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Q:

3, 11, 80, 291, 803

Find the odd man out of the number series?

A) 11	B) 803
C) 80	D) 291

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 80

Explanation:

The given number series is 3, 11, 80, 291, 803

$3 3 + 2^{3} = 3 + 8 = 11 11 + 4^{3} = 11 + 64 = 75 (not 80) 75 + 6^{3} = 75 + 216 = 291 291 + 8^{3} = 291 + 512 = 803$

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Q:

Simplify the following expression?

40% of ( $\frac{24}{4} x ?$ ) = 48

A) 24	B) 22
C) 20	D) 18

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 20

Explanation:

We know that

$40 % = \frac{40}{100} = \frac{2}{5} \Rightarrow \frac{2}{5} x \frac{24}{4} x ? = 48 ? = \frac{48 x 5 x 4}{2 x 24} = 20$

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

IJ : PR : : ? : SU

A) IJ	B) LM
C) EF	D) LI

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) LM

Explanation:

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

In that case,

P-put together the best gender-just
Q-practices from all Personal Laws
R-a Uniform Civil Code would simply

A) RPQ	B) QRP
C) RQP	D) PQR

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) RPQ

Explanation:

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Q:

Which digits will come in the place of '?' in the following series ?

372, 823, 644, 582, 46?, 8?7

A) 4, 4	B) 6, 2
C) 3, 2	D) 2, 5

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 6, 2

Explanation:

Given series is 372, 823, 644, 582, 46?, 8?7

Here the series follow the rule that :
372 = 3+7+2 = 12
823 = 8+2+3 = 13
644 = 6+4+4 = 14
582 = 5+8+2 = 15
46? = 4+6+? = 16 => ? = 6
8?7 = 8+?+7 = 17 => ? = 2

So the missing numbers are 6 and 2

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

She did not like to have coffee(nor I did).

A) neither I liked it	B) nor did I
C) nor I like it	D) No improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) nor did I

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Q:

Find the next number in the given number series?

6, 6, 12, 36, 144, 720, ?

A) 4320	B) 3547
C) 2154	D) 1765

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4320

Explanation:

The given series is 6, 6, 12, 36, 144, 720, ?

6

6 x 1 = 6

6 x 2 = 12

12 x 3 = 36

36 x 4 = 144

144 x 5 = 720

720 x 6 = 4320

Hence, the next number in the given number series is 4320.

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Q:

Find the next number in the number series?

1, 4, 12, 32, ?

A) 80	B) 100
C) 192	D) 169

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 80

Explanation:

Next number of the sequence 1, 4, 12, 32,...

1 = 2 x $2^{0}$

4 = 2 x $2^{1}$

12 = 3 x $2^{2}$

32 = 4 x $2^{3}$

80 = 5 x $2^{4}$ .

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