TYPES OF SERIES
1. Natural Nos. : 1, 2, 3, 4, __
2. Even Nos. : 2, 4, 6, 8, __
3. Odd Nos. : 1, 3, 5, 7, __
4. Primes Nos. : 2, 3, 5, 7, __
5. Non-Primes : 1, 4, 6, 8, __
N – E – O – P – NP
वर्ग (SQUARES) - x²
x x2 x x2 x x2 x x2 x x2
1 1 9 81 17 289 25 625 33 1089
2 4 10 100 18 324 26 676 34 1156
3 9 11 121 19 361 27 729 35 1225
4 16 12 144 20 400 28 784 36 1296
5 25 13 169 21 441 29 841 37 1369
6 36 14 196 22 484 30 900 38 1444
7 49 15 225 23 529 31 961 39 1521
8 64 16 256 24 576 32 1024 40 1600
घन (CUBES) -
x³
x x3 x x3 x x3 x x3
1 1 5 125 9 729 13 2197
2 8 6 216 10 1000 14 2744
3 27 7 343 11 1331 15 3375
4 64 8 512 12 1728 16 4096
PRIME NUMBERS
• 1 to 50 : 15 Primes
• 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47
• 51 to 100 : 10 Primes
• 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97
• 1 to 100 : 25 Prime Numbers
• Number 1 is neither a Prime number nor a
Composite number, as it violates the definitions
for both such numbers.
(N – E – O – P – NP)²
6. 4 , 16 , 36 , 64 , ___
7. 4 , 9 , 25 , 49 , ___
(N – E – O – P – NP)³
8. 8 , 64 , 216 , 512 , ___
9. 1 , 27 , 125 , 343 , ___
DIFFERENCE SERIES
10. Difference of (N-E-O-P-NP) :
10 , 12 , 15 , 20 , 27 , ___
DIFFERENCE SERIES
11. Difference of (N-E-O-P-NP)² :
10 , 14 , 30 , 66 , 130 , ___
DIFFERENCE SERIES
12. Difference of (N-E-O-P-NP)³ :
10 , 11 , 38 , 163 , 506 , ___
DIFFERENCE SERIES
13. Constant-Difference :
10 , 25 , 50 , 65 , 90 , ___
DIFFERENCE SERIES
14. Double-Difference :
20 , 43 , 70 , 106 , 167 , ___
DIFFERENCE SERIES
15. Misc. Difference :
10 , 18 , 34 , 58 , 90 , ___
VARIOUS SERIES
16. ADDITION-SERIES :
1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 13 , ___
VARIOUS SERIES
17. SUBTRACTION-SERIES :
60 , 40 , 20 , 20 ___
VARIOUS SERIES
18. MULTIPLICATION-SERIES:
2 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 32 , ___
VARIOUS SERIES
19. DIVISION-SERIES :
1024 , 64 , 16 , 4 , 4 , ___
VARIOUS SERIES
20. FRACTION-SERIES :
2/5 , 3/10 , 5/26 , 7/50 , ___
VARIOUS SERIES
21. DECIMAL-SERIES :
1.1 , 2.8 , 4.16 , 7.343 , ___
VARIOUS SERIES
22. ALTERNATE-SERIES :
2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , __ , __
VARIOUS SERIES
23. ARITHMETIC-SERIES :
2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 3 , 4 , 7 , 12 , 4 , 5 , __ , __
QUESTIONS FROM PREVIOUS
YEARS’ PAPERS
CSAT 2021:
Q1: Replace the incorrect term by the correct term in the
given sequence:
3, 2, 7, 4, 13, 10, 21, 18, 31, 28, 43, 40
Where odd terms and even terms follow the same pattern.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 6
3, 2, 7, 4, 13, 10, 21, 18, 31, 28, 43, 40
CSAT 2021:
Q2: You are given two identical sequences in two rows:
What is the entry in the place of C for the Sequence-II?
(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 9.375 (d) 32.8125
Sequence-I: 8 4 6 15 52.5 236.25
Sequence-II: 5 A B C D E
CSAT 2020:
Q3: A simple mathematical operation in each number of the
sequence 14, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, …. results in a sequence
with respect to prime numbers. Which one of the following
is the next number in the sequence?
(a) 34 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 40
14, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, ….
CSAT 2020:
Q4: Consider the following sequence of numbers:
51473985726315863852243496
How many odd numbers are followed by the odd numbers in the
above sequence?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
(a) 5
(b) 6 51473985726315863852243496
(c) 7
(d) 8
CSAT 2019:
Q5: In the sequence 1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5, 7, how many such
5s are there which are not immediately preceded by 3 but are
immediately followed by 7?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None
1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5, 7
CSAT 2019:
Q6: What is X in the sequence 132, 129, 124, 117, 106, 93, X ?
(a) 74 (b) 75 (c) 76 (d) 77
132, 129, 124, 117, 106, 93, X
CSAT 2019:
Q7: What is X in the sequence 4, 196, 16, 144, 36, 100, 64, X ?
(a) 48 (b) 64 (c) 125 (d) 256
4, 196, 16, 144, 36, 100, 64, X
CSAT 2018:
Q8: Consider the sequence given below :
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96, .....
What is the next term in the series?
(a) 24/3/96 (b) 25/3/96 (c) 26/3/96 (d) 27/3/96
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96, .....
Ex-1:
3 ? 5
5 4 7
4 4 4
60 96 140
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9
Ex-2:
9 6 8
5 8 4
7 4 ?
11 2 7
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 3 (D) 6
Ex-3: (A) 35 (B) 37 (C) 45 (D) 47
3 5 4 7 3 5
39 51 ?
6 3 5 4 5 4
QUESTIONS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS’ PAPERS
CSAT 2021:
Q1: Following is a matrix of certain entries. The entries follow a
certain trend row-wise. Choose the missing entry (?)
accordingly.
(a) 9B 7B 10A 3C
(b) 3A
3C 9B 6A
(c) 3B
(d) 3C 10A 13C ?
CSAT 2018:
Q2: Consider the following pattern of numbers :
8 10 15 13
6 5 7 4
4 6 8 8
6 11 16 ?
What is the number at ? in the above pattern?
(a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 23
CSAT 2013:
Q3: Consider the following matrix:
3 370 7
2 224 6
1 730 X
What is the value of ‘X’ in the above matrix?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 11
CSAT 2014:
29 13 18 Q4: Consider the table given
below in which the numbers
bear certain relationship among
33 X 19 themselves along the rows:
Which one of the following
30 27 3 numbers is the missing number
indicated by X?
(a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 8
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
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
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 5 9 15 21 5 10 15 20 25
A E I O U E J O T Y
Cyclical values of letters: A = 1; also (1 + 26) = 27;
also A = (1 + 26 x 2) = 53
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
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
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
End-Pairs (Opp.-Pairs): Pair of those letters which have the same position
from either ends of the English-alphabet. Sum of the positions of the
two letters is always 27.
Half-Pairs: Pair of those letters which have the same position in the two
halves of the English-alphabet. Difference between the positions of the
two letters is always 13.
Ex. 1: If the letters in the English alphabet are
written continuously in a straight line, then
which letter will be the 100th letter from the
left?
(a) U (b) V (c) W (d) X
Ex. 2: If the letters in the English alphabet are
written continuously in a straight line, then which
letter will be the 1000th letter from the left?
(a) J (b) K (c) L (d) M
Ex. 3: JKMP, TUWZ, EFHK, QRTW, ____
(A) CDFI (B) BCEH (C) DEGJ (D) EFHK
Ex. 4: BCFG, JKNO, RSVW, ____
(A) ZADE (B) HIKL (C) STUX (D) MNPQ
Ex. 5: EVFU, GTHS, _____, KPPO
(A) HSIR (B) IRJP (C) IRJQ (D) JQKP
QUESTIONS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS’ PAPERS
CSAT-2021
6. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letter are written in
opposite order; and the next 4 letters are written in
opposite order and so on; and at the end Y and Z are
interchanged.
Which will be the fourth letter to the right of the 13th
letter?
(a) N (b) T (c) H (d) I
CSAT-2019
7. If every alternative letter of the English alphabet from
B onwards (including B) is written in lower case (small
letters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then
how is the first month of the second half of the year
written?
(a) JuLY (b) jULy (c) jUly (d) jUlY
Type- 1: SAME LETTER CODING:
Ex. 1: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘TEKRAM’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) SERYUB (b) SREUYB (c) SREYBU (d) SREYUB
MARKET BUYERS
TEKRAM
Type- 1: SAME LETTER CODING:
Ex. 2: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘RAMTEK’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) YUBSRE (b) SREYUB (c) SRYEUB (d) YUBSER
MARKET BUYERS
RAMTEK
Type- 1: SAME LETTER CODING:
Ex. 3: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘AMKRTE’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) UBYESR (b) SREYUB (c) UBEYSR (d) SELLER
MARKET BUYERS
AMKRTE
Type- 1: SAME LETTER CODING:
Ex. 4: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘AEKMRT’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) BERSUY (b) SREYUB (c) BESRYU (d) UREBSY
MARKET BUYERS
AEKMRT
Type- 1: SAME LETTER CODING:
Ex. 5: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘AKTMRE’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) UERBYS (b) UESBYR (c) BYRUES (d) BYREUS
MARKET BUYERS
AKTMRE
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 6: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘NBSLFU’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) CWZFST (b) ATXDQR (c) ATXDOR (d) CVZFST
MARKET BUYERS
NBSLFU
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 7: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘NCUOJZ’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) CVZFST (b) ASVAMM (c) ATXDOR (d) CWBIWY
MARKET BUYERS
N CUOJZ
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 8: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘LZQJDS’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) CWZFST (b) ATXDQR (c) ATXDOR (d) CVZFST
MARKET BUYERS
L ZQ JDS
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 9: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘LYOGZN’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) CWBIWY (b) ATXDQR (c) ATXDOR (d) ASVAMM
MARKET BUYERS
L YOGZN
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 10: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘YNISRF’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) CSZCSQ (b) SCCZQS (c) SCCZOS (d) CVZFST
MARKET BUYERS
Y NI SRF
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 11: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘NZIPVG’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) YEBUIH (b) ATXDQR (c) YFBVIH (d) CVZFST
MARKET BUYERS
N Z I PVG
Type- 2: DIFFERENT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 12: If ‘MARKET’ is coded as ‘ZNEXRG’, then how will
‘BUYERS’ be coded?
(a) OHLREF (b) YFBVIH (c) OHBREG (d) YFCVIH
MARKET BUYERS
Z NEXRG
Type-3: DIRECT LETTER CODING:
Ex. 13: In a code language, if STEAL is written as ABCDE,
COMPARE is written as FGHIDJC, then how will SAMPLE be
written, using the same code?
(a) ADHEIC (b) ABCDEF (c) ADHIEC (d) ADIHEC
S TEAL COMPARE
ABCDE FG H I DJC
SAMPLE
Type-4: LETTER TO NUMBER CODING:
Ex. 14: In a code language, if SUGAR is written as 19217118,
then how will SALTY be written, using the same code?
(a) 191122023 (b) 19112225 (c) 191122025 (d) 191222025
S U GA R SALTY
19 21 7 1 18
Type- 4: LETTER TO NUMBER CODING:
Ex. 15: In a code language, if SURE is written as 61, WHEEL is
written as 52, then how will GENUINE be written, using the
same code?
(a) 63 (b) 36 (c) 94 (d) 49
SURE
WHEEL
GENUINE
Type- 4: LETTER TO NUMBER CODING:
Ex. 16: If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on, and PIN = 39,
then CASE = ?
(a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) 29
C A S E
3 + 1 + 19 + 5 = 28
Type-5: NUMBER TO NUMBER CODING:
Ex. 17: If 6 – 5 – 3 = 563, and 9 – 4 – 7 = 497, then
8–6–2 =?
(a) 862 (b) 628 (c) 286 (d) 682
6 – 5 – 3 = 563 9 – 4 – 7 = 497
8–6–2 =
Type-8: SENTENCE CODING:
Ex. 18: In a code language, if ‘Life
is cool’ is written as ‘1 2 3’, ‘cool
Life is cool 123 has feel’ is written as ‘4 5 2’, and
‘Earth has life’ is written as ‘3 6
cool has feel 4 5 2 4’, then what will be the code for
each of the following words?
Earth has life 3 6 4 (i) life
(ii) is
(iii) cool
(iv) has
(v) feel
(vi) earth
QUESTIONS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS’ PAPERS
Q1: In a coded language, 'MATHEMATICS' is written as
'LBSIDNZUHDR' . Using the same code, how will ‘CHEMISTRY’ be
written? CSAT-2021
(a) DIDLHRSSX (b) BIDNHTSSX (c) BIDLHTSSX (d) DGFLIRUQZ
CHEMISTRY MATHEMAT I CS
L B S IDN ZUHDR
CSAT 2020:
Q2: The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26, respectively.
If GHI = 1578 and DEF = 912, then what is ABC equal to?
(a) 492 (b) 468 (c) 262 (d) 246
GHI = 1578
DEF = 912
ABC =
CSAT 2020:
Q3: What is the missing term in the following?
ACPQ : BESU : : MNGI : ______
(a) NPJL (b) NOJM (c) NPIL (d) NPJM
MNGI ACPQ
BESU
CSAT 2018:
Q4: If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, the code for DELHI is
(a) CCIDD (b) CDKGH (c) CCJFG (d) CCIFE
MUM B A I
L S J X V C
D E L H I
CSAT 2018:
Q5: If RAMON is written as 12345 and DINESH as 675849,
then HAMAM will be written as
(a) 92233 (b) 92323 (c) 93322 (d) 93232
RAMONDINESH
1 2 3 4 5675849
HAMAM
CSAT 2016:
Q6: A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as
AENRER. Using the same code, FRACTION can be written as :
(a) CARFTION (b) FRACNOIT (c) NOITCARF (d) CARFNOIT
SYSTEM NEARER
SYSMET AENRER
FRACTION
CSAT 2017:
Q7: In a certain code, '256' means 'red colour chalk', '589'
means 'green colour flower' and '254' means 'white colour
chalk'. The digit in the code that indicates 'white' is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8
2 5 6 red colour chalk
5 8 9 green colour flower
2 5 4 white colour chalk
Ex-1: a __ c b c __ c a __ a b __ b c a __ a b
(A) babcc (B) bcabb (C) abcbc (D) bcabc
a __ c b c __ c a __ a b __ b c a __ a b
Ex-2: __ b __ d a __ __ b d d __ a
(A) bdaba (B) dbabd (C) bbada (D) aabbb
__ b __ d a __ __ b d d __ a
Ex-3: __ s t t __ t t __ t t s __
(A) tsst (B) sstt (C) ttst (D) tsts
__ s t t __ t t __ t t s __
QUESTIONS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS’ PAPERS
CSAT 2021:
Q1: In the series _b_a_ba_b_abab_aab; Fill in the six banks ( _ ) using
one of the following given four choices such that the series follows a
specific order.
(a) bababa (b) baabba (c) bbaabb (d) ababab
_ b _ a _ b a _ b _ a b a b _ a a b
CSAT 2020:
Q2: Consider the following arrangement that has some missing letters. The
missing letters which complete the arrangement are
(a) a, b, c, d (b) a, b, d, e (c) a, c, c, e (d) b, c, d, e
a b a b _ b _ b c b _ d c d c d e d _ d
CSAT 2019:
Q3: Consider the following sequence that follows some arrangement :
c _ a c c a a _ a a _ b c _ b
The letters that appear in the gaps are
(a) abba (b) cbbb (c) bbbb (d) cccc