1-x1, x2, x3 Mental Ability Package Phase I (09.04.20) Adt

Contents
1. Number Series 02–09

Theory and Examples 02–03
Exercise-1 04–05
Exercise-2 06–07
Exercise-3 08–09
Answer Key 09–09
2. Alphabet & Letter Repeating Series 10–18

Exercise-1 13–15
Exercise-2 15–16
Exercise-3 17–18
Answer Key 18–18
3. Missing Term in Figures 19–33

Exercise-1 21–25
Exercise-2 26–29
Exercise-3 30–33
Answer Key 33–33
4. Coding– Decoding 34–45

Exercise-1 38–40
Exercise-2 40–43
Exercise-3 43–45
Answer Key 45–45
5. Mathematical Operations 46–57

Exercise-1 50–53
Exercise-2 53–56
Exercise-3 56–57
Answer Key 57–57
6. Arithmetic Reasoning & Alphabet Test 58–68

Exercise-1 62–64
Exercise-2 65–66
Exercise-3 66–68
Answer Key 68–68
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Number Series 2
Number Series
Number series problems deal with numbers. While attempting to solve the question, you have to check the pattern of the
series. Series moves with certain mathematical operations. You have to check the pattern.
Type of questions asked in the examination : (i) Find the missing term(s). (ii) Find the wrong term(s).
Number Series
In this type of series, the set of given numbers in a series are related to one another in a particular pattern or manner. The
relationship between the numbers may be
• Consecutive odd/even numbers. • Consecutive prime / composite numbers,
• Squares/cubes of some numbers with/without variation of addition or subtraction of some number,
• Sum/product/difference of preceding number(s). • Addition/subtraction/multiplication/division by some number, and
• Many more combinations of the relationship given above.
Directions : (1 to 13) Find the missing numbers :
Example 1. 3,5,7,9,11.13,15,17,?
(A) 14 (B) 19 (C) 15 (D) 21
Sol. (B) Each term has a common difference = + 2. Hence, next term = 17 + 2 = 19.
Example 2. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ?, 17
(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 10 (D) 12
Sol. (B) The series is made up of consecutive prime numbers. Therefore, the missing term is 13.
Example 3. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ? .

(A) 35 (B) 36 (C) 37 (D) 49
Sol. (B) Each term is a square of 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on 12= 1, 22 =4, 32 =9, 42 = 16, 52 = 25. Hence, next term = 62 = 36.
Example 4. 2, 5, 10, 17, ?

(A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 27
Sol. (C) Each term is a square of 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on and 1 is added to it, i.e. 12 + 1, (2)2 +1, (3)2 +1,..........= 2, 5, 10, 17....
Hence, next term = (5)2 + 1 = 26.
Example 5. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, 35, ?

(A) 48 (B) 51 (C) 49 (D) 50
Sol. (D) The series exhibits the pattern of n2 + 1, n2 – 1, alternately, n taking values 1, 2, ......
Example 6. 1,8,9,64,25,216, ?, ?
(A) 49, 64 (B) 343, 64 (C) 49, 512 (D) 343, 512
Sol. (C) Odd positioned digits are squares of 1, 3, 5 and so on, i.e. 12 = 1, 32 = 9, 52 = 25 and so on. Similarly, even positioned
digits are cubes of 2, 4, 6, etc., i.e. 23 = 8, 43 = 64, 63 = 216.
Therefore, the next term would be 72 i.e. 49 and 82 = 512 respectively.
Example 7. 0, 7,26, ?,124, 215

(A) 51 (B) 37 (C) 63 (D) 16
Sol. (C) Each term is a cube of 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on and 1 subtracted from it, i.e. 13–1, 23–1, 33–1, 43–1, 53–1, 63–1.
Therefore, the term replacing the question mark would be 43 – 1 = 64 – 1 = 63.
Example 8. 3,4,10,33,136, ?
(A) 240 (B) 430 (C) 685 (D) 820
Sol. (C) The terms of the series are, previous term × 1 + 1, previous term × 2 + 2, previous term × 3 + 3 and so on. Hence, the
next term will be 136×5+5= 680 +5= 685.
Example 9. 11,15,21,29,?
(A) 40 (B) 41 (C) 37 (D) 39
Sol. (D) This series consists of increasing numbers. The pattern is +4, +6, +8,........
Example 10. 3,6,18,72,360,?

(A) 720 (B) 1080 (C) 1600 (D) 2160
Sol. (D) The sequence in the given series is ×2, ×3, ×4, ×5, ×6. Hence, the missing number is 360× 6 =2160.
Example 11. 6,12,7,11,8,10,9,?

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 10
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Sol. (B) Alternate series [Difference series]

(i) 6, 7, 8, 9 (ii) 12, 11, 10, ?
Example 12. 0,5,22,57,116,?

(A) 205 (B) 216 (C) 192 (D) 207
Sol. (A)
Hence, the next term = 205
Example 13. 151,158,172,182, ?

(A) 210 (B) 193 (C) 197 (D) 203
Sol. (B) 1 + 5 + 1 = 7, The difference between 151 & 158 is seven (7) 1 + 5 +8 = 14,
The difference between 158 & 172 is (14). 1 + 7 + 2 = 10 .......... and so on,  Missing term = 182 + 11 = 193.
Directions : (14 to 15) In each of the following questions, a number series is given. After the series, below it in the next line, a
number is given followed by (P), (Q), (R), (S) and (T). You have to complete the series starting with the number given following
the sequence of the given series. Then answer the question given below it.
Example 14. 12 28 64 140

37 (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T)
Which number will come in place of (T) ?
(A) 1412 (B) 164 (C) 696 (D) 78
Sol. (A)
Similarly ; Therefore, the number 1412 will come in place of (T).
Example 15. 2 9 57 337

3 (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T) ; Which number will come in place of (Q) ?
(A) 113 (B) 17 (C) 3912 (D) 8065
Sol. (A) Similarly,
Therefore, the number 113 will come in place of (Q).
Direction : (16 to 18) Find the wrong term:

Example 16. 2, 5, 9, 11, 14
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 11
Sol. (C) Series : + 3, + 3, + 3, ..........
The next term is got by adding 3 in preceding term.  2 + 3=5, 5 +3=8  9 is wrong term.
Example 17. 10,100,1100, 11000,111000,1210000.

(A) 1210000 (B) 11000 (C) 100 (D) 111000
Sol. (D) Given series is :  111000 is wrong. The correct term is 121000.
Example 18. 2,6,11,17,23,32,41

(A) 6 (B) 17 (C) 23 (D) 32
Sol. (C) Given series is :

Number Series 4
EXERCISE–1
(Only one option correct type)

Take approximately 3 minutes for answering each question.
Directions : (1 to 32): Find the missing numbers :
1. 2, 3, 5, 7, ?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 14
2. 0, 6, 20, 42, ?
(A) 64 (B) 72 (C) 80 (D) 84
3. 3,8,35,48,?,120
(A) 72 (B) 64 (C) 80 (D) 99
4. 4,25,64,121,196,?
(A) 384 (B) 256 (C) 225 (D) 289
5. 210,120,?,24,6,0
(A) 64 (B) 48 (C) 35 (D) 60
6. 2,12,36,80,150,?
(A) 194 (B) 210 (C) 252 (D) 258
7. 4, 10, 22, 46, ?

(A) 56 (B) 66 (C) 76 (D) 94
8. 8, 15, 28, 53, ?

(A) 120 (B) 106 (C) 104 (D) 102
9. 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 72, ?

(A) 98 (B) 100 (C) 144 (D) 108
10. 12, 15, 18, 21, ?

(A) 24 (B) 23 (C) 22 (D) 25
11. 3, 6, 12, 24, ?, 96

(A) 84 (B) 50 (C) 52 (D) 48
12. 2, 10, 19, 29, 40, 52, 65, 79, 94, ?

(A) 110 (B) 109 (C) 108 (D) none of these
13. 4, 7, 3, 6, 2, 5, ?
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 1
14. 4,7,10,11,22,17,46,25,?
(A) 58 (B) 69 (C) 86 (D) 94
15. 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, ?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16
16. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) 34 (B) 35 (C) 36 (D) 37
17. 1,4,27,16,125,36,? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) 216 (B) 343 (C) 64 (D) 49
18. 336,210,120,?,24,6,0 (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 70
19. 3, 4, 8, 17, 33, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) 58 (B) 69 (C) 49 (D) 98
20. 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) 60 (B) 68 (C) 89 (D) 76
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21. 4, 8, 28, ?, 244 (NTSE DL Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 89 (B) 75 (C) 80 (D) 90
22. 4, 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, ? (NTSE DL Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 48 (B) 52 (C) 55 (D) 58
23. 10080, 1680, ?, 84, 28, 14 (NTSE DL Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 840 (B) 168 (C) 108 (D) 336
24. 12, 21, 23, 32, 34, 43, 45, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2007)
(A) 54 (B) 48 (C) 77 (D) 9
25. 14, 1, 21, 4,28, 9, ?, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2007)

(A) 9, 42 (B) 16, 35 (C) 35, 16 (D) 16, 36
26. 5, 6, 13, 26, 45, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) 68 (B) 74 (C) 70 (D) 82
27, 190.94,46,22,10,4, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
28. 128, 110, 90, 68, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) 36 (B) 42 (C) 44 (D) 48
29. 1, 2, 4, 7, ?, 16 (NTSE Stage–l, 2008)

(A) 9 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13
30. 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, ? (NTSE Stage–l, 2008)

(A) 21 (B) 19 (C) 23 (D) 20
31. 4. 9, 19, 34, 54, ? (NTSE Stage–ll, 2008)

(A) 66 (B) 75 (C) 79 (D) 84
32. 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ?, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2008)

(A) 15, 13 (B) 10, 8 (C) 14, 12 (D) 15, 10
Direction (33–36): In the questions, a series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones
that will complete the series.
33. 6, 24, 60, 120, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)
(A) 180 (B) 210 (C) 240 (D) 360
34. 1, 9, 9, 81, 90, 810, 819, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 7371 (B) 900 (C) 8100 (D) 1638
35. 2, 3, 6, 18, 108, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 1944 (B) 1658 (C) 648 (D) 1008
36. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7, ?, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 11, 13 (B) 10, 11 (C) 8, 9 (D) 9, 11
Direction (Questions 37 – 40): Find the wrong number in the following series.
37. 24576, 6144, 1536, 386, 96, 24 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)
(A) 96 (B) 386 (C) 1536 (D) 6144
38. 3, 4, 10, 32, 136, 685 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 685 (B) 10 (C) 136 (D) 32
39. 3, 8, 13 24, 42, 70 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 13 (B) 24 (C) 42 (D) 70
40. 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 15, 28, 19, 36 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 15 (B) 28 (C) 19 (D) 70
Number Series 6
EXERCISE–2

1. 57,54,58,55,59,56,60, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)

(A) 64 (B) 63 (C) 58 (D) 57
2. 27, 31,40, 56, 81,117, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)

(A) 156 (B) 165 (C) 166 (D) 169
3. 55, 168, 57, 120, 60, 80, 62, 48, 65, 24, ?, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)
(A) 69, 11 (B) 67, 8 (C) 8, 71 (D) 6, 72
4. 8, 7, 16, 5, 32, 3, 64, 1, 128, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 18 (B) 13 (C) –1 (D) 3
5. 16, 33, 65, 131, (?), 523 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 261 (B) 521 (C) 613 (D) 721
6. 5,2,17,4,(?),6,47,8,65 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 29 (B) 30 (C) 31 (D) 32
7. 1, 2, 4, 8, (?), 32 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16
8. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 36 (B) 35 (C) 39 (D) 48
Directions : (9 to 11) In each of the following questions, a number series is given. After the series, below it in the next line, a
number is given followed by (P), (Q), (R), (S) and (T). You have to complete the series starting with the number given following
the sequence of the given series. Then answer the question given below it.
9. 2 3 8 27
5 (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T)
Which of the following numbers will come in place of (T) ?
(A) 184 (B) 6 (C) 925 (D) 45
10. 5 18 48 112
7 (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T)
Which number will come in place of (S) ?
(A) 172 (B) 276 (C) 270 (D) 376
11. 15 159 259 323

7 (P) (Q) (R) (S) (T)
Which of the following numbers will come in place of (R) ?
(A) 251 (B) 315 (C) 176 (D) 151
Directions : (12 to 16) Find the missing numbers :
12. 2, 30,6,20,12,12, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 26 (B) 22 (C) 20 (D) 24
13. 6, 20, 36, 48, 50, (?), 0 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 36 (B) 40 (C) 46 (D) 56
14. 7, 15, 28, 59, 114, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 243 (B) 233 (C) 213 (D) 223
15. 25, 49, 89, 145, 217, (?) (NTSE Stage–l, 2013)
(A) 305 (B) 327 (C) 309 (D) 303
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16. 0, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 8, 4, 10, (?), 5, 17 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 15
17. Find the next number in the sequence 0, 2, 24, 252, ? (NTSE Stage–Il, 2013)
(A) 620 (B) 1040 (C) 3120 (D) 5430
18. Find the next number in the sequence 6, 24, 60, 120, ? (NTSE Stage–Il, 2013)
(A) 180 (B) 210 (C) 240 (D) 360
19. Find the missing number in the series 2, 10, 26, ?, 242 (NTSE Stage–Il, 2013)
(A) 80 (B) 81 (C) 82 (D) 84
Direction (20 to 23) : In each of the questions 62 to 65 some of the numbers are missing in the given series with one term
missing shown by question mark (?) . This term is one of the alternatives among the four numbers given under it. Find the right
alternative. (NTSE Stage–l, 2014)
20. 5,10,17,26, 37, 50, (?)

(A) 70 (B) 66 (C) 65 (D) 64
21. 6, 25, 62, 123, (?), 341

(A) 216 (B) 214 (C) 215 (D) 217
22. 5, 3, 10, 8, 17, 15, (?), 24

(A) 26 (B) 27 (C) 29 (D) 36
23. 2,6,12, 20, 30, (?)

(A) 40 (B) 42 (C) 44 (D) 46
24. 445, 221, 109,53, 25, 11, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
25. 6,15,35,77,143,? (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 171 (B) 181 (C) 191 (D) 221
26. Find the missing number in the series. 1, 2, 2, 4, 16, ?, 65536 (NTSE Stage–l, 2013)
(A) 276 (B) 256 (C) 198 (D) 64
Directions (27 to 30) : In each of the following questions write which number in sequence replaces the question mark?
(NTSE Stage–I, 2013)
27. ?, 17, 33, 51, 75
(A) 9 (B) 13 (C) 8 (D) 11
28. 14, 17, 24, 35, ?

(A) 49 (B) 38 (C) 50 (D) 46
29. 37, 57, 81, 99, ?

(A) 118 (B) 119 (C) 135 (D) 137
30. 25, 30, 36, 43, ?

(A) 50 (B) 43 (C) 51 (D) 47
Number Series 8
EXERCISE–3

Directions: (1-5): Find the missing number

1. 3,8, _ ,68, _, 608, 1823 (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)
(A) 25, 199 (B) 29, 205 (C) 23, 203 (D) 24, 136
2. 9, 64,"_' 216, 49, _, 81 (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 20, 72 (B) 25, 512 (C) 30,64 (D) 32,63
3. 121, 144, 169, 196, _ (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 223 (B) 225 (C) 227 (D) 229
4. 216, 343, 512, 729,__, 1331 (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 1000 (B) 894 (C) 819 (D) 1211
5. 9,10,8,11__12, 6 __, 5 (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) 7, 13 (B) 6, 13 (C) 7, 12 (D) 8, 12
Directions : (6 to 20) Find the wrong term of the series :
6. 3, 9, 27, 82, 243 (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) 27 (B) 54 (C) 82 (D) 162
7. 5, 9,17,35,65,129 (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) 65 (B) 35 (C) 17 (D) 9
8. 1,5,6,11,17,27,45,73 (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) 27 (B) 45 (C) 17 (D) 11
9. 3,6,11,18,28,38,51,66 (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) 18 (B) 28 (C) 38 (D) 51
10. 320,254,200,155,122,100,89 (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) 155 (B) 320 (C) 254 (D) 200
11. 6,8,9,12,14,18,22,26,30 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 12 (B) 22 (C) 26 (D) 30
12. 3, 7, 9, 28, 27, 84, 81, 448, 243 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)
(A) 84 (B) 81 (C) 28 (D) 7
13. 190,94,46,22,10,3 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 94 (B) 46 (C) 22 (D) 3
14. 0,5,15,50,128 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 5 (B) 15 (C) 50 (D) 128
15. 9,63,5,35,1,8 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) 63 (B) 5 (C) 35 (D) 8
16. 89,78,86,80,85,82,83 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 83 (B) 82 (C) 86 (D) 78
17. 1,1,3,9,6,36,10,100,16,225 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 225 (B) 16 (C) 10 (D) 9
18. 444,300,200,136,87,84,80 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 300 (B) 200 (C) 136 (D) 87
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19. 8,15,31,61,123,247,491 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 247 (B) 491 (C) 121 (D) 61
20. 3,6,24,30,63,72,122,132 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) 132 (B) 30 (C) 122 (D) 72
ANSWER KEY
(Objective)
EXERCISE–1
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. D
9. D 10. A 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. D 16. B
17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A
25. C 26. C 27. C 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. D
33. B 34. A 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. C 40. B
EXERCISE–2
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. B
9. C 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. A 16. D
17. C 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. B
25. D 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. C
EXERCISE–3
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A
9. B 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. D 16. C
17. B 18. D 19. A 20. C
Alphabet Series 10
Alphabet Series
Alphabet Series problems deals with alphabets and Alpha–Numeric. While attempting to solve the question, you have to check
the pattern of the series.
Type of questions asked in the examination :
(i) Find the missing term(s).
(ii) Find the wrong term(s).
Alphabet Series
In these types of questions, a series of single or pairs of groups of letters is given. The terms of the series form a certain pattern
as regards the position of the letters in the English alphabet.
Position of Alphabet:
(i) Alphabet in Order :
(ii) Alphabet in Reverse Order :
Directions : (1 to 7) Find the missing term :
Example 1. A, C, ?, G, I
(A) E (B) D (C) F (D) H
Sol. (A) Series consists of alternate letter in order. So, the missing term would be E.
Example 2. V, T, R, ?, N, ?
(A) O, M (B) P,M (C) L, P (D) P, L
Sol. (D) Given series consists of alternate letters in reverse order. So, the missing terms would be P and L .
Example 3. A, C, F, ?, O
(A) G (B) J (C) H (D) K
Sol. (B) Hint
Example 4. DC, DE, FE, ?, HG, HI

(A) FE (B) FG (C) GF (D) GH
+2 0 +2 0 +2
Sol. (B) D C DE FE FG HG H
0 +2 0 +2 0
Example 5. CIR, GMV, KQZ, OUD, ?

(A) RYH (B) SYH (C) SZI (D) SYI
Sol. (B) There is a continuous difference of 4 letters between the first letter of each group, second letter of each group and third
letter of each group. So the missing term would be SYH.
Example 6. ZSD,YTC, XUB, WVA,?

(A)VWZ (B) UVW (C)VXY (D) UWZ
Sol. (A) The first letter of each group is in continuation in backward direction. The second letter of each group is in continuation
in forward direction. The third letter of each group is in continuation in backward direction. Therefore, the missing term
would be VWZ.
Example 7. KTE, SBM, AJU, IRC, ?

(A) OZL (B) QYZ (D) QZK (C) QZL differ by 8 letters.
Sol. (D) First letter of each group by 8 letters. Third Second letter of each group by 8 letters. Therefore, letter of each group the
missing term would be QZK.
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Directions : (8 to 9) Find the wrong term (s) :
Example 8. DOU, EPV, FQW, GRX, HTY, ITZ

(A) EPV (B) FQW (C) GRX (D) HTY
Sol. (D) in every term first, second and third letter is in alphabetical order to its next term respectively. Fourth term is not
following the same rule. Hence, HTY is the wrong term and should be replaced by HSY.
Example 9. ABC, DGJ, HMR, NTA, SBK, ZKV

(A) DGJ (B) HMR (C) NTA (D) SBK
Sol. (C) First letter of first, second, third,.........terms is moved three, four, five, ........steps forward respectively. Similarly,
second letter is moved five, six, seven,......steps forward respectively and third letter is moved seven, eight, nine,........steps
forward respectively. Hence, NTA is the wrong term and should be replaced by MTA.
Alpha–Numeric Series
A series in which both alphabets and number are used.
Direction : (10) Find the missing term :

Example 10. F3X, H7U, J15R, L31O,?
(A) M46L (B) N44L (C) N63L (D) N44M
Sol. (C) The first letter of each term is moved two steps forward and the last letter is moved three steps backward to obtain the
corresponding letters of the next term. The numbers form the sequence 3 ×2 +1 =7, 7 ×2 + 1 = 15, 15 × 2 + 1 = 31, 31 ×
2 + 1 = 63. So, the missing term would be term
Direction : (11) Find the wrong term :

Example 11. D4V, G10T, J20R, M43P, P90N
(A) G10T (B) J20R (C) M43P (D) P90N
Sol. (A) First letter of every term is moved three steps forward in each next term. Second number of every term of the pattern
 × 2 + 1, × 2 + 2,× 2 + 3,............and third letter of every term is moved two steps backward. Hence, G10T is the wrong
pattern and should be replaced by G9T.
Letter Repeating Series
These type of questions usually consists of a series of small letters which follow a certain pattern. However, some letters are
missing from the series. These missing letters are then given in a proper sequence as one of the alternatives.
Pattern of such questions is that some letters in sequence are missing.
(i) The letters may be in cyclic order (clockwise or anti–clockwise).
(ii) To solve a problem, we have to select one of the alternative from the given alternatives. The alternative which gives a
sequence form of letters is the choice.
Directions : (1 to 6) Which sequence of letters when placed at the blanks one after the other will complete the given letter
series ?
Example 1. a_ab_ba_a_ab
(A) babb (B) abba (C) baba (D) aabb
Sol. (A) we proceed step by step to solve the above series :
Steps :
1. We have two letters a and b making the series.
2. The first blank space should be filled in by 'b' so that we have one a followed by one b.
3. Second blank space should be filled in by 'a' so that the same pattern followed till end.
Example 2. a_cab_a_c_bc
(A) bbac (B) abab (C) abba (D) bcba
Sol. (D)
Series is abc/ abc/ abc/ abc. So, pattern abc is repeated.

Alphabet Series 12
Example 3. _abb _a _baa _b

(A) baba (B) abba (C) aabb (D) aaab
Sol. (C) Series is aabb/ aabb/ aabb. So, pattern aabb is repeated.
Example 4. ba_ cb _b _bab_

(A) acbb (B) bcaa (C) cabb (D) bacc
Sol. (D) The series is b a b c/b a b c/b a b c So, pattern babc is repeated
Example 5. ab _aa _caab_c_abb _c

(A) bbcaa (B) bcbca (C) cabac (D) cbbac
Sol. (D) Series is abc / aabc / aabbc / aabbcc
Example 6. bc_b_c_b_ccb
(A) cbcb (B) bbcb (C) cbbc (D) bcbc
Sol. (A) Series is bccb / bccb / bccb. So, pattern bccb is repeated
Direction : (7 to 9) The series given below is based on the letter series, in the series, some letters are missing. Select the
correct alternative. If more than five letters are missing, select the last five letters of the series.
Example 7. x_xxy_x_xy_yxx_ _ yy_y

(A) xyyyy (B) xxyyx (C) yxxyx (D) xyxyx
Sol. (A) The pattern of series is xy/xxyy/xxxyyy......
Example 8. xyzu_yz_v_ _uv_ _ _ _ _ _ _

(A) uvxyz (B) vuzyx (C) uvzyx (D) vuxyz
Sol. (A) The series is x y z u v / y z u v x/ z u v x y/u v x y z

Thus the letters are written in a cyclic order.
Eample 9. abcd _bc_e_ _de _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(A) deabc (B) edcba (C) decba (D) edabc
Sol. (A)The series is abcde/bcdea/cdeab/b e a b c
Thus the letters are written in a cyclic order.
Directions : (10 to 11) There is a letter series in the first row and a number series in the second row. Each number in the
number series stands for a letter in the letter series. Since in each of that series some term are missing you have to find out as
to what those terms are, and answer the questions based on these as given below in the series.
Example 10. _m i a x _ i r x a _ _ m a _ _ _ _ _ _ 4_5_7 3_ _ _6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The last five term of the letter series are
(A) r m x i a (B) x m r a i (C) x r m a i (D) r m i x a
Sol. (D) a = 6, i = 5, m = 3, r = 4 and x = 7 the letter series runs as rmiax mirxa irmax rmixa. By taking the letter in the groups
of five, we find that first letter of the first group (i.e. r) is the third letter of the second group and the last two letters have
interchanged their positions. The same rule applies in others groups also.
Example 11. a_h_ _c_ ne_ h_ eac_ _ _ _ _

21_4 3_5 _ _2 5 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The last five terms in the series are
(A) 32524 (B) 43215 (C) 25314 (D) 32541
Sol. (B) By taking a =2, c = 1, n =4, h =5 and e =3, the numbers series runs as 21543 15432 54321 43215. If first digit of a group
of five digits is placed as the last digit, we obtain the second group of five digits and so on.
Direction : (12) In the following question, three sequences of letter/numbers are given which correspond to each other in some
way. In the given question, you have to find out the letter/numerals that come in the vacant places marked by (?). These are
given as one of the four alternatives under the question. Mark your answer as instructed.
Example 12. C B _ _ D _ B A B C C B
_ _23 5 4 _ _? ?? ?
p_pq_r_q____
(A) 4 5 5 4 (B) 4 334 (C) 4 224 (D) 2 5 52
Sol. (C) Comparing the positions of the capital letters, numbers and small letters, we find p corresponds to C and 2 corresponds
to p. So, p and 2 correspond to C. q corresponds to A and 3 corresponds to q. So, q and 3 corresponds to A. Also, 5
corresponds to D. So, the remaining number i.e., 4 corresponds to B. So, BCCB corresponds to 4, 2, 2, 4.
13 Alphabet Series
EXERCISE–1

Directions : (1 to 41) Find the missing letters :

1. B, E, H, ?
(A) K (B) L (C) J (D) M
2. Y,W,U,S,Q,?
(A) A (B) P (C) O (D) B
3. AH, DL, GP, JT, ?

(A) MY (B) NX (C) MX (D) NY
4. LO, IL, FI, CF, ?

(A) ZB (B) AB (C) ZC (D) ZO
5. ZYX, BAZ, DCB, FED?

(A) GHF (B) FGH (C) FFG (D) HGF
6. ATL, BUM, CVN, DWO, ?

(A) EZP (B) EYQ (C) EFP (D) EXP
7. TYU, NSO, HMI, ?

(A) AGC (B) CGC (C) GBC (D) BGC
8. MAAL, AALM, ALMA, LMAA, ?

(A) AMLA (B) MAAL (C) AAML (D) LAAM
9. A3P, C5N, E8K, G12G, ?

(A) I16D (B) I17B (C) I17D (D) J16B
10. Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C, ?

(A) Y66B (B) I17B (C) Y88B (D) Z88B
11. BYDW, FUHS, JQLO, NMPK, ? (NTSE Stage–l, 2007)

(A) RITG (B) RJGH (C) IRGT (D) HPIN
12. BYCXA, EVFUD, HSIRG, KPLOJ, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) MNLOL (B) NMOLM (C) QJRIP (D) PKQJO
13. UTRQU, QPNMT, MLJIS, lHFER, ? (NTSE Stage-I, 2007)

(A) EDCAQ (B) EDBAQ (C) IHFGP (D) KJHGP
14. CDFI, EFHK, IJLO, KLNQ, OPRU, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) QRTW (B) MNPS (C) QRST (D) RSUX
15. CFlJ, RUXY, EHKL, PSVW, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) HILM (B) UXZA (C) SVYZ (D) MOSV
16. BCFH, ?, HILN, KLOQ, NORT (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) MNQS (B) EFlK (C) NOPQ (D) PQTV
17. KMON, NPRQ, ?, TVXW, WYAZ (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) QSUT (B) QTUS (C) UWYX (D) SUW V
18. GRPT, HSQS, ITRR, ?, KVTP, LWUO (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) USJO (B) QSUJ (C) JSQR (D) JUSQ
Alphabet Series 14
19. XBI, JNU, VZG, HLS, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) TYE (B) TXE (C) PTA (D) UYE
20. AYCXB, EWGVF, IUKTJ, MSORN, ? (NTSE Stage–l, 2008)

(A) QOPPR (B) RPSQO (C) QQSPR (D) PQRPQ
series ?
21. _a a b b_a b b a_b
(A) b a b (B) a b a (C) b b a (D) b a a
22. a_b a a _ b a a _ b a
(A) a a b (B) b a b (C) b b a (D) b b b
23. _b a a _b a_a a b _
(A) b a b a (B) b b a a (C) a b b b (D) b b a b
24. b a b b b_b_b_bb
(A) b b a (B) b a a (C) a b a (D) a a a
25. _ha_hach_c_
(A) ccaha (B) achac (C) chaaa (D) aaach
26. m _ l _ ml _ m _llm
(A) Immm (B) Imlm (C) Imml (D) mllm
series ?
27. a_ b b _ caab _ ccaa _ bcc (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)
(A) bacb (B) acbb (C) caba (D) abba
28. ab _ aa _ bbb _aaa _ bbba (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) baab (B) abab (C) aaab (D) abba
29. abca _ bcaab _aa _caa _c (NTSEStage–I, 2007)

(A) abac (B) abba (C) acbb (D) ccaa
30. abb _baa_a _bab _aba (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) ccac (B) abab (C) aabb (D) abba
31. Co_ b_ c _ b _ ccb (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

(A) cbcb (B) cbbc (C) bbcb (D) bcbc
32. ab _ ab _ ababb _ b _ ab (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) baaa (B) abbb (C) aaab (D) baab
33. p_rp_ qr_qrr_ qrp (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) qqpq (B) ppqq (C) qpqp (D) qqpp
34. mq _ sqm _ qssq _ m _ ssqmm _ s (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) qsmsq (B) qmsmq (C) smmqq (D) sqmss
35. aa _ bb _aa _ abbbb _ a (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

(A) abab (B) baba (C) aabb (D) bbaa
Directions – Question 36 to 40 are based on number/letter/figure series. In each series missing term is indicated by
question mark (?). Find out the missing term out of the four alternatives given below and write its alternative number against
the correct question number on your answer sheet –
36. aa_aabb_b_aa_aabb_bb (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)
(A) b b b a a (B) a a b b b (C) b a b b a (D) b b b a a
15 Alphabet Series
37. _sr_tr_srs_r_srst_ (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) t s t r t t (B) t s t t t r (C) t t s s r (D) t s r t s r
38. K_MK_LMKKL_KK_MK (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) L K L M (B) L K M L (C) L K M K (D) L K M M
39. AC_GA_EG_CEGACE_ (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) D B A G (B) D E A G (C) E C A G (D) E B D G
40. _BO_C_O_CB_F (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) C F B F O (B) C F F B O (C) F C B F O (D) F C F B O
EXERCISE–2

1. AAZY, DDVU, GGRQ, ?, MMJI, PPFE (NTSE Stage–II, 2008)

(A) KKMN (B) MMJN (C) KKMM (D) JJNM
2. ZDOA, VHNF, ?, NPLP, JTKU, FXJZ (NTSE Stage–II, 2008)

(A) RLKM (B) MLRK (C) RKML (D) RLMK
3. ZOA, XMF, ?, TIP, RGU, PEZ (NTSE Stage–II, 2008)

(A) YXX (B) W L L (C) UKK (D) VKK
4. CGJL, FJMO, IMPR, LPSU, ? (NTSE Stage–l, 2009)

(A) ORUW (B) OSVX (C) JMPR (D) KORS
5. ADCG, ?, JMLP, QTSW, UXWA (NTSE Stage–l, 2009)

(A) PSRV (B) PTSV (C) PRVS (D) PVRS
6. ?, CAFH, YWBD, USXZ, QOTV (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) GELJ (B) INLN (C) GEJL (D) PSNP
7. AYBX, EUFT, IQJP, MMNL, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) QIRH (B) NLOK (C) GSHR (D) PJQI
8. PQMN, NOKL, LMlJ, ?, HIEF (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) KLHI (B) MNJK (C) GHIJ (D) JKGH
9. ABHR, EFIO, IJJL, MNKI, ?, UVMC (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)

(A) QRLM (B) QRST (C) QULM (D) QRLF
10 BDF, HKN, QUY, ?, RXD (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)

(A) CHM (B) BGL (C) CIO (D) BHN
11. AZYB, CXVE, FURI, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)

(A) KQPL (B) JRNM (C) JQMN (D) ISPM
12. DOZ, GRC, (?), ALW, BMX (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) BGL (B) LW H (C) DLT (D) GJM
13. fed, ihg, Ikj, (?) , rqp (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) npq (B) onm (C) oqp (D) nom
14. ABYZ, ADWZ (?), AHSZ (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) AFUZ (B) AUFZ (C) ZFUA (D) ZUFA
Letter Repeating Series 16
15. VTRP, NLJH, FDBZ, XVTR, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) JLPN (B) LJPN (C) NPLJ (D) PNLJ
16. OBDR, QACT, SZBV, (?), WXZZ (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

(A) WUWZ (B) YTVB (C) UYAX (D) ASVD
17. YANWY, DFMBD, IKNGI, NPMLN, (?), XZMVX (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)
(A) RUMSR (B) SUNQS (C) UW NSU (D) VUMTV
18. PEXKW, RFWMU, TGVOS, VHUQQ, XITSO, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)
(A) ZJSUM (B) YJSUZ (C) ZKSVJ (D) JZSTN
19. AYBZC, DWEXF, GUHVI, JSKTL, (?), POQPR (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)
(A) MQDRN (B) QMONR (C) MQNRO (D) NQMOR
20. ZYYZR, ABVUN (?), BCUTM, XWABT, CDTSL (NTSE Stage–l, 2013)
(A) YXZAS (B) ZYABT (C) XWYZR (D) YSZAB
Directions : (21 to 22) The series given below are based on the letter series, In each of these series, some letters are missing.
Select the correct alternative. If more than five letters are missing, select the last five letters of the series.
21. abcd_bc_e_ _de _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(A) deabc (B) edcba (C) decba (D) edabc
22. _ _ r _ tqrptsrpqst _ _ _ _ _
(4) pqrts (B) pqtrs (C) pqrst (D) grpst
Directions : (23 to 24) There is a letter series in the first row and a number series in the second row. Each number in the
number series stands for a letter in the letter series. Since in each of that series some term are missing you have to find out as
to what those terms are, and answer the questions based on these as given below in the series.
23. n _ g f _ t _ f h t n _ _ t _ b _ f
1 3 _2 4 5 0 _4 _ _3_ _ _ _ _ _
The last five terms of the number series are
(A) 50123 (B) 40321 (C) 40231 (D) 51302
24. _m y e _ _ y I x _ y I m _ _I _ _ _ _
4 6 _ 5 8 6 _ _ _ 5 7_ 6 5 8 _ _ _ _ _
The last five terms of the number series are
(A) 46758 (B) 74658 (C) 76485 (D) 46785
25. ab _ baa _ cb_ ab _ ba (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) cacb (B) bacb (C) cbac (D) abcb
26. ab _ ba _ abab _ _ (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) aaaa (B) babb (C) aaba (D) aaab
27. _ bc _ _ bb _ aabc (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) acac (B) babc (C) abab (D) aacc
28. ab _ bca _ a _ a _ c (NTSE Stage–I, 2009)

(A) abba (B) ccbb (C) bacb (D) abcc
29. B_N_ZF_HNT_FBH_TZ_ (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)

(A) H B T Z N F (B) H T B F N Z (C) T B Z H N F (D) H T B Z N F
30. U_T_K_P_CKUP_CK (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)

(A) T C P T U (B) C T P U T (C) P C U T T (D) P U T C T
17 Letter Repeating Series
EXERCISE–3

Directions (1 to 10) : There is a wrong term in the following numbers / letters series. Find the wrong term of the series.
1. ABC, BCD, CDE, DEF, FEG

(A) BCD (B) CDE (C) DEF (D) FEG
2. ZOA, XMF, VKK, THP, RGU, PEZ

(A) THP (B) XMF (C) VKK (D) RGU
3. AACC, BBED, CCHE, DDMF, EEQG

(A) AACC (B) DDMF (C) BBED (D) EEQG
4. ECA, JHF, OMK, TQP, YWU

(A) ECA (B) JHF (C) TQP (D) YMU
5. DKY, FJW, HIT, JHS, LGQ

(A) FJW (B) LGQ (C) JHJ (D) HIT
6. DVG, FSI, HPK, JNM, LJO

(A) DVG (B) JNM (C) HPK (D) LJO
7. ABD, DGK, HMS, NTB, SBL, ZKW

(A) NTB (B) DGK (C) SBL (D) ZKW
8. EPV, FQW, GRX, HTY ITZ

(A) FQW (B) GRX (C) HTY (D) ITZ
9. PON, RQP, TSR, VVT, XWV, ZYX

(A) VVT (B) TSR (C) XWV (D) RQP
10. P 3 C, R 5 F, T 8 I, V 12 L, X 18 O, Z 23 R
(A) V12 L (B) X 18 O (C) Z 23 R (D) R5 F
Directions : (11 to 13) In each of the following questions, three sequences of letter/numbers are given which correspond to
each other in some way. In each question, you have to find out the letter/ numerals that come in the vacant places marked by
(?). These are given as one of the four alternatives under the question. Mark your answer as instructed.
11. _ A C _ B D _ C D C D
2 _4 1 _ 1 4 _ _ _ _
r s_ q r _ p ? ? ? ?
(A) p q p q (B) p r p r (C) r q r q (D) r s r s
12. A _ B A C _ D _ B C D C
_4_ 3_2_5 ? ? ? ?
d c_ _b a c b _ _ _ _
(A) 2 4 5 4 (B) 2 5 4 5 (C) 3 4 5 4 (D) 4 5 2 5
13. _ A D A C B _ _ B D C C
2 4_ _2 3 5 3 _ _ _ _
p_ _ q _ _r s ? ? ? ?
(A) p r s s (B) p s r r (C) r p s s (D) s r p p
Letter Repeating Series 18
Directions : (14 to 18 ) These questions are based on letter series in which some of the letters are missing. The missing letters
are given in the proper sequence in one of the alternatives among the four given under each question. Find out the correct
alternatives for each question.
14. ab _acc_ _da _bba_ (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) cdabc (B) badaa (C) cdbcd (D) dbacd
15. abb_ _ab _ b_bba_a (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) bbbab (B) babba (C) abaab (D) bbabb
16. b _ a _ bab _ ab _ a (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

(A) baba (B) babb (C) abab (D) abba
17. In the following letter sequence, some of the letters are missing. These are given in order as one of the alternatives below.
Choose the correct alternative. (NTSE Stage–II, 2013)

(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
18. ca _ cab _ ab _ _ bc _ (NTSE Stage–I, 2014)

(A) bccaa (B) accab (C) bacaa (D) abaca
19. 78Z, 6C, 15E, __, 30J 26M (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)
(A) 24H (B) 21G (C) 18I (D) 16H
20. F_UR_OU_FO_RF_UR (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)

(A) OFRUO (B) FUOOR (C) FROUO (D) ROUFO
ANSWER KEY
(Objective)
EXERCISE–1
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. B
9. B 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. B
17. A 18. D 19. B 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. C
25. A 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. A
33. D 34. C 35. C 36. C 37. B 38. B 39. C 40. A
EXERCISE–2
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. D
9. D 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. C
17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A 21. A 22. A 23. D 24. D
25. C 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. C
EXERCISE–3
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C
9. A 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. C
17. B 18. A 19. D 20. A
19
Missing Term in Figures

In such type of questions, a figure, a set of figures, an arrangement or a matrix is given each of which bears certain characters,
be it numbers, letters or a group or combination of letters or numbers. following a certain pattern.
Directions : (1 to 10) Find the missing term/number(s) :
Example 1.
(A) 125
(B) 25
(C) 625
(D) 156
Sol. (C) Clearly (1 + 3)2 = 16
(15 + 6)2 = (21)2 = 441
(10 + 5)2 = (15)2 = 225
 missing number in figure
(12 + 13)2 = (25)2 = 625.
Example 2.
(A) 64
(B) 36
(C) 34
(D) 60
Sol. (A) Moving clockwise, in every quarter region, value of numbers gets doubled.
2×2=4, 8×2=16,16×2=32,32×2=64, 128 × 2 = 256.
Example 3.
(A) 120
(B) 100
(C) 125
(D) 64
Sol. (C) In the first column, 72 + 22 = 53
In the second column, 92 + 32 = 90
So, missing number, 112 + 22 = 125.
Example 4.
(A) A
(B) D
(C) G
(D) P
Sol. (A) In each column, the sum of top & bottom letter is equal to the order of the middle letter in that column.
Example 5.
(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6

Sol. (B) In the first set, 2 × 2 = 4,
In the second set, 3 × 9 = 27
 2×x=18, x=9
Example 6.
(A) 16
(B) 14
(C) 20
(D) 22
Sol. (B) In the first diagram, (3 × 4 × 6) = 72 and the number on the sides twice as the number on the opposite vertex.
3 × 2 = 6, 6 × 2 = 12, 4 × 2 = 8 In the second diagram, (1 × 2 × 3) = 6 and the number on the sides twice as the number
on the opposite vertex. 3 × 2 = 6, 2 × 2 = 4, 1 × 2 = 2 In the Third diagram, (7 × 4 × 5) = 140 and the number on the sides
twice as the number on the opposite vertex. 7 × 2 = 14, 5 × 2 = 10, 4 ×2 =8.
Missing Term in Figures 20
Example 7.
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 15

Sol. (B) In first figure, (14 + 6) – 2 × 2 = 16
In second figure, (12 + 5) – 3 × 1 = 14
 In third figure, (11 + 4) – 10 × 1 = 5
Example 8.
(A) 262 (B) 622 (C) 631 (D) 631

Sol. (B) In first figure, (915 – 364) = 551.
In second figure, (789 – 543) = 246.
 In third figure, missing number
= (863 – 241) = 622.
Example 9.
(A) 5 (B) 19 (C) 27 (D) 89

Sol. (D) In first figure, (6 × 3) + (5 × 15) = 18 + 75 = 93.
In second figure, (4 × 8) + (18 + 1) = 32 + 18 = 50.
 In third figure, missing number
= (9 ×6) + (7 × 5)=54 + 35 =89.
Example 10. Which one number can be placed at the sign of interrogation ?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9

Sol. (D) In first figure, 27 + 63 + 3 = 93
In second figure, 38 + 37 + 3 = 79
So, In third figure, 16 + 42 + x = 67, x = 9
21 Missing Term in Figures
EXERCISE–1

Directions : (1 to 83) Find the missing number(s) :
1.
(A) 125 (B) 216 (C) 121 (D) 225
2.
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 14
3.
(A) 75 (B) 26 (C) 25 (D) 20
4.
(A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 48 (D) 55
5.
(A) 47 (B) 45 (C) 37 (D) 35
6. 3 ×5×7×8 =5783, 9 ×5 ×3 ×2 =5329, ?×?×8× 5=2853.

(A) 2×3 (B) 3 ×2 (C) 4 × 3 (D) 8 × 3
5 6 12 42
7 5 7 42
7. 3 4 10 22
5 ? 12 32
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
8.
(A) 169 (B) 168 (C) 85 (D) 706
2 3 2
9.
51 84 ?
(A) 125 (B) 100 (C) 123 (D) 64
10.
(A) 6 (B) 27 (C) 30 (D) 12
11.
(A) 40 (B) 32 (C) 35 (D) 30
12.
(A) Z (B) A (C) E (D) F
13.
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 40
14.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
15.
(A) 72 (B) 70 (C) 68 (D) 66

2 2 0 5 3 3
248 ?
16.
4 6 8 7 9 1
(A) 262 (B) 274 (C) 320 (D) 132
17. (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
(A) 4.5 (B) 5.0 (C) 8.5 (D) 7.0
(A) 36 (B) 38 (C) 48 (D) 42
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17
(A) 19 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 21
23. (NTSE Stage–l, 2007)
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23
(A) 5 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 81

(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
(A) 27 (B) 31 (C) 36 (D) 41
27. (NTSE Stage–II, 2007)
(A) V (B) C (C) U (D) E
(A) W (B) X (C) Y (D) Z
(A) L (B) J (C) G (D) N
30. (NTSE Stage–ll, 2007)
(A) T (B) K (C) F (D) Q
(A) 32 (B) 28 (C) 35 (D) 56
(A) 48 (B) 64 (C) 24 (D) 143
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 16
(A) 34 (B) 75 (C) 119 (D) 911

(A) 138 (B) 139 (C) 140 (D) 137
36. Find the missing value in place of the question marks in the given pattern. (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
37. What number comes in place of '?' in the given figure? (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 6
38. Which number replace that question mark '?' in the given figure ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) 4 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 22
39. Find the missing number '?' in the figure given below: (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) 30 (B) 32 (B) 33 (D) 35
40. The number in the place'?' should be (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 34 (D) 36

EXERCISE–2

Take approximately
(A) 25 (B) 37 (C) 40 (D) 42
2. (NTSE Stage–lI, 2008)
(A) 85 (B) 81 (C) 75 (D) 64
(A) 9 (B) 11 (C) 14 (D) 16
4. 14 (NTSE Stage–II, 2008)

8 12
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6
(A) 15 (B) 13 (C) 9 (D) 8
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 25

(A) 33 (B) 23 (C) 22 (D) 14
(A) 84 (B) 80 (C) 54 (D) 48
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 6 (D) 8
(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 5
(A) 26 (B) 20 (C) 11 (D) 10
(A) 64 (B) 100 (C) 81 (D) 144
(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 12 (D) 11
14. (NTSE Stage–Il, 2009)
(A) 23 (B) 103 (C) 91 (D) 19

(A) 54 (B) 4 (C) 46 (D) 138
(A) 44 (B) 43 (C) 42 (D) 41
(A) 33 (B) 38 (C) 25 (D) 27
18. (NTSE Stage–l, l2009)
(A) 59 (B) 53 (C) 43 (D) 37
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 60
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8
85
51 ? 102
68
(A) 13 (B) 17 (C) 29 (D) 31
(A) 12 (B) 11 (C) 8 (D) 15

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
8 7
7 44 4 9 37 6
9 ?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 13
(A) 41 (B) 36 (C) 32 (D) 12
50
26.
4 ? 3 (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)
4
(A) 80 (B) 88 (C) 800 (D) 808
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
28. (NTSE Stage–Il, 2012)
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 20
(A) 270 (B) 196 (C) 256 (D) 320
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

EXERCISE–3

Take approximately
Directions (1-13): Find the missing number.
1. (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10
(A) 19 (B) 13 (C) 7 (D) 4
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10
(A) 20 (B) 57 (C) 28 (D) 46
(A) 19 (B) 64 (C) 89 (D) 120
(A) 25 (B) 52 (C) 21 (D) 12
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 8

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
(A) 18 (B) 28 (C) 38 (D) 48
(A) 15 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) 8
11. Find the missing term '?' in the given figure? (NTSE Stage–Il, 2019)
(A) N10 (B) P20 (C) O24 (D) Q16
12. Find the value of 'x' and 'y' from the figure given below (NTSE Stage–Il, 2019)
(A) 65,150 (B) 46,125 (C) 56,156 (D) 56,165

13. What number should be question mark? (NTSE Stage–Il, 2019)
(A) 15 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 10

14. Fill in the missing number
C B
(NTSE Stage–II, 2013)
(A) – 3C (B) – 2C (C) 3C (D) 2B
15. Find the number in the position of '?'
(A) 41 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 52
16. Identify the number in the position of '?'
(NTSE Stage Il, 2013)
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
17. Find the letter to be placed in place of '?' in the figure given. (NTSE Stage–II, 2013)
(A) M (B) N (C) Q (D) R
18. Identify the number corresponding to the ‘?’ (NTSE Stage–II, 2013)
108 39 115
309 4 203 625 ? 104
25 101
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8
Directions (19 to 20) : In each of the following figures, numbers are written according to some patterns and one number is
missing, shown by question mark, Find the missing number that replaces the question mark. (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)
19.
(A) 84 (B) 195 (C) 240 (D) 275

20.
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 6 (D) 10
ANSWER KEY
(Objective)
EXERCISE–1
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. B
9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. B 16. A
17. C 18. B 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. B 23. A 24. D
25. B 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. A
33. A 34. C 35. D 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. B
EXERCISE–2
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. B
9. C 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. B
17. B 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D
25. B 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D
EXERCISE–3
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. D
9. C 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. A 16. C
17. A 18. A 19. B 20. B
Coding–Decoding 34
Coding–Decoding
Coding–Decoding
A code is "a system of signals". Coding is, therefore, a method of transmitting a message between sender and receiver which
cannot be understood or comprehended by a third person. The coding decoding test is set up to judge the candidate's ability
to decipher a particular word/ message and break the code to decipher the message. In coding, actual alphabets/words/
terms/numbers are replaced by certain other alphabets/words/terms/symbols etc. according to a specific rule. To solve these
type of questions we have to detect the rule and then answer the questions.
Decoding : It is a method to find the meaning of something that has written in code.
Letter–Letter Coding
In these type of questions, the letters in a word are replaced by certain other letters according to a specific rule to form its
code. The candidate is required to detect the coding pattern / rule and answer the questions accordingly.
Example 1. If in any code language, KUMAR is coded as LVNBS, How is EMOTIONAL coded in that language.
(A) FNQUJOBM (B) FNPUJPOBM (C) GNPUJPOBM (D) GNQUJQOBM
Sol. (B)
Similarly
Example 2. If JAPAN is coded as KCSES, then the code for CASTLE will be –
(A) DClJOB (B) DCJKRD (C) DCKMSG (D) DCVXQK
Sol. (D)
Similarly,
Example 3. If PAINTER is written in a code language as NCGPRGP, then REASON would be written as :
(A) PCYQMN (B) PGYQMN (C) PGYUMP (D) PGYUPM
Sol. (C)
35 Coding–Decoding
Similarly,
Example 4. If in any code language NATIONAL is written as MZGRLMZO than how is JAIPUR written in that language.
(A) QZRKFI (B) PZRKFI (C) QZRIFK (D) QARKFI
Sol. (A)
Similarly,
Letter+Number Coding
In these types of questions, either numerical code values are assigned to a word or alphabetical code letters are assigned to
the numbers.
Example 5. In a certain code, if TREE is coded as 7100, FROG as 2159, how is FREE coded in that code ?
(A) 2100 (B) 3100 (C) 1003 (D) 1002
Sol. (A) T R E E FROG
71 00 21 5 9
Hence, F R E E  2100
Example 6. In a certain code, C is coded as 0, E as 7, T as 4, l as 9, P as 1, R as 3,and U as 5. How is 1904537 coded in

that code ?
(A) PICTRUE (B) PICTURE (C) RICTPUE (D) PCTUREl
Sol. (B) 1 9 0 4 5 3 7

P IC T UR E
Example 7. If OX is coded as 39, what will be the code number for LION ?
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 38 (D) 50
Sol. (D) By their natural position in alphabet,
O  15, X  24
So, OX = (15 + 24)= 39
Hence, L I O N=(12 +9 + 15 + 14) =50
Example 8. If AJAY is written as 1117, then in same code NAMA would be written as: –
(A) 5114 (B) 5411 (C) 5141 (D) 4511
Sol. (C)
Hence
Substitution Coding
In these types of questions, some particular objects are assigned code names. Then a question is asked that is to be
answered in the code language.
Example 9. If paper is called eraser, eraser is called bag, bag is called scale, scale is called pencil and pencil is called
paper, what will a person write with ?
(A) Pencil (B) Paper (C) Eraser (D) Bag
Sol. (B) A person will write with a pencil and a 'pencil' is called 'paper'.
Example 10. If water is called food, food is called tree, tree is called sky, sky is called wall, on which of the following does
a fruit grow ?
(A) Water (B) Food (C) Tree (D) Sky
Sol. (D) Clearly, a fruit grows on a 'tree'. As given that 'tree' is called 'sky', a fruit grows on 'sky'.
Puzzle Based Coding
In this type of questions, some messages are given in the coded language and the code for a particular word or message is
asked. To analyses such codes, any two messages bearing a common word are picked up. The common code word will thus
represent that word. Proceeding similarly by picking up all possible combinations of two, the entire message can be decoded
and the order for individual words found.
Example 11. In a certain code language 389 means run very fast. 964 means come back fast and 487 means run and
come. Which digit in the language means come ?
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 4 (D) 8
Sol. (C) In the second and third sentences, common number is 4 and common code is 'come'. Hence, number 4 stands for
'come'.
Example 12. In a certain code language, ken poti means good morning, hu shang means come on, and hu ken sue
means come for good. Which word in that language does mean for ?
(A) shang (B) ken (C) sue (D) hu
Sol. (C) In the second and third statements, the common code word is 'come' and the common word is 'hu'. So, 'come' means
'hu'. In the first and third statements, the common code word is 'good' and the common word is 'ken'. So, 'good' means
'ken'. Thus, in third and above statements 'for' means 'sue'.
Column Coding
Example 13. Decode the underlined letters in column I from the same row of choices provided under column II. Each small
letter in column II stands for some capital letter in column I. However, the small letters in column II are not arranged in the
same order as their corresponding letters in column I. The code is the same for all the terms in column I.
Column I Column II
1. H N T B Z vbhnt
2. C T N Z B thnwv
3. D NB Z C xhvtw
4. Q H N T Z tbhin
5. T Z O B K nivet
Sol. From terms 1 & 2, in column (I), NTBZ is common. From col. (II) we have vhnt common. Hence H=b & C = w. From term–
3, NBZC have already occurred and the code for D must be a letter which did not appear in the earlier codes. Thus, the
codes for D is x. From term–4 HNTZ have occured earlier. The letter which has not occured earlier is the code for O,
thatis, i. From term–5 TZOB have occured earlier. The letter which has not occured earlier is the code for K, that is e.
The code of underlined letters are given in the following table
Letter H C D O K
Code b w x i e
Directions : (14 to 16) in column I below, some words are given. In column II, their codes are given but they are not arranged
in the same order. Study both the columns and find out the code for the letter given in each of the following questions, from
among the given alternatives. The code for a letter will be same throughout.
Column I Column II
(i) DRGEX (a) 1 2 5 6 7
(ii) AXPRD (b) 1 2 3 5 8
(iii) SDRKG (c) 1 2 4 7 0
(iv) KLPSX (d) 3 4 5 9 0
(v) SGPAK (e) 3 4 7 8 0
(vi) PXDAG (f) 2 3 5 7 8
(vii) GKSAE (g) 4 6 7 8 0
Example 14. What is the code used for the letter D ?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 1
Example 15. What is the code used for the letter P ?

(A) 8 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2
Example 16. What is the code used for the letter E ?

(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 6
Sol. (14 to16)
14. (A) In statement (iii) and (vi), common letters are D and G and common code digit are 2 and 7.
Hence, it is clear that D and G stand for 2 and 7 but not respectively. From statement (v), it is clear that the word has
letter G and code 7 in its coding. Hence, code for G is 7 and D is 2.
15. (C) In statement (ii) and (iv), common letters are P and X and common code digit are 3 and 5.
Hence, it is clear that P and X stand for 3 and 5 but not respectively. From statement (v), it is clear that the word has letter
P and code 3 in its coding. Hence, code for P is 3.
16. (D) In statement (i) and (vii), common letters are G and E and common code digit are 6 and 7.
Hence, it is clear that G and E stand for 6 and 7 but not respectively. From statement (vi), it is clear that the word has
letter G and code 7 in its coding. Hence code for E is 6.
Directions : (17 to 19) In each questions there is a word written in capital letters with one letter underlined. For each letter in
that word there is a code written in small letters. That code is denoted by either (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) not in the same order.
You have to find out the exact code for the underlined letter in the word. The number of that code is the answer. Please \note
that the same letter appearing in other word (s) may be coded differently.
Example 17. MAGIC

(A) km (B) eg (C) ik (D) ce
Sol. (C) M(+2)o (+2)q 'oq', A(+2) c(+ 2) e 'ce', G (+2)i(+2)k 'ik', I (+2)k (+2)m
'km' and C (+2) e (+2)g ' 'eg'
Example 18. QUITE

(A) hj (B) su (C) tv (D) pr (E) df
Sol. (D) Q(–1) p(+2) r , 'pr', U (–1) t(+2) v 'tv' , I (–1) h (+2) j 'hj' , T (–1) s (+2) u
'su' and E (–1) d(+2) f ‘df'.
Example 19. BLAST

(A) i (B) e (C) w (D) p(E) d
Sol. (D) B(+3) is 'e', L (–3) is 'i', A(+3) is 'd' S(–3) is 'p' and T(+3) is 'w'
EXERCISE–1

1. If RADIO is written PYBGM, then how would OQDKNG be written in that code ?
(A) MOBIEL (B) MOBLIE (C) MOlBLE (D) MOBILE
2. If TRIANGLE is coded as SSHBMHKF, then SQUARE would be

(A) RRIASF (B) RPVBSF (Q) RRTBQF (D) RPVBSD
3. If CRICKETER is coded as DQJBLDUDS, then PLAYER will be coded as :

(A) QMBZFS (B) OMZZDS (C) QKBXFQ (D) QKBZDS
4. In a certain code, GIGANTIC is written as GIGTANCI. How is MIRACLES written in that code ?
(A) MIRLCAES (B) MIRLACSE (C) RIMCALSE (D) RIMLCAES
5. In a certain code, INSTITUTION is written as NOITUTITSNI. How is PERFECTION written in that code?
(A) NOICTEFREP (B) NOITCEFERP (C) NOITCEFRPE (D) NOITCEFREP
6. If POLITICS is coded as OPlLITSC. then ARTICLES will be coded as :

(A) RAlTLCES (B) RAITLCSE (C) NNUHPM (D) NNVHPN
7. If in a code language MENTAL is coded as 417253. then how is TEN & ANT coded in that language
(A) 572,271 (B) 217,527 (C) 572,217 (D) 217.572
8. If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIEVED as 7. what is the code number for GOVERNMENT?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
9. If E = 5 & SAFE =31, then PINK = ?

(A) 41 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 65
10. If FOX is coded as 45, what will be the code number for BOX ?
(A) 41 (B) 49 (C) 55 (D) 60
11. RAT =42 and CAT = 57, then LATE =

(A) 60 (B) 70 (C) 64 (D) 74
12. Code for letters in the word TRAIN is –

(A) fgehk (B) fkgic (C) lpvcj (D) fvgme
13. Code for letters in –the word EARN is –

(A) ferk (B) gcim (C) skrp (D) fgrc
14. In a certain language MONKEY is coded as 632471 and GANGA is coded as 58258, Then how is MONGYA coded ?
(A) 638152 (B) 543127 (C) 632518 (D) 671854
15. If BDFHJ is written as IGECA, then how PRTVX will be written ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)
(A) WUSQO (B) OPQRS (C) DWVEF (D) XVTRP
16. If DONKEY is written as EYDOKN. how the word CLEVER will be written ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)
(A) RCELVE (B) ERLCVE (C) RECLVE (D) ERCLVE
17. If BAD = 14 and DIG = 40 then HALF will be equal to – (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)
(A) 45 (B) 54 (C) 82 (D) 40
18. In a coded language TRACE = 43251 and EARTH = 12347 then the code for FACT will be – (NTSE Stage–l, 2012)
(A) 9245 (B) 9254 (C) 9425 (D) 9524
19. In a coded language SHOP =8256, WORK = 9573 and HOME = 2541 then the code for SMOKE will be––
(A) 84531 (B) 83451 (C) 84351 (D) 85431
20. In a coded language TAKE = 1790, PLOT = 5321 then code for PLATE will be –– (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)
(A) 53701 (B) 53071 (C) 35710 (D) 53710
21. In a coded language FRUIT = HTWKV then FLOWER will be written as –– (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)
(A) HNQYGT (B) HGPTYN (C) HYNGPT (D) HTPNGY
22. If PET=4 (NTSE Stage–I, 2013)

LET =3
JEY=2
Then what is the value of XET?
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8
23. In a coded language if HOME = 2541, SHOP = 8256, WORK = 9573, then code for SMOKE will be–
(A) 85431 (B) 84531 (C) 83451 (D) 84351
24. If in a certain code, STUDENT is written as RSTEDMS, then how would TEACHER be written in the same code ?
(A) SZZDGEQ (B) SZDDGEQ (C) SDZDGDQ (D) SDZCGDQ
25. If air is called water, water is called green, green is called dust, dust ts called yellow and yellow is called cloud,
which of the following does fish live in ?
(A) Air (B) Water (C) Green (D) Dust
26. If brightness is called darkness, darkness is called green, green is caged blue, blue is called red, red is caged
white and white is called yellow then what is the colour of blood?
(A) red (B) darkness (C) white (D) yellow
27. If pen is called pencil, pencil is called scale, scale is called bag and bag is called book, which is used to carry the
books?
(A) Scale (B) Pen (C) Book (D) Bag
28. In a certain code language, 3a, 2b, 7c means truth is eternal, 7c, 9a, 8b, 3a means enmity is not eternal, 9a, 4d, 2b,
8b means truth does not perish. Which of the following does mean eternal in that language ?
(A) 3a (B) 2b (C) 7c (D) Cannot be determined
29. in a certain code, 256 means you are good, 637 means we are bad and 358 means good and bad. Which of the
following does represent and in than code?
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 3
30. In a certain code language 743 means mangoes are good, 657 means eat good food and 934 means mangoes are
ripe. Which digit means ripe in that language ?
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 7
31. If 'cake is tasty' is 'uoi hui puri' and 'milk is sweet' is 'dri hui coi', Then 'sweet is tasty' will be coded as :
(A) coi hui puri (B) uoi hui dri (C) puri hui dri (D) uoi hui coi
32. In a certain code language if HUNDRED is written as NUHDDER, what will be code of KITCHEN in same language?
(NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)
(A) HENTIKC (B) TIKCNEH (C) ITKHCNE (D) TKICNEH
33. In a certain code language if POSTMAN is written as OPRTLBM, what will be code of BROTHER in same language?
(A) ARNTGDQ (B) CSNSIRE (C) QAPTEIS (D) ASNTGFQ
34. In certain code language if BLOCK is written as 43, what will be code of HOUSE in same language?
(A) 68 (B) 61 (C) 67 (C) 63
35. In certain code language if BOUND is written as 112, what will be code of WHITE in same language?
(A) 132 (B) 103 (C) 130 (D) 123
36. In certain code language if ELEPHANT is written as LEPEAHTN, what will be code of QUESTION in same language?
(A) UQSEITNO (B) SEUQNOTI (C) UQESTINO (D) EUQITSON
37. In certain code language if DRIVER is written as RDERVI, what will be code of WINDOW in same language?
(A) WIWOND (B) WIDNOW (C) WWOIDN (D) WOWDIN
38. In certain code language if FROG is written as 2116, what will be code of NEST in same language?
(A) 3262 (B) 3364 (C) 3436 (D) 4363
39. In certain code language if COVER is written as EMXCT, what will be code of BIRTH in same language?
(A) DJTSJ (B) CHSSI (C) AGSQI (D) DGTRJ
40. In a certain code language if XDRL is written as 12296, what will be code of NHTV is same language?
(A) 72511 (B) 1481022 (C) 741011 (D) 7856
EXERCISE–2

Directions : (1 to 4) Below in column I are given some words. These have been translated into a code language. The code
equivalents of the words in Column I given in Column Il are not necessarily opposite to the corresponding words. Moreover, the
codes for the different letters in each Word have also not been given in the same order as these letters occur in the original
word. Study the two columns carefully and then of the four alternatives given in each question, find the one that has the code
equivalents of the letters of the word given in the question. This is your answer.
Column I Column II
SOUND abi
ADDRESS cjmv
CRUX ikmop
NET ijktv
CRONY jkgotv
CROWDY blooppv
1. What is the code used for the letter A ?

(A) b (B) I (C) v (D) none of these
2. What is the code used for the letter C ?

(A) j (B) k (C) I (D) none of these
3. What is the code used for the letter D ?

(A) k (B) I (C) m (D) none of these
4. What is the code used for the letter N ?

(A) a (B) e (C) q (D) none of these
Directions : (5 to 8) Column I contains five capital letters while column II contains five digits. Each letter corresponds to a
single digit but not necessarily in that order.
Column–l Column–ll
BElKL 61520
PNBTK 34568
XLPBE 57401
KNIXV 27396
XBNPE 45713
5. What is the value of BlKE ?

6. What is the value of PIN + NIP ?

(A) 423 (B) 744 (C) 777 (D) 747
7. What is the value of BlTE – KITE ?

(A) 386 (B) 1000 (C) –1000 (D) none of these
8. What is the value of NIL + NINE – TEN ?

Directions : (9 to 13 ) Words in capital letters in column– I are written in small letters according to a code language in
column– II, Decode the language and find out the correct alternative for the given word in each question.
Column I Column II
PORK oxtj
BAD dzg
WAVI sgmp
BID dzw
VAGI gswb
BAT vgd
VEX smk
ROSE yomt
9. Code for B is –
(A) v (B) d (C) g (D) y
10. Code for G is–
(A) b (B) z (C) y (D) s
11. Code for W is–

(A) (B) g (C) b (D) p
12. Code for letters in the word DATE are –

(A) z j k m (B) x t o g (C) z g v m (D) d j k s
13. Code for the letters in the word BEST are –

(A) g z m v (B) d m y v (C) b k p d (D) g s z y
Directions : (14 to 16) The words in Column–l are coded in small letters, which are written in column–ll, but the order of small
letters is different. Decode the words to find out the codes for the letters and answer the questions that follow :
Column–l Column–ll
TRAIN pbrsn
CRANE rmndp
DEAR rcpd
RICE bpmd
14. How would the word EAR be coded ?

(A) r d m (B) d r p (C) p r s (D) d r n
15. Which is the code for the word NEAT ?

(A) n d r s (B) n d r m (C) m d r s (D) n r d p
16. Which is the code for the word TREAD ?

(A) s p d r m (B) s p r d n (C) m s p r c (D) s p d r c
Directions : (17 to 19) Words in capital letters in column I are written in small letters in a code language in column–ll. Decode
the language and find out the correct alternative for the given letter/word in each question. (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)
Column I Column II
FISH zmkj
TEA fir
GAIN kpgf
DOG peh
ROSE cmre
NUT ig q
TRAM cvif
17. Code for U is –

(A) i (B) g (C) q (D) h
18. Code for M is –

(A) v (B) c (C) i (D) m
19. Code for I is –

(A) m (B) p (C) f (D) k
Directions : (20 to 24) The capital letters in each of the following words are coded and written in small letters on the right side
of each word. But these letters are not in order. Find out the codes for fetters and answer the questions.
Column I Column II
PROBLEM grcatsd
ROMAN cftxs
LAME fgat
BOLD gcdz
20. What is the code for letter A ?

(A) t (B) g (C) f (D) a
21. What is the code for letter B ?

(A) g (B) c (C) d (D) z
22. What would be the code (in correct order) for the word 'MODE'?
(A) t f z c (B) c t f z (C) f t c z (D) t c z a
Directions : ( 23 to 27): According to a code language, words in column I are given in column II. Decode the language and
choose the correct code for each of the words given in the following questions. (NTSE Stage–I / Raj/ 2009)
Column–I Column–ll
SET yxg
SIGN pxrk
POT yma
NINE kgpk
ROSE xgae
23. Code for letters in the word STONE are –
(A) kgxmp (B) akygx (C) ayxkr (D) agxyp
24. Code for letters in the word PRINT are –

(A) mekxr (B) epkya (C) epykm (D) epgmk
25. Code for letters In the word GROSS are–

(A) raaex (B) exxmp (C) xerrg (D) axrex
26. Code for letters in the word SOON are –

(A) kxxa (B) xkpp (C) aakx (D) kkar
27. Code for letters in the word TEN are –

(A) kgy (B) gkr (C) ykm (D) eyg
Direction : (28) The capital letters in each of the following words are coded and written in small letters, but not in the same
order as the letters in the word. Find the codes for letters and answer the question. (NTSE Stage–II, 2009)
NECK:bimk
LUCK:mdnb
LlKE:mkjn
28. What would be the code in correct order for the word 'NICE' ?
(A) k j n b (B) j i k b (C) i j b m (D) i j b k
Direction : (29 to 30) The cells in diagram I and sectors in diagram Il contain two letters each from A to Z.
The first letters in each cell is coded by the cell shape whereas the second letter is represented by cell shape along with a dot
in it. for example
(A) A is represented as
(B) M is represented as 
(C) K is represented as
(D) P is represented as (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)
29. Identify the response which represents CHAIR
(A) (B) (C) (D)
30. Identify the response which represents MONKEY

(A) (B) (C) (D)
EXERCISE–3

Directions : (1 to 5) Some words are given in column I. These words are written in a code language in column II. The code
equivalents of the words given in column I and column II are not necessarily in the corresponding order. Choose the correct
code for the words from the given alternatives. (NTSE Stage-II, 2011)
Column – I Column –II

i. Kahu chala na hum kuch ja
ii. Aj tak na ek ja kam
iii. Man tak pana saj ek ada
iv. Hum chala man kuch not ada
v. Hum na jai not kim ja
1. Which word will be code for word Aj ?

(A) ada (B) hum (C) kuch (D) kam
2. Which word will be code for Hum ?

(A) ja (B) not (C) kuch (D) ek
3. Which word will be code for word Pana ?

(A) ada (B) ek (O) saj (D) not
4. Which word will be code for word Kahu ?

(A) hum (B) ada (C) not (D) ja
5. Which word will be code for word Jai ?

(A) ek (B) saj (C) kim (D) ja
Directions : (6 to 8) The capital letters in each of the following words are coded as figures on the right side. Find out the codes
for letters and answers the questions (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)
STRONG: + |
WET: % +
STRING: +   |
DENSE :
BELONG : × |
6. Which is the code for 'STOLEN' ?

(A) × × %
(B) +×
(C) +  ×
(D) + ×
7. Which is the code for 'LOWER' ?
(A) × %  (B) × %  (C) +%  (D) × % 
8. Which is the code for DRESSING' ?

(A) ÷ |
(B) × ÷ |+
(C) ÷ +
(D) % |
Directions : (9 to 13) Words in capital letters in column–l are written in small letters in a code language in column–ll. Decode
the Language and find out the correct alternative for the given letters in each questions.
(Column–I) (Column – II)
HOPE vtyg
WIDE ceth
LUCK nxfl
DUST aien
SIND cmae
SOAP gapv
FEAR putj
MUST nida
HUNT mnyi
FILE cxut
PINE cmtg
9. Code for letters in the word SOLE are

(A) txza (B) fvxy (C) mtax (D) vtax
10. Code for letters in the word MENT are –

(A) ndti (B) dtum (C) mdit (D) puit
11. Code for letters in the word NEWS are –

(A) hmta . (B) tmkh (C) fmak (D) tahv
12. Code for letters in the word STAR are –

(A) ipaj (B) jami (C) paiz (D) ajkl
13. Code for letters in the word TIME are –

(A) tkci (B) citd (C) ctpb (D) litm
14. If CLOUD = 11, BURST = 16 and ACE = 3, then MONSOON = ? (NTSE Stage–lI, 2019)
(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 19
15. If MOBILE is coded as DFBICE, then CHARGE is coded as : (NTSE Stage–lI, 2019)
(A) CHBXQE (B) CLARTE (C) CHAIGE (D) CHIAEF
16. In a certain code ‘COUNTRY’ is written as ‘ZSUOVPD’. How is ‘TEACHER’ written in the same code?
(NTSE Stage–lI, 2019)
(A) SUTIFED (B) REHCAET (C) QDGBDS (D) SFIDBFU
17. In a code BH = 16, DO = 60 and TA = 20, then the code for BAT = ? (NTSE Stage–lI, 2019)
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 60
18. In a certain coding scheme, consonants and vowels are coded differently as illustrated below :(NTSE Stage–lI, 2019)
C is coded as 6.
Z is coded as 52.
E is coded as 9.
O is coded as 29. Then find the sum of numerals in the coded version of FAITH.
(A) 84 (B) 85 (C) 86 (D) 87
19. In a code language if ‘APPEAL’ is coded as ‘256572’ and ‘PLAY’ is coded as ‘7259’ then in the same language
‘PEARL’ will be coded as (each number code stands for unique alphabet) (NTSE Stage–lI, 2019)
(A) 2 5 7 6 8 (B) 2 5 3 8 7 (C) 6 7 5 2 2 (D) 2 5 6 7 9
20. In a certain code language ‘si po re’ means ‘book is thick’, ‘ti na re’ means ‘bag is heavy’, ‘ka si’ means ‘interesting
book’ and ‘de ti’ means ‘that bag’ what should stand for ‘that bag is interesting’ in that code language?
(NTSE DL Stage–l, 2019)
(A) ka re na ti (B) de si re ka (C) ti po ka na (D) de ti re ka
ANSWER KEY
(Objective)
EXERCISE–1
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. C
9. C 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. D
17. B 18. B 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. C
25. C 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. A 32. B
33. D 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. C
EXERCISE–2
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. B
9. B 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. D
17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C
25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D
EXERCISE–3
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. A
9. D 10. C 11. A 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C 16. D
17. C 18. C 19. A 20. 4
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Mathematical Operations
Mathematical Operations
This section deals with questions on simple mathematical operation. There are four fundamental operations, namely: Addition
i e + ; Subtraction i.e.–; Multiplication i.e., ×; and Division i.e.  .
There are also statements such as Less than i.e., < ; greater than i e, > : equal to i.e. = ; and not equal to i.e, etc.
Such operations are represented by symbols different from the usual ones. The candidate has to make a substitution of real
signs and solve the equation accordingly. While attempting to solve a mathematical expression, proceed according to the rule
BODMAS – that is. Brackets, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition & Subtraction. We can perform addition or subtraction
in any order
Application of BODMAS
Example 1. What is the value of (48 – 12) ÷ 4 + 6 ÷2 × 3 = ?
(A) 10 (B) 0.6 (C) 2 (D) 18
Sol. (D) given expression
= (48 –12)÷ 4 + 6÷2 × 3
= 36÷4 +6÷2 × 3 (Solving Bracket)
= 9 + 3 × 3 (Solving Division)
= 9 + 9 (Solving Multiplication)
= 18 (Solving Addition126 )
Example 2. What is the value of 1260  15  7 = ?

(A) 12 (B) 58 (C) 122 (D) 588
1260
Sol. (A) Given expression = ÷ 7 = 84 ÷ 7 = 12
15
Problems – Solving by Substitution

In these type of questions, you are provided with substitutes for various mathematical symbols or numerals followed by a
questions involving calculations of an expression or choosing the correct / incorrect equations. The candidate is required to put
in the real signs or numerals in the given equation and then solve the questions as required.
Example 3. If '+' means '×', '–' means '+’, '+' means '+' and '×' means '–', then what will be the value of 1664–4×4+3=?
Sol. (A) Using the correct symbols, 16+644–4×3=16+16–12=20
Example 4. If L denotes x, M denotes ÷ P denotes + and Q denotes –, then 8 P 36 M 6 Q 6 M 2 L 3 = ?

13 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) 14 (D) 5
6 6 2
Sol. (D) Using the correct symbols,
Given expression =8 + 36 ÷ 6 – 6 ÷2 × 3 =8 + 6 – 3 ×3 = 5
Example 5. It being given that : > denotes +, < denotes –, + denotes  , – denotes =, = denotes less than and × denotes
'greater than find which of the following is a correct statement.
(A) 3 + 2 >4=9 + 3< 1 (B) 3 >2 >4=18 + 3 <2 (C) 3 > 2 < 4 ×8 +4 < 2 (D) 3 +2 < 4 ×9 +3< 3
Sol. (C) Using proper notations, we have :
11
(A) given statement is 3  2 + 4 < 9 ÷ 3 – 1 or < 2, which is not true.
2
(B) given statement is 3 + 2 + 4 < 18 ÷ 3 – 2 or 9 < 4, which is not true.
(C) given statement is 3 + 2 – 4 > 8÷4 – 2 or 1 > 0, which is true.
5
(D) given statement is 3 ÷2 – 4 > 9÷3 – 3 or  > 0, which is not true.
2
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Interchange of Signs and Numbers
Example 6. Find out to sign to be interchanged for making the given equation correct 10 +10 ÷10–10×10=10
(A) + and – (B) + and × (C) ÷ and × (D) + and ÷
Sol. (B) By making the interchanges given in (A), the equation as 10 – 10 ÷10 + 10 × 10 = 10 or 109 = 10 which is false
By making the interchanges given in (B), the equation as 10×10 ÷10 – 10 + 10 =10 or 10=10 which is true
By making the interchanges given in (C), the equation as 10 + 10 × 10 – 10 + 10 = 10 or 109 = 10 which is false
By making the interchanges given in (D), the equation as 10 + 10 + 10 – 10 × 10 = 10 or – 89 = 10 which is false
Example 7. Which one of the four interchanges in signs and numbers would make the given equation correct ?
3 + 5 – 2=4
(A) + and –, 2 and 3 (B) + and –,2 and 5 (C) + and – , 3 and 5 (D) none of these
Sol. (C) By making the interchange given in (A), we get the equation as 2 – 5 + 3 = 4 or 0 = 4, which is false.
By making the interchange given in (B), we get the equation as 3 – 2 + 5 = 4 or 6 = 4, which is false.
By making the interchange given in (C), we get the equation as 5 – 3 + 2 =4 or 4 =4, which is true.
Deriving the Appropriate Conclusion
In these type of questions, certain relations between different sets of elements is given (in terms of 'less than', 'greater than' or
'equal to') using either the real symbols or substituted symbols. To analyses the given statements and then decide which of the
relations given as alternatives follows from those given in the statements.
Directions : (8 to 9) In the following questions :
 means 'is equal to'
means 'is not equal to'
+ means 'is greater than'
– means 'is less than'
× means 'is not greater than'
 means 'is not less than'
Now select the correct alternative in each of the following questions :
Example 8. a – b – c implies –
(A) a – b + c (B) b + a – c (C) c × b + a (D) b + a + c
Sol. (B) With the notations given, we have : a – b – c means a < b < c
From option (A), a – b + c means a < b > c, this is not true. From option (B), b + a – c means b > a <c, this is true.
From option (C), c × b + a means c < b > a, this is not true. From option (D), b + a +c means b > a > c, this is not true.
Example 9. a + b + c does not imply –
(A) b – a + c (B) c – b – a (C) c – a + b (D) b – a – c
Sol. (D) With the notations given, we have : a + b + c means a > b > c
From option (A), b – a + c means b < a > c, this is true.
From option (B), c – b – a means c < b < a, this is true.
From option (C), c – a + b means c < ar > b, this is true
From option (D), b – a – c means b < a < c, this is not true.
Example 10. Which of the following conclusions is correct according to the given expressions and symbols ?
A:  B:> C: D:= E:  F: <
Expression (pEq) and (qEr)
(A) pEr (B) pFr (C) rBp (D) rBq
Sol. (A) pEq and qEr  p  y and q  r p  r  p Er
Example 11. If A+D>C+E, C+D=2B and B+E>C+D, it necessarily follows that

(A) A+B>2D (B) B+D>C+E (C) A + D > B + E (D) A + D > B + C
Sol. (D) A + D > C + E
 A + D > (2B – D) + E ( C + D =2B)
A + D > (B + E) + (B – D)
A + D > (C + D) + (B– D)
A + D > B + C.
Direction : (12) In answering the questions below, use the following information :
X  Y means divide X by Y
X  Y means multiply X by Y
X # Y means subtract Y from X
X  Y means add Y to X
Example 12. One–fifth of one–tenth of two–third of a number X is given by
(A) X (1  5)  (1  10)  (2  3)
(B) X (15) (1 10) (2  3)
(C) X (15) (110) (2  3)
(D) can't be determined
1 1 2
Sol. (A) X× x x =X (1 5) (1 10) (2 3)
5 10 3
Directions : (13 to 16) In the following questions, the symbols, ©, ©, =, * and * are used with the following meanings
'A © B' means 'A is greater than B' ;
'A © B' means 'A is greater than or equal to B' ;
'A = B' means 'A is equal to B';
'A * B' means 'A is smaller than B';
'A * B' means 'A is either smaller than or equal to B';
Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and
II given below them is/are definitely true.
Give answer (A) if only conclusion I is true; (B) if only conclusion II is –true; (C) if either I or II is true;
(D) if neither I nor 11 is true.
Example 13. Statements : S © T, M * K, T = K.
Conclusions : I. T © M
II. T = M
Sol. (C) Given elements : S > T, M  K, T = K.
Relation between T and M:
T =K, K M T  M T > M or T=M
T © M or T = M
So, either I or II is true
Example 14. Statements : S * M, M © L, L © P

Conclusions : I. S = P
II. S * L
Sol. (D) Given statements : S < M, M > L, L  P
I. Relation between S and P :
S < M, M > L, L P no definite conclusion.
So, I is not true.
II. Relation between S and L :
S < M, M > L  no definite conclusion. So, II is also not true.
Example 15. Statements : U = V, V * N, R * U

Conclusions : I. R * N
II. U © N
Sol. (A) Given statements : U = V, V < N, R  U
I. Relation between R and N : R  U, U= V, V < N  R < N i.e. R * N
So, I is true.
II. Relation between U and N : U= V, V < N  U< N i.e. U * N
So, U © N i.e. U  N is not true. Thus, II is false.
Example 16. Statements : E © U, C * E, C © B

Conclusions : I. U = C
II. E © B
Sol. (B) Given statements : E , U, C < E, C > B
I. Relation between U and C : U E, E > C  no definite conclusion. So, I is not true.
II. Relation between E and B : E > C, C > B  B i.e. E © B ; So, II is true.
Example 17. What is the value of A if each letter represents a different digit ?
A3B
×B
217 B
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7
Sol. (B) In the following question the value of A and B are 4 and 5 respectively.
435
×5
2175
Directions : (18 to 20) Read the following statement. Seven digits are chosen from among 0,1,........, 9 and each is represented
by a different letter in the subtraction problem below :
SLIDE
– D EA N
3651
Example 18. What digit does S represent ?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Example 19. What digit does N represent ?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Example 20. What digit does E represent ?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Sol. (18 to 20) :
S has to 1. Then D ( under L ) must be greater than 6. D =7, L =0, A =2 Or. D = 8 L = 1, A= 3. Or,
D =9 L = 2 or 3, A = 3 or 4. If L was carried over form D to E than N = 9 and, D ( Over A) would be 6 more then A , But this
cannot be true ( from the above inference about D, L, A ), hence E is not 0. E is 1 more than N.
E1. E=2N=1. E2. E=3 N=2.
18. (B) S = 1. 19. (C) N = 2. 20. (D) E = 3.
Example 21. If 4 # 2 @ 3 = 6, 18 # 6 @ 4 = 12, then what will be the value to 24 # 3 @ 7 ?

(A) 21 (B) 27 (C) 72 (D) 56
Sol. (D) Here sing # implies division and sing @ implies multiplication 4 ÷ 2 × 3 = 6, 18 ÷ 6 × 4 = 12.
Therefore, 24 ÷ 3 × 7 = 56.
Example 22. In the following question some numbers are given in the shape of figures
÷ = 2, ÷ = 5, + =7, × =18
What is the value of ?

(A) 9 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 2
Sol. (A) Clearly, the numbers are given in the shape of figures are as follow =10, = 5,
= 2, = 9. So,10  5 = 2, 10 ÷ 2 = 5, 5 + 2 = 7, 2 × 9 = 18 hence the value of is 9.

EXERCISE–1

1. The value of 1001 11 of 13 is

(A) 7 (B) 91 (C) 143 (D) 169
2. The value of is equal to:
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
3. If ‘15 + 10 means 5’ ; ‘6 × 3 means 9’ ; ‘8 ÷ 4 means 32’ ; and ’12 – 2 means 6’ ; then what will be the value of 27 + 81
–9×6? (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) 36 (B) 24 (C) 12 (D) 6
4. If + means ×; ÷ means –; – means + ; and × means ÷, then 2 + 12 × 4 – 6 ÷ 6 is equal to _______.

(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 49
5. In the given equation. Which two numbers in the expression on the left hand side will be interchanged to form
a correct equation? 5 + 4 × 8 ÷ 12 – 3 = 3 (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) (3, 5) (B) (4, 12) (C) (3, 4) (D) (8, 5)
6. If a, b, c, d, and e are positive numbers, and it is given that, a + b = c + d, b + d = 2a, d + e > a + b and c+d>
a + e then, which of the following statement is true? (NTSE Stage–II, 2019)
(A) d > a > b > e > c (B) d > b > e > a > c (C) a > b > c > d > e (D) a > d > b > e > c
Directions: (7 to 9) Answer the questions on the basis of the information given blow. If '$' represents ‘+’, '’ represents
‘–’, '#' represent '×' and '@' represents '/' then answer the following questions based on the above given representation.
7. What is the value of 4 # 3 $ 10 @ 5 $ 8 # 2 18 ?

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 6.8 (D) 11.2
8. Which of the following has the value equivalent of 5 $ 6 # 2 $ 8 @ 4 ?

(A) 4 # 712 $ 2 # 1 (B) 8 # 23 $ 6 @ 3 (C) 8 @ 23 $ 6 # 3 (D) 4 $ 712 $ 2 # 1
9. Which of the given values is greater than, 7 $ 32$12@4?

(A) 4 # 3 $ 6 @ 3 4 (B) 5 # 28 @ 4 $ 3 # 37 (C) 6 # 318 @ 2 $1 # 2 (D) 9 @ 3 $ 6 # 2 2 # 1
10. Find out the sign to be interchanged for making the given equation correct 5–9 × 45 +15 3 = 5
(A) + and – (B) × and + (C) × and  (D) × and –
11. Which one of the four interchanges in signs and numbers would make the given equation correct? 6×4+2=16
(A) +and ×, 2 and 4 (B) + and ×, 2 and 6 (C) + and ×, 4 and 6 (D) none of these.
Directions: (12 to 13) In the following question find the relationship that can definitely be deducted on the basis two relationship
given. The symbols used are as follows:
 means greater than,  means less than, – means not equal to, + means equal to
12. If 8 A 6B and 3B 4C therefore

(A) C A (B) C A (C) 2C+A (D) C 2A
13. If B  D, DC, C A and B+A therefore

(A) C B (B) C B (C) C–B (D) Can’t be determined
Directions: (14 to 15) Some symbols are given below these symbols denote some relationships between number.
= greater than
= equal to
= not less than
× = less than
+ = not greater than
= not equal to
14. a b×c does not mean:

(A) c  b+a (B) b  c a (C) c b×a (D) a b  c
15. b  c a means

(A) a  b  c (B) c×b×a (C) c b a (D) b  a c
Directions: (16 to 17) The following symbols have been used.

× Stands for equal to
< stands for not equal to
– stands for greater than
+ stands for not greater than
> stands for less than
= stands for not less than
16. If p=q+r then it is possible that–

(A) p×q–r (B) p+q–r (C) p–q–r (D) p<q<r
17. If p>q×r then it is possible that

(A) p+r+q (B) p=r–q (C) p×q+r (D) p=q–r
Directions: (18 to 22) In the following questions some letters stands for arithmetic sing as indicated below. The remaining
letters have their serial numbers in the alphabets. decode the letters into number and sign to decide correct alternative.
A=×,E=–,O= , U=+
18. TEF
(A) 14 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 18
19. SETUH
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
20. GULAB
(A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 31 (D) 38
21. NACED
(A) 32 (B) 36 (C) 39 (D) 38
22. RUFOBEG
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 18
Directions: (23 to 27) In the following questions some numbers are given in the shape of figures. Finding the values of the
figure give the correct answer. (NTSE Stage–I/Raj./ 2008)
– = 1,  =2 + =3 – =4
23. =?
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
24. + =?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
25. × =?
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
26. ×  =?
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 24
27. + – =?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7
28. Given that ACT  AT=11, find out which of the following numbers does not stand for CAT to fulfill the above equation.
(A) 246 (B) 615 (C) 624 (D) 835 (NTSE Stage–I, 2011)
29. Given the following subtraction problem, find out which of the following number does not stand for CART.
C A R
A R T (NTSE Stage–I, 2011)
2 2 2
(A) 6420 (B) 7531 (C) 8420 (D) 9753
30. If ‘–’ means 'multiplied by' ‘×’ means 'plus' ‘+’ means 'divided by' and ‘  ’ means minus then 14–10×4  16+8=?
(A) 142 (B) 134 (C) 6 (D) 5 (NTSE Stage–I, 2011)
31. If ‘+’ means multiplied by ‘–’ means divided by ‘×’ means plus and ‘  ’ means minus then:(18+10×20)–8  6=?
(A) 92 (B) 35 (C) 19 (D) 26 (NTSE Stage–I, 2011)
32. If ‘+’ means divided by ‘–’ means multiplied ‘×’ means plus and ‘  ’ means minus then (280  10×20)–8  6=?
(A) 378 (B) 258 (C) 70 (D) 64 (NTSE Stage–I, 2011)
Directions: (33 to 35) The following questions are based on the given matrix. The value of each letter is the value of Z is
3×4=12 (NTSE Stage–I, 2011)
Answer the Following questions:

33. Find the letters which make the least total among the alternatives.
(A) DKA (B) FHY (C) ODX (D) VTM
34. What is the total of GREAT?

(A) 8 (B) 1 (C) 12 (D) 14
35. Find the letters which make the highest total among the alternatives.
(A) PLOT (B) PLAN (C) PLAY (D) PLUS
Directions: (36 to 39) In the following questions some relations are written by particular indicators as shown below:
× = Greater than, = not less than,  = not equal to, = Equal to
+ = Not greater than,  = less than
Find out the correct answer for each question. (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)
36. If ×y  z it is not possible:–

(A) x  y z (B) x+y×z (C) x  y×z (D) xyz
37. If x yz it is not possible–

(A) x y  z (B) x  y+z (C) x+yz (D) x+yz
38. If x  y × z, it is possible–
(A) x×yz (B) x  y+z (C) x  yz (D) xy  z
39. If x  y  z ,it is not possible–

(A) x×y+z (B) x  y×z (C) xy  z (D) x+y+z
40. Find the correct inference according to given premises and symbols:
A: Not greater than B: Greater than C: Not equal to D: Equal to
E: Not less than F: Less than
Premises: (pCm) and (pAm)
(A) pBm (B) pDm (C) pEm (D) pFm
EXERCISE–2

Take approximately
Direction: (1) In answering the questions below, use the following information:
X  Y means divide X by Y,, X  Y means multiply X by Y,,
X # Y means subtract Y form X X  Y means add Y to X
1. A receives X number of balls. He gives 10% of his ball to B, 15% of his ball to C and 12% of his ball to D, How many balls
does he have with him now.
(A) X  X  (10  100)  X  (15  100)#X  (12  100) (B) X  X  (10  100)  X(15  100)  X  (1  100)
(C) X# [X  (10  100)  X  (15  100)  X  (12  100)] (D) none of these.
Direction: (2 to 4) In the question given below, use the following notations:

A”B means ‘add B to A’; A’B means ‘subtract B form A’;
A@B means ‘divide A by B’; AB means ‘multiply A by B’;
Now, answer the following question.
2. The time taken by two running trains in crossing each other is calculated by dividing the sum of the lengths of two trains
by the total speed of the two trains. If the length of the first train is L1, the length of the second train is L2, the speed of the
first train is V1 and the speed of the second train is V2, which of the following expressions would represent the time taken?
(A) (L1’’L2)(V1’’V2) (B) (L1’’L2)@(V1’’V2) (C) [(L1’’L2)@(V1’’V2)]60 (D) (L1’L2)@(V1’V2)
3. The total airfare is calculated by adding 15% basic fare as fuel surcharge, 2% of basic fare as IATA charges and
Rs. 200 as airport tax to the basic fare. If the basic fare of a section is B, which of the following will represent the total
fare?
(A) B’(B15)@100’’(B2)@100’’200 (B) B’’(B15)@100’’(B2)@100’’100
(C) B’’(B15)@100’’(B2)@100’’200 (D) B’’(B15)@100’’(B2)@100’’100
4. If =7, =27, =81 then =?
(A) 690 (B) 689 (C) 780 (D) 789
Directions: (5 to 9) In the following questions the symbols $, @, , and  are used with the following meaning.
A $ B means A is greater than B A @ B means A is either greater than or equal to B
A  B means A is equal to B A B means A is smaller than B
A B means A is either smaller than or equal to B
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and
II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer (A) if only conclusions I is true, (B) if only conclusion II is true (C)
if neither I nor II is true (D) if both I and II are true.
5. Statements: P@Q,M  N,N Q

Conclusions: I. P$M
II. N P
6. Statements: D X,F@Y,D$F
Conclusions: I. X@Y
II. Y  D
7. Statements: M P, S$T, M@T

Conclusions I. T  P
II. S  T
8. Statements: U V, X $ W, UW

Conclusions I. W $ V
II. U  X
9. Statements: G $ H, J  K, H  K
Conclusions: I. G $ K
II. JK
Directions: (10 to 15) In the following questions the symbol @, @ , =, ©, and  are used with following meaning:
 
P @ Q  P is greater than Q P @ Q  P is either greater or equal to Q

P © Q  P is smaller than Q P  Q  P is either smaller than or equal to Q

P = Q  P is equal to Q.
Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statement, to be true, find which of the two conclusion I and
II given below them is/are definitely true.
Give Answer (A) if only conclusion I is true, give answer (B) if only conclusion II is true, give answer (C) if either I or II is
true, give answer (D) if neither I nor II is true, give answer (E) if both I and II are true.
10. Statement : B @ V, K © C, C B

Conclusions : I. V @ C
II. B @ K
11. Statement : K @ T, S = K, T R

Conclusions : I. S @ R
II. T = R.
12. Statement : U = M, P @ U, M @ B
 
Conclusions : I. P = B
II. P @ B
13. Statement : L @ N, J  P, P @ L
  
Conclusions : I. J = L
II. P = N
14. Statement : H @ G, D @ E, H = E

Conclusions : I. D @ H
II. G © D
15. In the correctly worked out multiplication problem at the below, each letter represent a different digit. What is the value of
B?
A A
X A B
B B
A A X
A 3 B
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5
Directions: (16 to 17) In the following questions find out the digits corresponding to the letters representing those digits in the
multiplication give below.
9b c
35 d
3a 4 b
4 a3 5
2 961
3 4 a3 9 b
16. ‘b’ stands for
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
17. ‘c’ stands for

(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4
18. ‘d’ stands for

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
19. If A, B, C, D are distinct decimal digits, then which of the following option is correct? (NTSE Stage–II, 2017)
A4BC
×C
1A1DC
(A) A = 3, B = 7, C = 5, D = 9 (B) A = 2, B = 3, C = 6, D = 5
(C) A = 3, B = 8, C = 6, D = 5 (D) A = 2, B = 3, C = 5, D = 7
20. Find the 4 digit number ABCD such that ABCD×9=DCBA.

(A)1089 (B) 9801 (C) Both A and B (D) none of these
N.I.N.T.E.E.N O.N.E
21. 
N.I.N.T.Y.F.I.V.E F.I.V.E
I. Here ‘.’ (dot) represents multiplication II. Every letter has unique value from 0–10
III. O<Y
Then the value of O is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 2
Directions: (22 to 27) Digit 7 does not occur in the following multiplication. Find the missing digits denoted by different letters.
2ab Multiplicand
3cd Multiplier
5ef Row No. 1
g6h Row No. 2
i j3 Row No. 3
klmno Product
22. What is the sum of the digits of multiplicand?

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 9 (D) 10
23. What is the sum of the digits of Multiplier?

(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 12
24. What is the sum of the digits of Row No. 1?

(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17
25. What is the sum of the digits of Row No 2 ?

(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17
26. What is the sum of the digits of Row No 3?

(A) 13 (B) 21 (C) 15 (D) 17
27. What is the sum of the digits of the Product?

(A) 21 (B) 23 (C) 29 (D) 25
Directions: (28 to 30) In the following questions some relations are written by particular indicators as shown below:
O= Greater than + = Equal to = Not equal to = Not greater than
x = Not less than = Less than
Find out the correct answer for each question.
28. If p q O or r, it is possible that-
(A) p×q×r (B) p × q r (C) p q r (D) p q  r
29. If p q r, is is not possible that-

(A) p q r (B) p q r (C) p  q r (D) p + q × r
30. If p×q r it is not possible that.

(A) p q r (B) p × q + r (C) p q O r (D) p O q + r
EXERCISE–3

Take approximately
1. If 27*3=243, and 5*4=80 then what is the value of 3*7?

(A) 84 (B) 147 (C) 63 (D) 23
2. In this multiplication question the five letters represent five different digits. What are the actual figures? There is no zero.
(NTSE Stage-I, 2013)
SEAM
T
MEATS
(A)M=3,E=9,A=7,T=4,S=8 (B)M=3,E=9,A=7,T=8,S=4 (C)M=4,E=3,A=9,T=7,S=8 (D)M=4,E=9,A=3,T=7,S=8
3. Which symbol replaces the ? figure below represent a balance. (NTSE Stage-I, 2013)
XO ?O
(A) X (B) O (C) (D) O
4. If 23*52=48, then 43*35=? (NTSE Stage-I, 2014)
(A) 78 (B) 98 (C) 96 (D) 69
Directions (5-10): In question 5 to 10 the equations have become wrong because of the wrong order of signs. Choose the
correct order in signs from the four options given below so as to make the equations correct. Write the alternative number of
the correct option of the answer sheet against the corresponding question number.
5. 2 + 40 – 92 = 8 × 20 (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)

(A) × = + – (B) – + = × (C) = × + – (D) + – × =
6. 34 – 6 = 18 ÷ 66 + 3 (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)

(A) = ÷ + – (B) ÷ + – = (C) + – = ÷ (D) + ÷ = –
7. 2 – 21 × 7 = 17 ? 11 (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)

(A) × – = ÷ (2) × = – ÷ (C) = – × ÷ (D) × ÷ = –
8. 7×3=4–6+1 (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)

(A)– + = × (B) + – = × (C) – + × = (D) + – × =
9. 63 = 7 ? 44 + 6 – 41 (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)

(A) ÷ + = – (B) = + ÷ – (C) ÷ – = + (D) ÷ = + –
10. 69 × 25 = 10 + 6 – 9 (NTSE UP Stage–l, 2019)

(A) – + = × (B) = + × – (C) = × + – (D) × + – =
Directions (11-20) Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. Find the correct answer for the unsolved
equation on that basis.
11. 5 * 6 = 35, 8 * 4 = 28, 6 * 8 = ?

(A) 46 (B) 34 (C) 23 (D) 38
12. If 5 * 3 = 125, 4 * 3 = 64, 8 * 2 = ?

(A) 28 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64
13. If 9 – 8 – 7 = 876, 6 – 4 – 2 = 531, then 8 – 5 – 3 = ?

(A) 647 (B) 741 (C) 742 (D) 572
14. If 25 ÷ 5 = 15, 30 ÷ 6 = 20, then 35 ÷ 7 = ?

(A) 20 (B) 50 (C) 25 (D) 75
15. If 64 ÷ 14 = 5, 92 ÷ 31 = 7, 26 ÷ 11 = 6, then 56 ÷ 22 = ?
(A) 39 (B) 7 (C) 36 (D) 11
16. If 4 × 6 × 9 = 649, 7 × 3 × 2 = 372, then 8 × 9 × 4 = ?

(A) 489 (B) 849 (C) 948 (D) 984
17. If 264 × 2 = 6, 870 × 3 = 11, then 735 × 5 = ?

(A) 03 (B) 05 (C) 12 (D) 16
18. If 85 + 25 = 50, 97 + 65 = 93, then 72 + 94 = ?

(A) 12 (B) 50 (C) 67 (D) 60
19. If 4267 = 10, 3374 = 9, then 4255?

(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 8
20. If 66 × 65 × 64 = 195
55 × 54 × 53 = 162, then 44 × 43 × 42 = ?
(A) 921 (B) 219 (C) 129 (D) 258
ANSWER KEY
(Objective)
EXERCISE–1
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C
9. D 10. D 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. D
17. A 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. D
25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. A
33. C 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. D
EXERCISE–2
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C
9. A 10. B 11. D 12. C 13. D 14. E 15. B 16. C
17. A 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. D 22. A 23. A 24. B
25. B 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C
EXERCISE–3
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. B
9. D 10. A 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. B 16. D
17. C 18. B 19. B 20. C
Arithmetic Reasoning & Alphabet Test 58
Arithmetic Reasoning & Alphabet Test

Arithmetical Reasoning
Example 1. Ten children take part in a tournament. Each one has to play every other one. How many games must they play?
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 45
Sol. Clearly, we will consider the following matches :
(i) matches of first player with other 9 players ;
(ii) matches of second player with 8 players other than the first player ;
(iii) matches of third player with 7 players other than the first and second players.
And so on,
So, number of matches played during the tournament = 9 + 8 + 7 +6 + 5 +4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 45.
Hence, the answer is (D)
Example 2. There are some benches in a classroom. If 4 students sit on each bench then 3 benches are left unoccupied.
However, if 3 students sit on each bench, 3 students are left standing. How many students are there in the class ?
(A) 36 (B) 48 (C) 56 (D) 64
X 
Sol. Let there be X students in the class. When 4 students sit on each bench, number of benches =   3  .
4 
 X 3
When 3 students sit on each bench, number of benches =  
 3 
X   X 3
   3 =   3x+36=4× –12
 4   3 
x = 48.
Hence, number of students in the class = 48.
So, the answer is (B).
Example 3. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B, "If I give you 8 cards, you will have as many as C has and I shall
have 3 less than what C has. Also, if I take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice as many as D has". If B and D together have 50
cards, how many cards has A got ?
(A) 40 (B) 37 (C) 27 (D) 23
Sol. Clearly, we have :
B + 8 = C ...(i)
A – 8 = C – 3 ...(ii)
A + 6 = 2D ...(iii)
B + D = 50 ...(iv)
Putting C = A – 5 from (ii) into (i), we have :
B + 8 = A – 5 or A – B= 13 ...(v)
Putting D = 50 – B from (iv) into (iii), we have :
A + 6 = 100 – 2B or A + 2B = 94 ...(vi)
Solving (v) and (vi), we get : B = 27 and A = 40.
A has 40 cards. Hence, the answer is (A).
Example 4. At a farm. there are hens, cows and bullocks, and the keepers to look after them. There are 69 heads less than
legs, the number of cows is twice the number of bullocks; the number of cows and hens is the same and there is one keeper
per ten birds, hens and cattle. The total number of hens plus cows and bullocks, and their keepers does not exceed 50. How
many cows are there ?
(A) 16 (B) 14 (C) 12 (D) 10
Sol. Let H, C, B and K represent the number of hens, cows, bullocks and keepers respectively.
There, as given, we have :
H + C+ B+ K < 50 ...(i)
C = 2B ...(ii)
C = H ...(iii)
H+C+B
K= ... (iv)
10
From (ii), (iii) and (iv), we have :
10K=H+C+B  10K=2C+B=2x 2B+B
 10K=5B  B=2K.
Thus, B= 2K,C= 2B=4K, H= C=4K.
59 Arithmetic Reasoning & Alphabet Test
Total number of heads = H + C + B + K,

Total number of legs = 2H + 4C + 4B + 2K.
(2H +4C +4B +2K)–(H + C +B+ K)=69
 H+3C+3B+K=69
 4K+12K+6K+K=69
 23K=69  K=3.
Hence, number of cows = C = 4K = (4 × 3)= 12.
So, the answer is (C).
Example 5. Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is
twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?
(A) 120 grams (B) 140 grams (C) 240 grams (D) 280 grams
Sol. The seven pieces consist of 6 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.
Weight of each small piece = 20 g.
So, total weight of the cake = [2×(20×6)] g = 240 g.
Hence, the answer is (C).
Example 6. Consider the diagram given below :
Five hundred candidate appeared in an examination comprising of tests in English, Hindi and Mathematics. The diagram
gives the number of candidate who failed in different tests. What is the percentage of candidates who failed in at least two
subjects ?
(A) 0.078 (B) 1.0 (C) 6.8 (C) 7.8
Sol. Clearly, number of candidates who failed in at least two subjects
= number of candidates who failed in two or more subjects.
= (10 + 12 + 12 + 5) = 39.
 39 
Required percentage =   100  %  7.8%
 500 
Example 7. In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6 persons can speak French, 15 can speak Spanish and 6 can speak
English. In that group, none can speak any other language. If 2 persons in the group can speak two language and one person
can speak all the three language, then how many persons are there in the group ?
(A) 21 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 24
Sol. Let circles X, Y and Z represent persons who can speak French, Spanish and English respectively
French–speaking persons –
= a + b + d + e =6 ...(i)
Spanish–speaking persons
=b + c +e + f= 15 ...(ii)
English–speaking persons
= d + e + f +g =6 ...(iii)
Persons speaking 2 languages
=b + d + f = 2 ...(iv)
Persons speaking au 3 language
=e =1 (v)
From (i) and (v), we have :
a + b + d = 5 ...(vi)
From (ii) and (v), we have :
b + c + f = 14 . (vii)
From (iii) and (v), we have :
d + f + g = 5 ...(viii)
Subtracting (iv) from (vi), we get :
a – f = 3 ...(ix)
Adding (vii) and (viii), we get
b + c + d + 2f +g = 19 ...(x)
Adding (ix) and (x), we get

a + c+d + f + g = 22 or
a+ b +c + d + e +f+ g =23 (e = 1)
 Total number of persons in the group = 23.
Example 8. In a town, 65% people watched the news on television, 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a newspaper and
watched the news on television also. What percent of the people neither watched the news on television nor read a newspaper?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
Sol. Let the total number of people be 100.
Let circle X represent people who watched television and Y represent people who read news paper.
Then, A + B = 65, B + C = 40, B =25,
Solving, we get : A = 40, B = 25, C = 15.
 Number of persons who neither watched television nor read newspaper
= 100 – (A + B + C)
= 100 – (40 + 25 + 15)
= 100 – 80 = 20.
So, required percentage = 20%
Example 9. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with ?
(A) Nil (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 17
Sol. 'All but nine died' means 'All except nine died' i.e. 9 sheep remained alive.
Alphabet Test
Alphabetical Order
You have to arrange the given words in order in which they are arranged in a dictionary. In a dictionary the words are placed in
alphabetical order w.r.t. the second alphabet of the words and so on (that is, third alphabet, fourth alphabet....).
Directions : (1 to 2) Arrange the given words in the correct alphabetical order.
Example 1. Late, Long, Liver, Last, Load, Luminous, Loan, Lock.

Sol. The given words can be arranged in the alphabetical order as :
Last, Late, Liver, Load, Loan, Lock, Long, Luminous.
Example 2. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes last.
Heavy, Heredity, Hesitate, Hedge, Hero, Haste, History, Hinderance
Sol. The given words can be arranged in the alphabetical order as :
Haste, Heavy, Hedge, Heredity, Hero, Hesitate, Hinderance, History
Clearly, History comes last.
Example 3. Arrange the given words in the order they occur in dictionary.
1.SIGN 2.SOLID 3.SCENE 4.SIMPLE
(A) 3, 1, 2, 4 (B) 3, 1, 4, 2 (C) 3, 4, 1, 2 (D) 3, 4, 2, 1
Sol. (B) The correct alphabetical order of the given words is : SCENE, SIGN, SIMPLE, SOLID. Thus, the correct sequence is
3, 1, 4, 2.
Letter–Word Problems
Example 4. How many pairs of letter in the word DABBLE have as many letters between them as in the Alphabet series ?
(A) Nil (B) One (D) Two (D) More than three
Sol. (D) Letters in the given Word : Letters in the Alphabet
A B A B
DAB DCB
BBLE BCDE
ABBLE ABCDE
Example 5. In the word PARADISE how many pairs of letters are there which have as many letters between them in the word
as in the alphabet ?
(A) none of these (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
Sol. (D) Letter in the given word : Letter in the alphabet

(i) PAR PQR
(ii) ARAD ABCD
(iii) ADISE A BCDE
Example 6. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series are increased by one. Which of the following
alternatives observes this rule ?
(A) KMPTY (B) IJKOT (C) HJMQT (D) DFlJK
Sol. (A) K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y
1 2 3 4
Clearly, in letter series KMPTY, the number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series are increased by one.
Alphabetical Quibble
In this type of questions, generally a letter–series is given, be it the English alphabets from A to Z or Z to A. The candidate is
then required to trace the letters satisfying certain given conditions as regards their position in the given sequence or the
sequence obtained by performing certain given operations on the given sequence.
Example 7. If the alphabet series is written in a reverse order, which of the following will be the seventh letter to the left of
eighth letter from your right ?
(A) L (B) M (C) O (D) P
Sol. (C) The new alphabet series is :
Z Y X W V UT S R Q P O N M L K J l H GF E D C B A
The eight letter from the right is H.
The seventh letter to the left of H is O.
Example 8. If the first four letters of the word 'ANTHROPOMORPHISM' are rewritten in the reverse order followed by the next
four rewritten in the reverse order followed by the next four letters in the reverse order and so on, which letter will be twelfth from
the left end in the rewritten order?
(A) O (B) H (C) M (D) P
Sol. (C) The new arrangement is as follows:
HTNAOPORPROMMStH.
Word Formation by Unscrambling Letters
In this type of questions, a set of English letters is given in a jumbled order. The candidate is required to arrange these letters
to form a meaningful word.
Example 9. Arrange the following group of letters such that when arranged in a specific order, meaningful word is formed.
VAHYE
123 45
(A) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 (B) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4 (C) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4 (D) 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
Sol. (C) The given letter, when arranged in the order 3, 5, 2, 1, 4. form the word HEAVY.
Word Formation using Letters of a given Word
Example 10. A meaningful word starting with A is made from the first, the second, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth letters of
the word CONTRACT, which of the following is the middle letter of the word ?
(A) C (B) T (C) O (D) R
Sol. (B) The first, the second, the fourth, the fifth and sixth letters of the word CONTRACT are C, O, T, R and A respectively.
The meaningful word will be ACTOR and T will be the required letter.
Direction : (11) In the following question, find which one word can not be made from the letters of the given word.
Example 11. TEMPERAMENT

(A) METER (B) PETER (C) TENTER (D) TESTER
Sol. The word TEMPERAMENT contains all the letters of the word TESTER except S. So, the word TESTER cannot be
formed.
EXERCISE–1

1. 90 gifts were distributed in a party. Everyone presented a gift to another. How many persons were there in the party?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 81 (D) 89
2. At the end of a business the ten people present all shake bands with each other once. How many handshakes will there
be altogether ?
(A) 10 (B) 45 (C) 55 (D) 90
3. What is the product of all the numbers in the dial of a telephone ?

(A) 1,58,480 (B) 1,59,450 (C) 1,59,480 (D) none of these
4. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons
but six and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all ?
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36
5. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one
captain. The number of captains in the group is –
(A) 85 (B) 80 (C) 75 (D) 70
6. A man wears socks of two colours – black and brown. He has altogether 20 blacks socks and 20 brown socks in a
drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a
matching pair ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 20 (D) 21
7. The total number of digits used in numbering the pages of a book having 366 pages is –
(A) 732 (B) 990 (C) 1098 (D) 1305
8. A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the book have?
(A) 1000 (B) 1074 (C) 1075 (D) 1080
9. A motorist knows four different routes from Kota to Jaipur. From Jaipur to Delhi he knows three different routes and Delhi
to Ranchi he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Kota to Ranchi ?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 24
10. The number of eggs in a basket doubles every minute The basket is full of eggs in one hour. When was the basket one–
fourth full ? Give your answer in minutes counting from start.
(A) 59 (B) 58 (C) 30 (D) 15
11. An enterprising businessman earns an income of Rs. 1 on the first day of his business. On every subsequent day, he
earns an income which is just double of that made on the previous day On the 10th day of business, his income is –
(A) Rs. 29 (B) Rs. 210 (C) Rs 10 (D) Rs 102
12. A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 picces. He cut at
the rats of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes ?
(A) 32 rolls (B) 54 rolls (C) 108 rolls (D) 120 rolls
13. A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2,
middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on.
She counted up to 1994. She ended counting on which finger ?
(A) Thumb (B) Index finger (C) Middle finger (D) Ring finger
14. A monkey climbs 30 feets at the beginning of each hour and rests for while when he slips back 20 feet before he again
starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8:00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a flag
at 120 feet from the ground ?
(A) 4 P.M.. (B) 5 P.M.. (C) 6 P.M.. (D) none of these
15. If a clock takes seven second to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ?
(A) 7 seconds (B) 9 seconds (C) 10 seconds (D) none of these
16. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ?
(A) 1 day (B) 4 days (C) 40 days (D) 100 days
17. On Children's Day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 175 children in a school. Actually on the Children's Day,
35 children were absent and therefore each child got 4 sweets extra. Total how many sweets were available for distribution?
(A) 2400 (B) 2480 (C) 2680 (D) 2800
18. Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as connected with 6' if it divisible by 6 or if the sum of its digits is 6, or if 6 is
one of the digits of the number. Other numbers are all 'not connected with 6 As per this definition. the number of integers
from 1 to 60 (both inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is –
(A) 18 (B) 22 (C) 42 (D) 43
19. An egg vendor calls on his first customer and sells half his eggs and half an egg. To the second customer. he sells half
of what he has left with and half an egg, and to the third customer. he sells half of what he was then left with and half an
egg. However, he did not break any egg. If in the end. the vendor was left with three eggs did he have initially ?
20. At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of dal between them
and every four used a bowl of meat between them There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the
party ?
(A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 90 (D) 100
21. There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only English and some can speak only
Hindl Ten students can speak both English and Hindi. If the number of students who can speak English is 21, then how
many students can speak Hindi how many can speak only Hindi and how many can speak only English ?
(A) 39, 29 and 11 respectively(B) 37. 27 and 11 respectively
(C) 28. 18 and 11 respectively(D) 21, 11 and 29 respectively
22. In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8 read English while 3 of them read none of these two. How many of them read
French and English both ?
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
23. Consider the Venn diagram given below :
The number in the Venn diagram indicates the number of persons reading the
newspaper. The diagram is drawn after surveying 50 persons. In a population of
10,000 how many can be expected to read at least two newspapers?
(A) 5000 (B) 5400
(C) 6000 (D) 6250
24. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can play all the three instruments – guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that
the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians
who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone?
(A) 30 (B) 38 (C) 44 (D) 45
Directions : (25 to 27) The diagram given below show the number of students
who got distinction in three subjects out of 500 students. Study the diagram
carefully and answer the questions that follow :
25. What is the percentage of students who got distinction in two subjects ?
(A) 8% (B) 9%
(C) 10% (C) 12%
26. What is the percentage of students who got distinction ?
(A) 28% (B) 35% (C) 38% (D) 40%
27. The percentage of students distinction marks in Mathematics is

(A) 17.8% (B) 18.6% (C) 19.2% (D) 20.6%
Directions : (28 to 30) Study the following information given below and answer the questions that follow :
A publishing firm publishes newspapers A, B and C. In an effort to persuade advertisers to insert advertisements in these
newspapers, the firm sends out the following statement to possible advertisers :
A survey of representative sample of the whole population shows that –
Newspaper A is read by 26%
Newspaper B is read by 25%

Newspaper C is read by 14%
Newspaper A and B is read by 11%
Newspaper B and C is read by 10%
Newspaper C and A is read by 9%
Newspaper C only is read by 0%.
28. The percentage of readers who read all the three newspapers is –
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
29. The percentage of readers who read A and B but not C, is –

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
30. The percentage of readers who read at least one of the three newspapers is –
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 65
31 Two candles are of different lengths and thicknesses. The short and the long ones can burn respectively for 3.5 hour and
5 hour. After burning for 2 hour, the lengths of the candles become equal in length. What fraction of the long candle's
height was the short candle initially? (NTSE Stage II, 2014)
2 5 3 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 7 5 5
32. Mother was asked how many gifts she had in the bag. She replied that there were all dolls but six, all cars but six, and
all books but six. How many gifts had she in all ? (NTSE Stage II, 2014)
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36
33. In a school 120 boys have registered for a singles carrom tournament. Each match eliminates one player. How many
matches are to be organized to determine the champion? (NTSE Stager II, 2014)
(A) 60 (B) 61 (C) 119 (D) 120
34. Twenty four teams are divided into 4 group of six teams each. Within each group the teams play each other exactly once.
The winners of each group then play in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals play in the finals and losers for the 3rd
place. How many matches are played? (NTSE Stage II, 2014)
(A) 60 (B) 63 (C) 64 (D) 66
35. An official meeting is attended by 130 department employees of them 66 drink tea, 56 drink coffee and 63 drink juice, 27
can drink either tea or coffee, 25 can drink coffee or juice and 23 can drink juice and tea. 5 employees can drink any of
the three. How many drink only tea. (NTSE DL Stage I, 2019)
(A) 21 (B) 22 (C) 18 (D) 20
36. Of the three number, the sum of first two is 55, third is 65, and sum of third with thrice of the first is 110. The third number
is? (NTSE DL Stage I, 2019)
(A) 25 (B) 30 (C) 35 (D) 28
37. The ratio of the present ages of Mohan and Suresh is 4:5. Five year ago, the ratio of their ages was 7:9. Their
present ages (in year) are: (NTSE DL Stage I, 2019)
(A) 40, 50 (B) 18, 25 (C) 40, 60 (D) 20, 25
38. In an examination a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he
attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, then how many questions he attempts correctly?
(A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 42 (D) 46
39. In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs are 14 more then twice the number of heads. Find the number of cows?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 12
40. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B, "If I give you 8 cards, you will have as many as C has and I shall have
3 less than what C has. Also, if I take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice as many as D has". If B and D together have 50
cards, then how many cards are there with A?
(A) 40 (B) 37 (C) 27 (D) 23
EXERCISE–2

Directions: (1 to 2) Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes first
1. (A) Grammar (B) Granary (C) Gradient (D) Grand
2. (A) Mahender (B) Mahendra (C) Maninder (D) Mahindra
3. If the following words are arranged in an alphabetical order, which word will appear in the second?
(A) Principal (B) Principle (C) Principia (D) Principled.
4. If the following words are arranged as found in the dictionary, then what will be the fourth letter from the left in the last word
?
INTIMATlON, INFORMATION, INTEREST, INTERROGATION, INSTIGATION
(A) R (B) O (C) T (D) I
5. How many pairs of letters are there in the word CARROT which have as many fetters between them in the word as in the
alphabet ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
6. How many pairs of letters are there in the word HORIZON which have as many letters between them in the word as in the
English alphabet ?
(A) one (B) two (C) three (D) more than three
7. How many pairs of fetters in the word BRIGHTER have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) more than 4
8. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series decreases by two. Which of the following series
observes this rule ?
(A) FQWBG (B) HQXCF (C) TBlNO (D) XFMQU
9. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series increases by one. Which of the following series
observes this rule ?
(A) DBPUY (B) DBUYP (C) DBYPU (D) DBYUP
10. Which letter will be the midway between the fourteenth letter from the left end and nineteenth letter from the right end of
the following alphabet?
ABCDEFGHlJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
(A) I (B) K (C) M (D) G
11. Which letter will be the sixth to the left of the eleventh letter from the right end of the alphabet ?
(A) K (B) \/ (C) J (D) U
12. If the alphabets were written in the reverse order, which letter will be the fifth letter to the left of the fourteenth fetter from
the left.
(A) R (B) I (C) S (D) H
13. Which letter should be ninth letter to the left of ninth letter from the right, if the first half of the alphabet series is reversed?
(A) D (B) E (C) F (D) I
14. If the positions of the first and sixth letters of the word BENEFICIAL are interchanged; similarly the positions of the second
and seventh letters are interchanged and so on. which letter will be third from the right end after rearrangement?
(A) C (B) E (C) F (D) N
Directions: (15 to 17) In each of the following questions, a group of letters is given which are numbered 1, 2, 3. 4. 5 and 6
Below are given four alternatives containing combinations of these numbers. Select that combination of numbers so that
letters arranged accordingly. form a meaningful word.
15. R A C E T
1 2 3 4 5
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (B) 3, 2,1, 4, 5 (C) 5, 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 5, 1, 2, 3, 4
16. R U S G A
1 2 3 4 5
(A) 1, 5, 4, 2, 3 (B) 5, 3, 4, 1, 2 (C) 3, 2, 4, 5, 1 (D 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
17. R T A O U H
1 2 3 4 5 6
(A) 1, 3. 4, 5, 6, 2 (B) 2, 3, 6, 4, 5, 1 (C) 6, 3, 2, 4, 5, 1 (D) 3, 5, 2, 6, 4, 1
18. If a meaningful word can be formed by rearranging the letters USCALA, the first letter of the word so formed is the
answer. If no such word can be formed the answer is X.
(A) C (B) S (C) A (D) L
19. A meaningful nine–letter English word is formed using all the alphabets given in the grid below, starting with alphabet of
a corner block. moving in clockwise direction and ending at the alphabet in the central grid. What is the fourth alphabet
of the word ?
20. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the third, the fourth and the eleventh letters of the word CONTROVERSIAL
which of the following will be the last letter of that word? If more than one such words can be made, give M as the answer
and if no such word is there, give X as the answer.
(A) S (B) I (C) X (D) M
21. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the second. the sixth, the ninth and the twelfth letters of the word
CONTRIBUTION, which of the following will be the last letter of that word ? If more than one such words can be made,
give M as the answer and if no such word is there, give X as the answer.
(A) N (B) O (C) X (D) M
22. A word given in Capital Letters is followed by four answer words. Out of these only one can be formed by using the letters
of the given words. Find out that word. SOMNAMBULISM
(A) NAMES (B) BASAL (C) SOUL (D) BIOME
Directions : (23 to 24) In each of the following questions, find which one word can not be made from the letters of the given
word.
23. KALEIDOSCOPE
(A) SCALE (B) PADLOCK (C) PACKET (D) DIESEL
24. SUPERIMPOSABLE
(A) SPIRE (B) REPTILE (C) POSSIBLE (D) REPOSE
25. If Letters of alphabets are written in reverse way then which letter will be seventh letter right to Q ?
(A) K (B) U (C) J (D) W
26. Select the word from given alternatives which can not be written from the letters of EDUCATED word–
(A)DUCK (B)CUTE (C) TADE (D) ACTE
27. Which name will come at 3rd place in a telephone directory from the following given names ?
(A) AMIT (B) AMINA (C) ALOK (D) ABHIMAN
28. Which letter will be the 5th to the right of 11th letter from your right?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZ
(A) V (B) U (C) W (D) M
29. Which letter is 7th to the left of 13th letter from your right?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZ
(A) U (B) V (C) H (D) G
30. If the 1st half of English alphabet are written in reverse order then which is the 19th letter from your right?
(A) H (B) D (C) F (D) E
EXERCISE–3

1. Seven men A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a sequence in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of a different colour
like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see in front of him green and blue, but not violet. E can
see violet and yellow, but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo coloured cap,
then the colour of the cap worn by F is
(A) Blue (B) Violet (C) Red (D) Orange
2. There are some balls of red, green and yellow colour lying on a table. There are as many as red balls as there are
yellow balls. There are twice as many yellow balls as there are green ones. The number of red balls
(A) is equal to the sum of yellow and green balls.
(B) is double the number of green balls.
(C) is equal to yellow balls minus green balls.
(D) cannot be determined
3. Ême birds are sitting on two branches A and B. f one bird of the branch A fly away and sit on branch B, then the
number of birds on both the branches will become equal. But if a bird from branch B files and sits on the branch A then
the number of birds on branch A is double of branch B. What number of birds were sitting on branch A at the beginning?
(A)3 (B)4 (C)5 (D)7
4. In a tournament, each participant plays a match against the other participant. After playing 3-3 matches each, 3
players fall sick and they are out of the tournament. If the total number of matches played were 75, then, how many
players were there in all in the beginning of the tournament?
(A)8 (B)10 (C)12 (D)15
5. Four candles are lighted at the same time in a room. Their duration of burning is 5 hours, 4 hours, 3 hours and 2 hours
respectively. All the candles burn till three candles get blown off. If the cost of lighting a candle is 75 paise per hour,
then what was the total expenses?
(A) T 2.75 (B) T 3.75 (C) T 9.75 (D) T 12.50
6. There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By counting heads they are 80. The number of their legs is 200. How many
peacocks are there?
(A)60 (B)50 (C)20 (D)30
7. A, B, C and D are four relatives. A is thrice as old as B. Age of C is half the age of D and age of B is more than C.
Which of the following statement can be assumed true? [NTSE Bihar stage -1 2019]
(A) B is older than D (B) A is older than D
(C) Many be A is younger than D (D) None of these
Directions (8-10): When Ram will be as old as Ram's father is now, Ram will be five times as old as Ram's son is now. But
at that time Ram's son will be eight years older than Ram is now. At present, The sum of ages of Ram's father and Ram is
100 years.
8. How old is Ram's son now?

(A) 8 years (B) 13 years (C) 16 years (D) 19 years
9. How old would Ram Have been 5 years ago?

10. After 10 years, how old will Ram's father be?

Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions, find how many such pairs of letters are there in the given word, each
of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet.
11. SECURITY
(A) None (B) Two
(C) Three (D) Four
(E) More than four
12. PROFITABLE
(A) None (B) One
(C) Two (D) Three
(E) More than three
13. PARADISE
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
14. NOVEL
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
15. lDEAL
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Four
16. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is odd?
(A) GCYU (B) QUY (C) VSPM (D) PLIE
17. If the given alphabet are written in reverse order, which will be the 8th letter to the left 18th letter from your left?
ABCDEF GH I JKLMNOPQ RSTUVWXYZ
(A) R (B) C (C) Q (D) P
18. If the given alphabet are written in reverse order, which will be the 13th letter from left of the third letter from its right?
ABCDEF GH I JKLMNOPQ RSTU VWXYZ
(A) Q (B) N (C) O (D) P
19. If the given alphabet are written in reverse order, which will be the 7th letter to the right of 12th letter from the left?
ABCD EF GH I JKLMNOPQ RSTU VWXYZ
(A) F (B) G (C) H (D) S
20. The figure given blow is prepared by some sticks and provides and equation that is incorrect. How many minimum
numbers of sticks must be removed from the left hand side to make it a correct equation?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
ANSWER KEY
(Objective)
EXERCISE–1
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. B
9. D 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. D
17. D 18. D 19. B 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C
25. A 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. A
33. C 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. A
EXERCISE–2
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. B
9. D 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. D 16. C
17. D 18. A 19. D 20. D 21. B 22. C 23. C 24. B
25. C 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. C
EXERCISE–3
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. B
9. D 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. D 16. C
17. D 18. A 19. D 20. B

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1. Number Series 02–09

2. Alphabet & Letter Repeating Series 10–18

3. Missing Term in Figures 19–33

4. Coding– Decoding 34–45

5. Mathematical Operations 46–57

6. Arithmetic Reasoning & Alphabet Test 58–68

Example 3. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ? .

Example 4. 2, 5, 10, 17, ?

Example 5. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, 35, ?

Example 7. 0, 7,26, ?,124, 215

Example 10. 3,6,18,72,360,?

Example 11. 6,12,7,11,8,10,9,?

Sol. (B) Alternate series [Difference series]

Example 12. 0,5,22,57,116,?

Hence, the next term = 205

Example 13. 151,158,172,182, ?

Example 14. 12 28 64 140

Similarly ; Therefore, the number 1412 will come in place of (T).

Example 15. 2 9 57 337

Sol. (A) Similarly,

Therefore, the number 113 will come in place of (Q).

Direction : (16 to 18) Find the wrong term:

Example 17. 10,100,1100, 11000,111000,1210000.

Example 18. 2,6,11,17,23,32,41

Sol. (C) Given series is :

(Only one option correct type)

7. 4, 10, 22, 46, ?

8. 8, 15, 28, 53, ?

9. 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 72, ?

10. 12, 15, 18, 21, ?

11. 3, 6, 12, 24, ?, 96

12. 2, 10, 19, 29, 40, 52, 65, 79, 94, ?

16. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

17. 1,4,27,16,125,36,? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

18. 336,210,120,?,24,6,0 (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

19. 3, 4, 8, 17, 33, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

20. 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2007)

21. 4, 8, 28, ?, 244 (NTSE DL Stage–I, 2019)

22. 4, 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, ? (NTSE DL Stage–I, 2019)

23. 10080, 1680, ?, 84, 28, 14 (NTSE DL Stage–I, 2019)

25. 14, 1, 21, 4,28, 9, ?, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2007)

26. 5, 6, 13, 26, 45, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

27, 190.94,46,22,10,4, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

28. 128, 110, 90, 68, ? (NTSE Stage–I, 2008)

29. 1, 2, 4, 7, ?, 16 (NTSE Stage–l, 2008)

30. 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, ? (NTSE Stage–l, 2008)

31. 4. 9, 19, 34, 54, ? (NTSE Stage–ll, 2008)

32. 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ?, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2008)

(A) 180 (B) 210 (C) 240 (D) 360

34. 1, 9, 9, 81, 90, 810, 819, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

35. 2, 3, 6, 18, 108, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

36. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7, ?, ? (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

38. 3, 4, 10, 32, 136, 685 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

39. 3, 8, 13 24, 42, 70 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

40. 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 15, 28, 19, 36 (NTSE HR Stage–I, 2019)

(Only one option correct type)

1. 57,54,58,55,59,56,60, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)

2. 27, 31,40, 56, 81,117, ? (NTSE Stage–II, 2011)

4. 8, 7, 16, 5, 32, 3, 64, 1, 128, (?) (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

5. 16, 33, 65, 131, (?), 523 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

6. 5,2,17,4,(?),6,47,8,65 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

7. 1, 2, 4, 8, (?), 32 (NTSE Stage–I, 2012)

5. 9,10,8,1112, 6 , 5 (NTSE UP Stage–I, 2019)