Q1
Find the next term in the series: 2, 5, 14, 41, 122, ?
- (1)365✓ Correct answer
- (2)367
- (3)364
- (4)244
Answer: (1) 365
Explanation
Each term = previous × 3 − 1; 122 × 3 − 1 = 365.
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Find the next term in the series: 2, 5, 14, 41, 122, ?
Answer: (1) 365
Explanation
Each term = previous × 3 − 1; 122 × 3 − 1 = 365.
Find the next term in the series: 0, 7, 26, 63, 124, ?
Answer: (2) 215
Explanation
Terms are n³ − 1 for n = 1, 2, 3, …; 6³ − 1 = 215.
Find the next term in the series: 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ?
Answer: (2) 720
Explanation
Multiply by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in turn; 120 × 6 = 720.
Find the next term in the series: 3, 20, 6, 17, 12, 14, 24, ?
Answer: (3) 11
Explanation
Two alternating series: 3, 6, 12, 24 (×2) and 20, 17, 14, 11 (−3); the 8th term belongs to the second, so 11.
Find the wrong number in the series: 4, 9, 25, 49, 121, 168
Answer: (4) 168
Explanation
The terms are squares of consecutive primes 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13; the last should be 13² = 169, not 168.
Find the next term in the series: 7, 9, 12, 17, 24, 35, ?
Answer: (4) 48
Explanation
Differences are consecutive primes 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, so next difference is 13: 35 + 13 = 48.
Find the next term in the series: 120, 99, 80, 63, 48, ?
Answer: (1) 35
Explanation
Terms are 11² − 1, 10² − 1, 9² − 1, …; next is 6² − 1 = 35 (differences 21, 19, 17, 15, 13).
Find the next term in the series: B, E, H, K, N, ?
Answer: (1) Q
Explanation
Each letter moves 3 places forward: N + 3 = Q.
Find the next term in the series: Z, X, U, Q, L, ?
Answer: (2) F
Explanation
Positions drop by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Z26, X24, U21, Q17, L12, then 12 − 6 = 6 = F.
Find the next term in the series: AZ, BY, CX, DW, ?
Answer: (3) EV
Explanation
First letters go forward (A, B, C, D, E) and second letters go backward (Z, Y, X, W, V): EV.
Find the next term in the series: DKM, FJP, HIS, ?
Answer: (3) JHV
Explanation
1st letters +2 (D, F, H, J), 2nd letters −1 (K, J, I, H), 3rd letters +3 (M, P, S, V): JHV.
Find the next term in the series: A1, C3, E5, G7, ?
Answer: (4) I9
Explanation
Alternate letters with their alphabet positions: A1, C3, E5, G7, I9.
Find the next term in the series: 1B, 4D, 9F, 16H, ?
Answer: (4) 25J
Explanation
Numbers are squares 1, 4, 9, 16, 25; letters skip one: B, D, F, H, J. So 25J.
Choose the number that completes the analogy: 7 : 343 :: 9 : ?
Answer: (1) 729
Explanation
343 = 7³, so the answer is 9³ = 729.
Choose the number that completes the analogy: 12 : 145 :: 15 : ?
Answer: (2) 226
Explanation
145 = 12² + 1, so the answer is 15² + 1 = 226.
Choose the letter group that completes the analogy: ACE : FHJ :: KMO : ?
Answer: (2) PRT
Explanation
Each letter moves 5 places forward (A→F, C→H, E→J), so KMO → PRT.
Thermometer : Temperature :: Seismograph : ?
Answer: (3) Earthquake waves
Explanation
A thermometer measures temperature; a seismograph records earthquake (seismic) waves.
Ghoomar : Rajasthan :: Garba : ?
Answer: (3) Gujarat
Explanation
Ghoomar is a folk dance of Rajasthan; Garba is a folk dance of Gujarat.
Find the odd one out: 27, 125, 144, 343
Answer: (4) 144
Explanation
27, 125 and 343 are cubes of odd numbers (3³, 5³, 7³); 144 is not a cube.
Find the odd one out: BDF, HJL, MOQ, RTW
Answer: (4) RTW
Explanation
BDF, HJL and MOQ have gaps of +2, +2; RTW has +2, +3.