Chapter 9 – Number Series, Coding-

Decoding, Odd Man Out

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Number Series
Exercise 9A – Question 1
6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ?
(a) 42 (b) 51 (c) 81 (d) 91

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 2
10, 100, 200, 310, ?
(a) 400 (b) 410 (c) 420 (d) 430

Solution (d)

Exercise 9A – Question 4
6, 12, 21, 33, ?
(a) 33 (b) 38 (c) 40 (d) 48

Solution (d)

Exercise 9A – Question 5
2, 5, 9, 14, ?, 27
(a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 24

Solution (a)
Exercise 9A – Question 6
6, 11, 21, ? , 56, 81
(a) 42 (b) 36 (c) 91 (d) 51

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 7
10, 18, 28, 40, 54, ?, 88

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 (a) 70 (b) 86 (c) 87 (d) 98

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 9
22, 24, 28, 36, ? , 84
(a) 44 (b) 52 (c) 38 (d) 54

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 10
4832, 5840, 6848, 7856, ?
(a) 8864 (b) 8815 (c) 8846 (d) 8887

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 11
10, 100, 200, 310, 430, ?
(a) 560 (b) 540 (c) 550 (d) 590

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 14
2, 15, 41, 80, 132 ?
(a) 184 (b) 144 (c) 186 (d) 197

Solution (d)

Exercise 9A – Question 15
6, 17, 39, ?, 116
(a) 72 (b) 75 (c) 85 (d) 80

Solution (a)

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Exercise 9A – Question 8
120, 99, ?, 63, 48, 35
(a) 80 (b) 36 (c) 45 (d) 40

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 3
11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, ?
(a) 33 (b) 27 (c) 29 (d) 49

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 12
28, 33, 31, 36, 34, ?
(a) 38 (b) 39 (c) 40 (d) 42

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 23
165, 195, 255, 285, ?, 435
(a) 345 (b) 390 (c) 335 (d) 395

Solution (a)

Page 9.1 – Example 1

Find the missing term of the series 2, 7, 16, ?, 46, 67, 92
(a) 29 (b) 92 (c) 91 (d) 22

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 16
1, 4, 10, 22, ?, 94

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 (a) 46 (b) 48 (c) 49 (d) 47

Solution (a)

Page 9.1 – Example 3

Find the missing term of the series 1, 9, 25, 49, 81, 121, ?
(a) 46 (b) 169 (c) 49 (d) 47

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 17
4, 9, 25, 48, ?, 169, 289, 361
(a) 120 (b) 121 (c) 122 (d) 164

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 20
5760, 960, 192, ?, 16, 8
(a) 47 (b) 48 (c) 52 (d) 50

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 22
48, 24, 96 , ? 192
(a) 47 (b) 48 (c) 44 (d) 54

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 18
4, 12, 36, ?, 324
(a) 107 (b) 109 (c) 108 (d) 110

Solution (c)

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Page 9.2 – Example 4
Find the next term of the series BKS, DJT, FIU, HHV, ?
(a) JGW (b) JKW (c) GJW (d) WJK

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 19
1, 1, 4, 8, 9, ? , 16, 64
(a) 27 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 40

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 21
1, 2, 6, 7, 21, 22, 66, ?, 201
(a) 69 (b) 68 (c) 67 (d) 69

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 24
2, 3, 3, 5, 10, 13, 39, ?, 172, 177
(a) 42 (b) 44 (c) 43 (d) 40

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 25
7, 26, 63, 124, 215, ?, 511
(a) 342 (b) 343 (c) 441 (d) 421

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 26
3, 7, 15, 31, ?, 127

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 (a) 62 (b) 63 (c) 64 (d) 65

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 27
8, 28, 116, 584, ?
(a) 1752 (b) 3502 (c) 3504 (d) 3508

Solution (d)

Exercise 9A – Question 28
6, 13, 28, 59, ?
(a) 122 (b) 114 (c) 113 (d) 112

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 29
2, 7, 27, 107, 427, ?
(a) 1707 (b) 4027 (c) 4207 (d) 1207

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 30
5, 2, 7, 9, 16, 25, 41, ?
(a) 65 (b) 66 (c) 67 (d) 68

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 13
120, 80, 40, 45, ?, 15
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

Solution (d)

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Page 9.2 – Example 5
aab__aaa__bba__
(a) baa (b) abb (c) bab (d) bba

Solution (a)

Coding-Decoding
Page 9.4 – Example 10
If in a certain language A is coded as 1, B is coded as 2, and so on, how is AICCI is coded in
that code?
(a) 19778 (b) 18597 (c) 19339 (d) 19449

Solution (c)

Page 9.4 – Example 11

If PAINT is coded as 74128 and EXCEL is coded as 93596, then how would you encode
ANCIENT?
(a) 4251828 (b) 4251924 (c) 8251928 (d) 4251928

Solution (d)

Page 9.4 – Example 12

In a certain code, 2 is coded as P, 3 as N, 9 as Q, 5 as R, 4 as A and 6 as B. How is 423599
coded in that code?
(a) APNRQP (b) APNRQQ (c) APNRQZ (d) APNSQQ

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 32
If RAMAN is written as 12325 and DINESH as 675489 how HAMAM is written?
(a) 92323 (b) 92233 (c) 93233 (d) 93292

Solution (a)

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Exercise 9A – Question 35
If BROTHER is coded 2456784, SISTER coded as 919684, what is coded for BORBERS?
(a) 2542849 (b) 2542898 (c) 2454889 (d) 2524889

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 36
If DELHI is coded 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662, How can CALICUT be coded?
(a) 5279431 (b) 5978213 (c) 8251896 (d) 8543962

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 37
If CLOCK is coded 34235 and TIME is 8679, what will be code of MOTEL?
(a) 72894 (b) 77684 (c) 72964 (d) 27894

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 38
If PALE is coded as 2134 and EARTH is coded as 41590, how is PEARL is coded?
(a) 29530 (b) 24153 (c) 25430 (d) 254313

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 40
If MEKLF is coded as 91782 and LLLJK as 88867, how can IHJED is coded as?
(a) 97854 (b) 64512 (c) 54310 (d) 75632

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 41
If in a certain code language NAME is written as 4258 then what is coded as MEAN?

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 (a) 2458 (b) 5842 (c) 8524 (d) 5824

Solution (d)

Exercise 9A – Question 44
LETTER: C Z N V R S W F D
CODE DIGIT: 8 6 4 7 2 9 3 5 1
ZDRCVF
(a) 612875 (b) 619875 (c) 612845 (d) 612835

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 45
LETTER: C Z N V R S W F D
CODE DIGIT: 8 6 4 7 2 9 3 5 1
WNCSZV
(a) 348267 (b) 318267 (c) 348957 (d) 348967

Solution (d)

Exercise 9A – Question 46
LETTER: C Z N V R S W F D
CODE DIGIT: 8 6 4 7 2 9 3 5 1
RDNFVS
(a) 21679 (b) 216549 (c) 214579 (d) 218579

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 48
In a certain code, RIPPLE is written as 613382 and LIFE is written as 8192. How is PILLER
written in that code?
(a) 318826 (b) 318286 (c) 618826 (d) 338816
Solution (a)

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Exercise 9A – Question 34
If A = 1, FAT = 27, FAITH = ?
(a) 44 (b) 45 (c) 46 (d) 36

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 49
If PALAM could be given the code number 43, what code number can be given to
SANTACRUZ?
(a) 123 (b) 85 (c) 120 (d) 125

Solution (a)

Page 9.3 – Example 6

If in a certain language MYSTIFY is coded as NZTUJGZ, how is MENESIS coded in that
language?
(a) NFOFTJT (b) NFOFTJZ (c) ZFOFTJT (d) NFOZTJT

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 31
In a certain language, MADRAS is coded NBESBT, how DELHI is coded in that code?
(a) EMMJI (b) EFMIJ (c) EMFIJ (d) JIFEM

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 42
If GOLD is written as IQNF, how WIND can be written as code?
(a) YKPF (b) VHCM (c) XJOE (d) DNIW

Solution (a)

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Exercise 9A – Question 43
If ROSE is written as TQUG, how BISCUIT can be written in that code?
(a) DKUEWKV (b) CJTDVJU
(c) DKVEWKV (d) DKUEWKY

Solution (a)

Page 9.3 – Example 7

If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FRIEND coded?
(a) EQHDMZ (b) EQHDMC (c) ZQHDMC (d) EZHDMC

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 47
If DELHI is coded as CCIDD, how would you encode BOMBAY?
(a) AJMTVT (b) AMJXVS (c) MJXVSU (d) WXYZAX

Solution (b)

Page 9.3 – Example 8

In a certain code, MENTION is written as LNEITNO. How is PRESENT written in that code?
(a) OZRESTN (b) ZERESTN
(c) OERESTN (d) OERESTZ

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 33
If RED is coded as 6720 then GREEN would be coded as:
(a) 9207716 (b) 167129 (c) 1677209 (d) 1672091

Solution (c)

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Exercise 9A – Question 39
If LOSE is coded as 1357 and GAIN is coded as 2468, what do figure 82146 stands for?
(a) NGLAI (b) NGLIA (c) GNLIA (d) GNLIA

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 50
The number is to be codified in the following code:
Digit 7 2 1 5 3 9 8 6 4
Letter W L M S I N D J B
184632
(a) MDJBSI (b) MDJBIL (c) MDJBWL (d) MDBJIL

Solution (d)

Page 9.3 – Example 9

If in a certain language CARROM is coded as BZQQNL, which word will be coded as HORSE?
(a) IZSTF (b) ZPSTF (c) IPSTF (d) IPSTZ

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 51
In a certain code ‘256’ means ‘you are good’, ‘637’ means ‘we are bad’ and ‘358’ means ‘good
and bad’. Which of the following represents ‘and’ in that code?
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 3

Solution (c)

Odd Man Out

Exercise 9A – Question 55
Find the odd one out: 41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 83, 75
(a) 75 (b) 73 (c) 71 (d) 53

Solution (a)

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Exercise 9A – Question 60
Find the odd one out: 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 18, 25, 32
(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 33

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 61
Find the odd one out: 52, 51, 48, 43, 34, 27, 16
(a) 27 (b) 34 (c) 43 (d) 48

Solution (b)

Page 9.5 – Example 16

Find the odd one out: 1, 5, 14, 30, 51, 55, 91
(a) 5 (b) 55 (c) 51 (d) 91

Solution (c)

Exercise 9A – Question 58
Find the odd one out: 1, 5, 14, 30, 49, 55, 91
(a) 49 (b) 30 (c) 55 (d) 91

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 53
Find the odd one out: 10, 14, 16, 18, 23, 24, 26
(a) 26 (b) 23 (c) 24 (d) 18

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 52
Find the odd one out: 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 19

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 (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 7

Solution (a)

Page 9.4 – Example 14

Find the odd one out: 10, 14, 16, 18, 23, 24, 26
(a) 26 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 9

Solution (c)

Page 9.4 – Example 15

Find the odd one out: 6, 9, 15, 21, 24, 26, 30
(a) 9 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 30

Solution (b)

Page 9.5 – Example 17

Find the odd one out: 16, 25, 36, 62, 144, 196, 225
(a) 36 (b) 62 (c) 196 (d) 144

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 54
Find the odd one out: 1, 4, 9, 16, 24, 25, 36
(a) 9 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) 36

Solution (b)

Exercise 9A – Question 56
Find the odd one out: 16, 25, 36, 73, 144, 196, 225
(a) 36 (b) 73 (c) 196 (d) 225

Solution (b)

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Exercise 9A – Question 57
Find the odd one out: 1, 4, 9, 16, 19, 36, 49
(a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 49 (d) 16

Solution (a)

Exercise 9A – Question 59
Find the odd one out: 835, 734, 642, 751, 853, 981, 532
(a) 751 (b) 853 (c) 981 (d) 532

Solution (a)

Page 9.1 – Example 2

Find the wrong terms of the series 9, 29, 65, 126, 217, 344
(a) 9 (b) 29 (c) 65 (d) 344

Solution (b)

Page 9.4 – Example 13

Find the odd one out: January, May, July, November
(a) January (b) May (c) July (d) November

Solution (d)

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