Number Series Questions & Answers

Hello Aspirants, As we all know that Number Series Questions is a important part of quantitative aptitude section for every competitive exams.Different kind of Number Series questions asked in every competitative exam. (Like – Wrong Term Number Series, Missing Number Series).So here, In this article we will provide different Number Series questions.These Quant Number Series questions are important for Bank, SSC, SEBI, NABARD, RBI, LIC, and Other state exams. You can attempt these questions & boost your preparation for your examination.

What is Number Series?

Number series is a form of numbers in a certain sequence, where some numbers are mistakenly put into the series of numbers and some number is missing in that series, we need to observe first and then find the accurate number to that series of numbers.

In the Banking exams Number Series questions asked in the Prelims as well as Mains exam.There are 5 Number Series Questions asked in the Prelims exam (Bank).You want to score more in the Number Series section then you should practice more and more Quant Series questions.

Number Series Questions Quiz-2

1. What would come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
13, 64, 248, 717, 1370, ?
A. 1394
B. 1379
C. 1245
D. 1296
E. 1398

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C. 1245

The series follows the pattern
13*5 -13 = 64, 64*4 -23 = 248, 248*3 -33 = 717, 717*2 – 43 = 1370, hence 1370*1 -53 = 1245

2. 9, 15, 26, 46, 85, ?
A. 151
B. 155
C. 163
D. 174
E. 180

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C. 163

The next term is obtained by adding the immediate prime number smaller than the given number and subtracting consecutive natural numbers from them.
9+7-1=15, 15+13-2=26, 26+23-3=46, 46+43-5=85, hence 85+83-5= 163

3. 5, 1, 5, 25, 157, ?
A. 1516
B. 1558
C. 1432
D. 1265
E. 1213

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D. 1265

The series follows the pattern
5*0 + 1 = 1, 1*2 + 3 = 5, 5*4 + 5 = 25, 25*6 + 7 = 157, 157*8 + 9 = 1265

4. 42, 78, 303, 339, ?, 789
A. 564
B. 432
C. 386
D. 271
E. 621

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A. 564

The series follows the pattern
42 + (4 + 2)2 = 78, 78 + (7 + 8)2 = 303, 303 + (3 + 0 + 3)2 = 339, 339 + (3 + 3 + 9)2 = 564, 564 + (5 + 6 + 4)2 = 789

5. 68, 69, 73, 100, ?
A. 156
B. 107
C. 132
D. 116
E. 124

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D. 116

The series follows the pattern
68 + 13 = 69, 69 + 22 = 73, 73 + 33 = 100, 100 + 42 = 116

6. 111, 138, 238, 302, 423, ?
A. 532
B. 523
C. 548
D. 623
E. 638

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C. 548

The series follows the pattern
111 + 33 = 138, 138 + 102 = 238, 238 + 43 = 302, 302 + 112 = 423, 423 + 53 = 548

7. 31, 29, 54, 154, 600, ?
A. 1696
B. 2024
C. 2025
D. 2116
E. 2968

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E. 2968

The series follows the pattern
(31*1) – 2 = 29, (29*2) – 4 = 54, (54*3) – 8 = 154, (154*4) – 16 = 600, (600*5) – 32 = 2968

8. 4, 13, 49, 130, ?
A. 245
B. 264
C. 274
D. 215
E. 166

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C. 274

The series follows the pattern
4 + 32 = 13, 13 + 62 = 49, 49 + 92 = 130, 130 + 122 = 274

9. 16, 48, -3, 69, ?
A. -5
B. 12
C. -14
D. -26
E. None of these

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D. -26

The series follows the pattern
16 + 16*2 = 48, 48 – 17*3 = -3, -3 + 18*4 = 69, 69 – 19*5 = -26

10. 23, 26, 44, 64, ?
A. 92
B. 84
C. 79
D. 95
E. 67

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A. 92

The last digit of the previous term is multiplied by consecutive odd numbers to get the next term
23 + 3 * 1 = 26, 26 + 6 * 3 = 44, 44 + 4 * 5 = 64, 64 + 4 * 7 = 92

 

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