Series Completion

Lesson
1
and Inserting The
Missing Character
Explanation

Series Completion:
Series completion section deals with questions in which series of
numbers or alphabetical letters are given, which are generally called as
terms of the series. These terms follow a certain pattern throughout.
The candidate is required to recognize this pattern and either complete
the given series with the most suitable alternative or nd wrong in the
series.
Example: 589654237, 89654237, 8965423, 965423, ?
Option: A. 58965 B. 65423 C. 89654 D. 96542
Answer: D
Explanation: The digits are removed one by one from the beginning and
the end in order alternately so as to obtain the subsequent terms of the
series.
Inserting the missing character:
In such type of questions, a gure, a set of gures or a matrix is given,
each of which bears certain characters, be it numbers, letters or a group of
letters / numbers. Following a certain pattern. The candidate is required
to decipher this pattern and accordingly nd the missing character in the
gure.

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Example: In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is
given. These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column-wise.
Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.
18 24 32
12 14 16
3 ? 4
72 112 128
Option:
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
Answer: B
Explanation:
In the rst column, 12 x 6 = 72; 18 ÷ 6 = 3.
In the third column, 16 x 8 = 128; 32 ÷ 8 = 4.
In the second column, 14 x 8 = 112.
So, missing number = 24 ÷ 8 = 3.

Example 1
Identify the missing term.
9, 11, 15, 17, 21, ?, 27
(a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 23 3 (d) 25

Example 2
Choose the missing term in the given series.
1, 2 , 4, 8, ?, 32
(a) 12 (b) 16 3 (c) 20 (d) 28

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Example 3
The following series consists of ve gures named problem gures. Select a gure from
amongst the gures (a), (b), (c) and (d) which will continue the same series as established by
the ve problem gures. Problem Figures

1 2 3 4 5

(a) (b) (c) (d)

3

Example 4
Which number will replace the question mark in pattern below?
(a) 21 (b) 23 6 4 7 9 6 5

(c) 25 3 (d) 27 20 8 26 8 ? 12

(iii) (i) (ii)

Exercise

Series Completion

A series is a uniform set of digits, letters, gures etc. In a series, the terms fall according to
a in certain rule. To complete a series or to identify a missing term, a candidate is required
to identify the rule on which the given series has been formed. Let us illustrate readers
with the help of examples and its explained answers.

Picture Pattern
F Determine what comes next in the picture pattern sequences. These exercise
encourage students to use critical thinking skills to observe patterns.
F Complete the picture pattern by drawing its in complete the part is the pattern.

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Select a figure from amongst the figures (a), (b), (c) and (d) which will continue the
series as established by the five problem figures.
1. Problem Figures

1 2 3 4 5

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Hint
This symbol moves in anticlockwise direction through distance equal to 1 sides and 1 1 sides alternately.
2

2. Problem Figures

1 2 3 4 5

(a) (b) (c) (d)

3. Problem Figures

1 2 3 4 5

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Hint
Each elements is added at each step.

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4. Problem Figures

1 2 3 4 5

(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. Problem Figures

1 2 3 4 5

(a) (b) (c) (d)

6. Select the gure form the options, which will continue the same series as established
by the problem Figures. (NCO 2016)
Problem Figures

(a) (b) (c) (d)

7. Select a gure from the options, which will continue the same series as established by
the Problem Figures. (NSO 2016)
Problem Figures

?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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8. Select the gure form the options which will replace the (?) in the series as established
by the Problem Figures. Problem Figures
A B D G
?

(a) I (b) I (c) K (d) K

9. Select a gure form the options which will continue the same series as established by
the Problem Figures. (NCO 2017)
Problem Figures

(a) (b) (c) (d)

10. Select a gure form the options which will continue the series as established by the
Problem Figures. Problem Figures (NSO 2017)

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Number Pattern
F A list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern.
F To find the missing term in the pattern, identify the rule followed in rest of the given
terms in pattern using mathematical operations (+,–,×,÷), skip counting and reverse
counting.

11. 3, 9, 27, 81, ?

(a) 324 (b) 243 (c) 210 (d) 162
12. 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ?
(a) 42 (b) 51 (c) 81 (d) 91

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13. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 13
14. 5, 9, 17, 29, 45, ?
(a) 60 (b) 62 (c) 65 (d) 70
15. 1, 9, 17, 33, 49, 73, ?
(a) 97 (b) 98 (c) 99 (d) 100
16. 2, 5, 9, ?, 20, 27
(a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 24
17. 4, 6, 9, 13 1, ?
2
(a) 17 1 (b) 19 (c) 20
1 (d) 22
3
2 4 4
18. 1, 3, 6, 10, ?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 21

Inserting the missing character

A pattern is a design or a set of gures and it contains numbers or letters or both. Out of
these characters a number/letter is missing. To Identify the missing number/letter a
candidate is required to decipher the pattern.
19. Find the missing number, if same rule is followed in all the three gures.
(IMO 2017)
6 8 5 7 3 13
24 14 ?
5 4 10
(a) 39 (b) 26 (c) 35 (d) 25
20. Find the missing number, if same rule is followed in all the three gures.
(NCO 2016)
(a) 25 (b) 37
5 3 8 5 5 4
19 ? 25
(c) 41 (d) 47
4 7 5
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21. Find the missing number which will continue the given number pattern. (IMO 2017)

(a) 60 (b) 63
3 7 15 31 ? 127
(c) 58 (d) 65

22. If 1 is subtracted from the rst digit in each number and '1' is added to the second digit
in each number, then which of the following will be the third digit of the second highest
number? (NCO 2016)
581, 378, 346, 624, 883
(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
23. Find the missing number, if a certain rule is followed row-wise or column-wise.
6 6 9
(a) 4 (b) 8 5 7 5
(c) 12 (d) 16 4 3 ?
120 126 360

24. Find the missing number, if same rule is following in all the three gures.
(IMO 2016)
25 : 5 36 : 6 ?:7

(a) 49 (b) 37 (c) 50 (d) 94

25. Find the missing number.
3 6 3 5 2 2
(a) 64 (b) 400
1 5 4 6 4 4
(c) 360 (d) 380
90 360 ?
26. Find the missing character, if same rule is followed in all the three gures.

(a) L (b) M D I ?

(c) T (d) U 2 2 6 3 9 12

27.
5 3 7 5 6 4
19 ? 29
4 6 5
(a) 25 (b) 37 (c) 39 (d) 41

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28. 7 8 0
5 0 6 7 1 6 11 ? 2
4 4 2

(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11

29. (a) 4 (b) 6 3 6 8

5 8 4
(c) 8 (d) 9
4 7 ?

30. (a) 2 (b) 8 4 9 16 3 9 16

(c) 4 (d) 10 Hint

6 ? 24
Lower number =
Product of upper
31. (a) 49 (b) 76 18 19 22 24 26 27
numbers/6

(c) 51 (d) 94 35 44 ?

Answer Sheet
Kindly darken the circle with HB pencil.
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

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Logical Sequence
Lesson Test and Alphabet
2
puzzle test
Explanation

Alpha-Numeric Sequence Puzzle

In Alpha numeric sequence puzzle, a mix up sentence consisting of some
letters, numbers and symbols are given followed by some certain
questions based on it.

Based on following types, questions are categorized:

Ø Satisfying certain conditions in the given sequence, it is required to
nd elements(letters, numbers or symbols.
Ø At a certain given relative position in the sequence, it is need to
determine the element.
Ø By converting the hidden part in relation to the position of the
elements in the sequence, it is required to complete a series consisting
of terms formed by a combination of the elements of the sequence.
Ø By nding the common property which other combinations share as
per their positions in the given sequence, It is required to nd the odd
combination from among a given set of combinations of elements.
Ø To determine the analogical relationship between a given pair of
combination of elements, later nd a combination which carry same
relationship with another given combination.

Number, Ranking and Time sequence Test

Number Test: In a number test, a sequence of numbers is given and a
question is asked in that way as asked in Alpha-Numeric Sequence
Puzzle.

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Ranking Test: In a ranking test, usually the ranks of one or two persons
from the top and from the bottom are mentioned. A candidate is required
to compute either total number of persons or rank of a particular person.

Logical Sequence of words

In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in a
meaningful sequence and thus nd the correct answer from alternatives.
A candidate is required to identify this relationship or sequence and to
put them in a logical sequence. This question may be according to size,
age, happening, need etc.

Alphabet Test
In this type, the question asked are based on nding the place of an
English the place of an English letter to the left or right of another English
letter in the alphabetical order.
1. Place of letter in forward order
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

2. Place of letter in backward order

Z Y XW V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Time sequence test

To solve time based problems the following in formations are very
useful.
Ø 1 century = 100 years
Ø There are 29 days in February of a leap year.
Ø In every one hour, the hour hand rotates 30 degree and minute hand
rotates 360 degree.

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Leap Year −
Those years which are completely divisible by 4 are known as leap years
and they contain normally 366 days.
Thus years like 2000, 2016, and 1996 are leap years whereas 1997, 2001,
2003 are not.
Some other important notes that you should know−
Ø Before 1 AD there was no 0 AD instead there was 1 BC.
Ø Therefore total number of years between a given AD and BC is the
addition of two years followed by subtraction with 1.
Ø Weekdays refer to any day in a week except Sunday.

Example 1
How many 4's are there in the following arrangement each of which is immediately preceded
by an even number but not immediately followed by 6?
242EDQ39247M66T641N846
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four 3

Example 2
If Shahil nds that he is twelfth from the right end in a line of boys and fourth from the left
end, then how many boys should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys in the line?
(a) 11 (b) 13 3 (c) 15 (d) 18

Example 3
If Monday falls on the second of a month, then which day will fall two days after 10th?
(a) Tuesday (b) Thursday 3 (c) Friday (d) Sunday

Example 4
Which of the following words will come second, if all of them are arranged alphabetically as
in a dictionary?
(a) Beautiful (b) Banana (c) Basket 3 (d) Bomb
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Exercise
Alphabet Test
1. How many such letters are there each of which are followed by a digit divisible by 2 in
the following series?
34A961BC245H43D92P
(1) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. How many 6's are there in the following series each of which is immediately preceded
by 5 but not immediately followed by P?
56A67E56P6859B56D6H65L6K65G56N568
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 5

Hint
5 6 A 6 7 E 5 6 P 6 8 5 9 B 5 6 D 6 H 6 5 L 6 K 6 5 G 5 6 N 5 6 8

3. Find the total number of C's each of which is immediately followed by a vowel in this
sequence?
BCCDEECEACEACEABCABCACACACBC
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
4. How many C's are there in the following sequence, which are immediately preceded by D?
ABDCDCCDCLCDDCIDCCD
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Five
5. How many digits are there in this series which are followed by 5 but not preceded by 4?
JQ79T79543W105475
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Hint
M 2 B 6 5 P 5 1 9 4 H 3 S 2 7

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6. How many digits are there in the following sequence, which are divisible by 2 and
immediately followed by a letter?
M2B65P5194H3S27
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
7. How many P's are there in the odd places in the following sequence?
PPPPQPQPQPQQPPPQQPPP
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
8. How many C's are there between two consonants in the following sequence?
ABCDCDCECECFCOCICJCKCCK
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

Hint
A B C D C D C E C E C F C O C I C J C K C C K

9. How many 4's are there in the following number series, each of which is immediately
preceded and followed by even digit?
6432483154232464813242645
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
10. In a row of plants, one plant is sixth from either end of the row. How many plants are
there in the row?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
11. Kim ranks twelfth from the top in a class of forty six. What will be her rank from the
last ?
(a) 33rd (b) 34th (c) 35th (d) 37th

Hint
th th
Required rank = (46 –12 +1) = 35

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12. In the following series, how many such numbers are there which are divisible by 3 or 5
and immediately followed by a consonant?
M, 19, W, 3, 25, A, 35, 20, 22, 21, 45, H, 47, 48, 9
(a) Zero (b) One
(c) Two (d) Three
13. How many m's are there in the even places in the sequence?
aacdjdjdmmmmdsmmsmmsms
(a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 8 (d) 10

Hint
a a c d j d j d m m m m d s m m s m m s m s

14. How many 7's are there in the following number series, each of which is immediately
preceded by an even number but not immediately followed by any odd number?
437523721367542742712270572
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Four

15-19- Arrange in Meaningful Sequence

15. 1. Police 2. Punishment 3. Crime
4. Judge 5. Judgement
(a) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5 (b) 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
(c) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
16. 1. Wall 2. Clay 3. House
4. Room 5. Bricks
(a) 5, 2, 1, 4, 3 (b) 2, 5, 4, 1, 3
(c) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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17. 1. Yarn 2. Plant 3.Saree
4. Cotton 5. Cloth
(a) 2, 4, 5, 1, 3 (b) 2, 4, 3, 5, 1
(c) 2, 4, 1, 5, 3 (d) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
18. 1. Key 2. Door 3. Lock
4. Room 5. Switch on
(a) 5, 1, 2, 4, 3 (b) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 (d) 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
19. 1. Word 2. Paragraph 3. Sentence
4. Letters 5. Phrase
(a) 4, 1, 5, 2, 3 (b) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
(c) 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 (d) 4, 1, 5, 3, 2
20. If the letters in the word UNDERTAKING are rearranged in the alphabetical order,
which one will be exactly in the middle after the rearrangement?
(a) K (b) I (c) G (d) N

Hint
Rearrangement is A D E G I K N N R T U

Each of the following questions is based on the following alphabet series.

AB C D E FG H I J K LM N O PQ R S T U VW XYZ
21. In the English alphabet, which letter will be to the immediate left of M ?
(a) N (b) L (c) 0 (d) P
22. Which letter is sixth to the right of the letter which is fourth to the left of I ?
(a) K (b) T (c) C (d) V
23. Which letter is seventh to the right of the thirteenth letter from your left end ?
(a) S (b) T (c) U (d) V

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Logical Sequence Test

24. Arrange the given words as they occur in a dictionary and select the correct option.
1. Across 2. Achy 3. Accuse (IMO 2016)
4. Acana 5. Accrual
(a) 3, 2, 4, 5, 1 (b) 4, 2, 3, 5, 1
(c) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 (d) 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
25. Raman obtained more marks than Amit, but less than Sumit. Raj obtained more marks
than Virat, but less than Harsh. Sumit obtained less marks than Virat. Who obtained the
lowest marks? (IMO 2016)
(a) Sumit (b) Harsh
(c) Raj (d) Amit
26. The age of Amit is same as Sumit because they are twins, Richa is younger than Sumit,
Richa is younger than Jyotsana but elder than Saurabh, Sumit is younger than
Jyotsana. Who is the eldest among them? (NCO 2017)
(a) Amit (b) Jyotsana
(c) Richa (d) Saurabh
27. How many 9's are there which are preceded by 3 but not followed by 6 in the given
number series? (NSO 2017)
6939366395939689397396395
(a) 4 (b) 8
(c) 5 (d) 7
28. In a line of boys facing North, Atul is 1 9th from the right end and Shubham is 20th from
the left end. If there are 6 boys between them and Atul is in the left of Shubham, what is
the total number of boys in the line? (NSO 2017)
(a) 34 (b) 31
(c) 29 (d) 32

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29. Study the following information and answer the question that follows.
Ø Kavya, Sonam and Rachit are intelligent. (NSO 2017)
Ø Chetna, Kavya and Ajay are hard-working.
Ø Chetna, Rachit and Ajay are ambitious.
Ø Kavya, Sonam and Ajay are honest.

Who among the following persons is neither hard-working nor ambitious but is
honest?
(a) Rachit (b) Kavya
(c) Ajay (d) Sonam
30 . How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers which are
immediately followed by an odd number as well as immediately preceded by an even
number? (NCO 2016)
858676893275342235522811931751
(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Answer Sheet
Kindly darken the circle with HB pencil.
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

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