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IBM Interview Verbal Reasoning Quations & Answers

This document provides examples of verbal reasoning questions and answers from IBM interviews. It includes 20 questions with multiple choice answers. The questions follow various logical patterns and the explanations show the step-by-step workings to determine the missing terms in each sequence. The goal is to understand the relationship between the given terms and deduce the next terms in the pattern.

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IBM Interview Verbal Reasoning Quations & Answers

This document provides examples of verbal reasoning questions and answers from IBM interviews. It includes 20 questions with multiple choice answers. The questions follow various logical patterns and the explanations show the step-by-step workings to determine the missing terms in each sequence. The goal is to understand the relationship between the given terms and deduce the next terms in the pattern.

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admin January20,2014 InterviewQuestions Comments Q)21,25,33,49,81,()
(a)145(Ans)
(b)129
(c)113

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(d)97
Ans:Thepatternis+4,+8,+16,+32,.i.e.+22,
+23,+24+25,.
Missingnumber=81+26=81+64=145.
Q)12,32,72,152,()
(a)312(Ans)
(b)325
(c)515
(d)613
Ans:Thepatternis+20,+40,+80,.
Missingnumber=152+160=312.
Q)3,6,5,20,7,42,9,()
(a)54
(b)60
(c)66
(d)72(Ans)
Ans:Thesequenceisacombinationoftwoseries:
I.3,5,7,9andII.6,20,42,()

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ThepatternfollowedinIIis+14,+22,.
Missingnumber=42+30=72.
Q)1,3,4,8,15,27,()
(a)37
(b)44
(c)50(Ans)
(d)55
Ans:Thesumofanythreeconsecutivetermsoftheseriesgivesthenextterm.
Thus,1+3+4=83+4+8=154+8+15=27andsoon.
Missingnumber=8+15+27=50.
Q)2,15,41,80,()
(a)111
(b)120
(c)121
(d)132(Ans)
Ans:Thepatternis+13,+26,+39,.
Missingnumber=80+52=132.
Q)8,10,14,18,(),34,50,66
(a)24
(b)25
(c)26(Ans)
(d)27
Ans:Thepatternis+2,+4,+4,.+16,+16.
Missingnumber=18+8=26.
Q)1,2,6,24,()
(a)60
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(b)95
(c)120(Ans)
(d)150
Ans:Thepatternisx2,x3,x4,..
Missingnumber=24x5=120.
Q)2,3,8,63,()
(a)1038
(b)1998
(c)3008
(d)3968(Ans)
Ans:Eachtermintheseriesisonelessthanthesquareoftheprecedingterm.
Thus,221=3,321=8,821=63.
Missingterm=(63)21=39691=3968.
Q)95,115.5,138,(),189
(a)154.5
(b)162.5(Ans)
(c)164.5
(d)166.5
Ans:Thepatternis+20.5,+22.5,
Missingterm=138+24.5=162.5
Q)4,10,(),82,244,730
(a)24
(b)28(Ans)
(c)77
(d)218
Ans:Eachnumberintheseriesistheprecedingnumbermultipliedby3andthendecreasedby2.
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Q)4,32,128,()
(a)128
(b)144
(c)192
(d)256(Ans)
Ans:Thepatternisx8,x4,.
Missingterm=128x2=256.
Q)2,5,9,19,37,()
(a)76
(b)75(Ans)
(c)74
(d)72
Ans:Thepatternisx2+1,x21,x2+1,x21,.
Missingnumber=37x2+1=75.
Q)24,60,120,210,()
(a)300
(b)336(Ans)
(c)420
(d)525
Ans:Thepatternis+36,+60,+90,.i.e.
+[6x(6+0)],+[6x(6+4)],+[6x(6+9)],.
Missingnumber=210+[6x(6+15)]=210+126=336.
Q)165,195,255,285,345,()
(a)375
(b)420
(c)436(Ans)
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(d)390
Ans:Eachnumberis15multipliedbyaprimenumber15x11,15x17,15x19,15x23.
Missingterm=15x29=435.
Q)5,17,37,65,(),145
(a)95
(b)97
(c)99
(d)101(Ans)
Ans:Thenumbersare22+1,42+1,62+1,82+1,,122+1.
Missingterm=102+1=101.
Q)9,11,20,31,(),82
(a)41
(b)51(Ans)
(c)60
(d)71
Ans:Eachtermintheseriesisthesumoftheprecedingtwoterms.
Missingnumber=20+31=51.
Q)5,16,49,104,()
(a)115
(b)148
(c)170
(d)181(Ans)
Ans:Thepatternis+11,+33,+55,,i.e.+(11x1),+(11x3),+(11x5),.
Missingnumber=104+(11x7)=181.
Q)34,18,10,6,4,()
(a)0
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(b)1
(c)2
(d)3(Ans)
Ans:Eachtermisdividedby2andthenincreasedby1toobtainthenextterm.
Missingterm=(42)+1=3.
Q)462,420,380,(),306
(a)322
(b)332
(c)342(Ans)
(d)352
Ans:Thepatternis42,40,.
Missingnumber=38038=342.
Q)3,8,22,63,185,()
(a)550(Ans)
(b)310
(c)295
(d)285
Ans:Thepatternisx31,x32,x33,x34,
Missingnumber=(185x3)5=550.
Q)1,2,5,12,27,58,121,()
(a)246
(b)247
(c)248(Ans)
(d)249
Ans:Thepatternisx2+0,x2+1,x2+2,x2+3,x2+4,x2+5,.
Missingnumber=121x2+6=248.
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Q)0.5,0.55,0.65,0.8,()
(a)0.9
(b)0.82
(c)1(Ans)
(d)0.95
Ans:Thepatternis+0.05,0.10+0.15,.
Missingnumber=0.8+0.20=1.
Q)3,8,13,24,41,()
(a)70(Ans)
(b)75
(c)80
(d)85
Ans:Thepatternfollowedis:
nthterm+(n+1)thterm+(n+1)=(n+2)thterm.
Thus,1stterm+2ndterm+2=3rdterm
2ndterm+3rdterm+3=4thtermandsoon.
Missingterm=6thterm=4thterm+5thterm+5
=24+41+5=70.
Q)97,86,73,58,45,()
(a)34(Ans)
(b)54
(c)55
(d)56
Ans:Thepatternis11,13,15,13,.
Missingnumber=4511=34.
Q)17,19,23,29,(),37
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(a)31(Ans)
(b)33
(c)35
(d)36
Ans:Thegivenseriesconsistsofconsecutiveprimenumbersstartingfrom17.Thenextprime
numberafter29is31.
So,themissingnumberis31.
Q)5,6,9,15,(),40
(a)21
(b)25(Ans)
(c)27
(d)33
Ans:Thepatternis+1,+3,+6,.i.e.+1,+(1+2),+(1+2+3),.
Missingnumber=15+(1+2+3+4)=25.
Q)3,12,27,48,75,108,()
(a)147(Ans)
(b)162
(c)183
(d)192
Ans:Thenumbersare3x12,3x22,3x32,3x42,3x52,3x62,
Missingnumber=3x72=3x49=147.
Q)134,245,356,467,()
(a)579
(b)578(Ans)
(c)568
(d)478
Ans:Eachtermisobtainedbyadding111totheprecedingterm.
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Missingnumber=467+111=578.
Q)6,13,28,()
(a)56
(b)57
(c)58
(d)59(Ans)
Ans:Thepatternisx2+1,x2+2,
Missingnumber=28x2+3=59.
Q)563,647,479,815,()
(a)672
(b)386
(c)279
(d)143(Ans)
Ans:Thepatternis+84,168,+336,i.e.+84,(84x2),+(84x22),.
Missingnumber=815(84x23)=815672=143.

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