSAT 2018]

08. Consider the following pattern of numbers:

8 10 15 13 (a) (b)
6 5 7 4
4 6 8 8
___ ___ ___ ___
6 11 16 ? (c) (d)
What is the number at ? in the above pattern?
(a) 17 (b) 19 [CSAT 2018]
(c) 21 (d) 23 [CSAT 2018]
11. Consider the following sequence that follows some
09. Consider the figures given below: arrangement:
c_accaa_aa_bc_b
The letters that appear in the gaps are
(a) abba (b) cbbb
(c) bbbb (d) cccc [CSAT 2019]

12. In the sum

+1 +5 + + 1=
for which digit does the symbol stand?
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5 [CSAT 2020]

To fit the question mark, the correct answer is 13. Consider the following arrangement that as some
(a) missing letters:
abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d
(b)
The missing letters which complete the arrangement
(c) are
(d) [CSAT 2018] (a) a, b, c, d (b) a, b, d, e
(c) a, c, c, e (d) b, c, d, e [CSAT 2020]

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14. Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit numbers where each 16. What is the missing term @ in the following?
letter represents a different digit greater than 3. If the ACPQ : BESU : MNGI : @
sum of the numbers is 15902, then what is the difference (a) NPJL (b) NOJM
between the values of A and D?
(c) NPIL (d) NPJM [CSAT 2020]
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4 [CSAT 2020] 17. Following is a matrix of certain entries. The entries
follow a certain trend row-wise. Choose the missing
15. The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26 entry (?) accordingly.
respectively. If GHI = 1578 and DEF = 912, then what
is ABC equal to?
(a) 492 (b) 468
(c) 262 (d) 246 [CSAT 2020]
(a) 9B (b) 3A
(c) 3B (d) 3C [CSAT 2021]

ANSWER KEY

01. (c) 02. (b) 03. (b, d) 04. (a) 05. (a) 06. (a) 07. (d) 08. (a) 09. (a) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (c)

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Previous Year Questions

01. What is the missing number ‘X’ of the series 05. You are given two identical sequences in two rows:
7, X, 21, 31, 43 ?
(a) 11 (b) 12
(c) 13 (d) 14 [CSAT 2015]
What is the entry in the place of C for the Sequence-II?
02. What is X in the sequence (a) 2.5 (b) 5
4, 196, 16, 144, 36, 100, 64, X ? (c) 9.375 (d) 32.8125 [CSAT 2021]
(a) 48 (b) 64
06. What is the value of X in the sequence
(c) 125 (d) 256 [CSAT 2019]
20, 10, 10, 15, 30, 75, X?
03. A simple mathematical operation in each number of (a) 105 (b) 120
the sequence 14, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, … results in a
(c) 150 (d) 225 [CSAT 2022]
sequence with respect to prime number. Which one of
the following is the next number in the sequence? 07. What is the value of X in the sequence
(a) 34 (b) 36 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, X?
(c) 38 (d) 40 [CSAT 2020] (a) 248 (b) 252
(c) 258 (d) 262 [CSAT 2022]
04. Replace the incorrect term by the correct term in the
given sequence
3, 2, 7, 4, 13, 10, 21, 18, 31, 28, 43 ,40
where odd terms and even terms follow the same
pattern.
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) 6 [CSAT 2021]

ANSWER KEY

01. (c) 02. (b) 03. (c) 04. (a) 05. (c) 06. (d) 07. (b)

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