MAT Bittu Mishra

Class 10 9593751369

NTSE STAGE 1
(Conducted by West Bengal Board)

MAT- 100 Questions in 120 minutes

SAT- 100 Questions from 120 minutes

Cut Off- Around 150

Important Topics :

1) 15-20 Questions from Series Completion.

2) 15-20 Questions from Inserting the missing characters.

3) 15-20 Questions from Analogy.

4) 15-20 Questions from Classification.

5) 10-15 Questions from Quantitative Section (Speed, Time Distance, Percentage, Profit &
loss, Number system, etc).

6) Only 6-8 Questions from other reasoning sections like Direction sense test, Calendar,
Clock, Venn Diagram, etc.

Note : This does not means other topics do not have importance. One have to practice
each and every topic as all of them have more or less equal share in NTSE STAGE 2
(conducted by CBSE).

Materials Required:

1) FIITJEE COMPENDIUM

2) QUIZ or Practice Papers provided by your Faculty.

3) Phase Test Papers

4) AIOTS papers
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PHASE TEST V

Syllabus:

1) Series Completion

2) Inserting the missing characters

3) Blood Relation

4) Averages

5) Speed, Distance and Time

6) Arithmetic Reasoning
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Series Completion

This chapter consists of questions in which series of number or alphabetical letters or

combinations of both are given, which are generally called the terms of the series. These
terms follow a certain pattern throughout the series. The candidate is required to study the
given series, identify the pattern followed in the series and either complete the given series
with the most suitable alternative or find the wrong term in the series.

Types of Series:

1) Number Series
a) Missing Number Series.
e.g. Find the number in the blank of the series : 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, ___

b) Wrong Pattern Series

e.g. Find out the wrong term in the series: 6, 10, 27, 105, 515, 3084

2) Alphabet Series
 Continuous Pattern Series
e.g.1) Find out the missing alphabet in the series : C, F, I, __, O, R
e.g. 2) Complete from the given set of alternatives : _stt_tt_tts_

3) Alphanumeric Series
e.g. Find the next term in the alpha-numeric series: Z1A, X2D, V6G, T21J, R88M, P445P, ?
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Tips and Tricks to solve Series Questions :

 Learn the Squares of all the natural numbers from 1 to 25.

 Learn the Cubes of all the natural numbers from 1 to 15.

 Series based on Prime Numbers.

 Check for the sequence by analyzing the series by checking the difference, by
dividing, by checking multiples etc. between the consecutive terms.

 Triangular pattern series or difference of difference series.

 Remember the EJOTY, VQLGB and CFILORUX rule for alphabet and alphanumeric
series.

Note: There are 25 Prime Numbers between 1 to 100 and 46 prime Numbers between 1 to
200.

Between 1 to 50: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47.
Between 51-100: 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97.
Between 100-200: 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167,
173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199.

Common types of series :

 Perfect Square Series, Perfect Cube Series.

 Mixed Number Series.
 Prime Series, Alternate Primes Series.
 Every third number can be the sum of the preceding two numbers.
 Every third number can be the product of the preceding two numbers.
 Every succeeding term is got by multiplying the previous term by a constant number
or numbers which follow a special pattern.
 Triangular Pattern Series.
 Arithmetic Progression (A.P). Remember Tn= {a+ (n-1)d}
 Geometric Progression (G.P). Remember Tn = arn-1
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SET 1
Direction (1-15): What value should come at the place of question mark in the following number
series?

1) 789, 823, 861, 907, 969, 1063, ?

(A) 1195 (B) 1277 (C) 1221 (D) 1313

2) 75000, 3000, 150, ?, 1, 0.2

(A) 15 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 25

3) 672, 348, 184, 100, 56, ?

(A) 28 (B) 36 (C) 32 (D) 44

4) 273, ?, 281, 293, 313, 343

(A) 275 (B) 278 (C) 344 (D) 284

5) 8748, 2916, 972, 324, ?, 36

(A) 184 (B) 206 (C) 108 (D) 142

6) 72, 37, 38, 58, 117, 293.5, ?

(A) 905.75 (B) 827.5 (C) 662.25 (D) 881.5

7) 582, 700, 827, 979, ?, 1462

(A) 1218 (B) 1154 (C) 1180 (D) 1236

8) 208, 104, 156, 390, ?, 6142.5

(A) 1450 (B) 2175 (C) 1365 (D) 2890

9) 2486, 2365, 2806, 1845, 3526, ?

(A) 925 (B) 845 (C) 1025 (D) 625

10) 36, 39, 51, ?, 126, 201

(A) 72 (B) 87 (C) 95 (D) 78

11) 113, 56, 57, 84, 170, ?

(A) 325.5 (B) 387 (C) 422.5 (D) 516

12) 1172, 1177, 1202, 1327, ?

(A) 1564 (B) 1952 (C) 2358 (D) 2696

13) 8, 128, 648, ?, 5000, 10368

(A) 2048 (B) 2356 (C) 3574 (D) 3680

14) 224, 113, 121, 269, 1140, ?

(A) 9245 (B) 8170 (C) 7265 (D) 9540

15) 52, 100, 150, 203, 261, 326, ?

(A) 510 (B) 625 (C) 402 (D) 374
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SOLUTION for SET 1

1) (C) Difference of difference is ×2.

2) (B) ÷ 25, ÷ 20, ÷ 15, ÷ 10, ÷ 5

3) (C) ÷2+12, ÷2+10, ÷2+8, ÷2+6, ÷2+4

4) (A) Difference of difference is 4, 6, 8, 10

5) (C) ÷3, ÷3, ÷3

6) (D) ×0.5+1, ×1+1, ×1.5+1, ×2+1 and so on.

7) (C) Difference of difference is 32, 52, 72, 92

8) (C) ×0.5, ×1.5, ×2.5, ×3.5, ×4.5

9) (A) -112, +212, -312, +412, -512 and so on.

10) (D) Difference is 12×3, 22×3, 32×3, 42×3 and so on.

11) (C) ×0.5-0.5, ×1+1, ×1.5-1.5, ×2+2, ×2.5-2.5

12) (B) +51, +52, +53, +54

13) (A) 1×23, 2×43, 3×63, 4×83, 5×103, 6×123

14) (A) ×0.5+13, ×1+23, ×2+33, ×4+43, ×8+53

15) (C) Difference of difference is of prime numbers that starts with 2.

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SET 2
Direction (1-15): What value should come at the place of question mark in the following number
series?

1) 11, 19, 65, 259, 1161, ?

(A) 3081 (B) 6021 (C) 4421 (D) 5041

2) 8, 50, 295, ?, 5881, 17641

(A) 1251 (B) 1471 (C) 1081 (D) 1391

3) 10, 15, 35, 82.5, ?, 562.5

(A) 215 (B) 210 (C) 205 (D) 220

4) 1000, 501, 170, 47.5, ?

(A) 14.5 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 16.5

5) 10, 11, 19, 46, ?, 235

(A) 200 (B) 110 (C) 105 (D) 64

6) 1290, 645, 430, ?, 258, 215

(A) 322.5 (B) 356 (C) 334 (D) 342.5

7) 218, 270, 333, 409, 500, ?

(A) 712 (B) 686 (C) 730 (D) 608

8) 52, 274, 404, 472, 502, ?

(A) 536 (B) 512 (C) 554 (D) 580

9) 11, 22, 66, ?, 2310, 25410

(A) 360 (B) 420 (C) 330 (D) 450

10) 126, 64, 72, 171, ?, 6109

(A) 652 (B) 576 (C) 924 (D) 748

11) 355, 382, 318, 443, ?, 570

(A) 278 (B) 312 (C) 356 (D) 227

12) 56, 28, 42, 105, ?, 1653.75

(A) 367.5 (B) 255.5 (C) 412.25 (D) 433.75

13) 12, 25, 84, 361, ?, 11205

(A) 1568 (B) 1672 (C) 1854 (D) 1744

14) 150, 934, 258, 834, 350, ?

(A) 734 (B) 750 (C) 776 (D) 712

15) 112, 168, 226, 290, 366, ?

(A) 546 (B) 438 (C) 570 (D) 462
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SOLUTION for SET 2

1) (B) ×1+23, ×2+33, ×3+43, ×4+53 and so on.

2) (B) ×7–6, ×6-5, ×5-4, ×4-3, ×3-2 and so on.

3) (C) ×0.5+10, ×1+20, ×1.5+30, ×2+40, ×2.5+50.

4) (D) ÷2+1, ÷3+3, ÷4+5, ÷5+7.

5) (B) +13, +23, +33, +43, +53

6) (A) ÷1/2, ÷2/3, ÷3/4, ÷4/5, ÷5/6

7) (D) Difference of difference is 11, 13, 15, 17

8) (B) +63+6, +53+5, +43+4 and so on

9) (C) ×2, ×3, ×5, ×7, ×11

10) (D) ×0.5+13, ×1+ 23, ×2+33, ×4+43, ×8+53

11) (D) The difference is +33, -43, +53, -63 and so on

12) (A) ×1/2, ×3/2, × 5/2, ×7/2, ×9/2

13) (C) ×2+12, ×3+32, ×4+52, ×5+72, ×6+92

14) (B) +282, -262, +242, -222, +202

15) (D) Difference of difference is (1×2), (2×3), (3×4), (4×5), and so on.