Verbal Reasoning - Series Completion - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Series Completion - Section 3 (Q.No. 25)
Directions to Solve

In this type of questions, one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term.


25.
11, 5, 20, 12, 40, 26, 74, 54
5
20
40
26
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The given sequence is a combination of two series :

I. 11, 20, 40, 74 and II. 5, 12, 26, 54

The correct pattern in I is + 9, + 18, + 36,.....

So, 40 is wrong and must be replaced by (20 + 18) i.e. 38.

Discussion:
2 comments Page 1 of 1.

Sonu said:   8 years ago
How it is 18 ?

Buddha dev rajbongshi said:   5 months ago
2,3,4 here +1.
4,6,8 here +2.
9,12,16 here +3
So, the answer should be 15.

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