NUMS — Medical & Dental Entry Test
Take the NUMS Logical Reasoning — Arrangements, Sequences and Patterns (Set 2): 30 multiple-choice questions (40 minutes) with instant scoring and a full…
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The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.
Q1. Find the next number in the series: 7, 10, 16, 25, 37, ?
Answer: D. 52
Explanation: The differences are 3, 6, 9, 12, so the next difference is 15: 37 + 15 = 52.
Q2. Find the next number in the series: 2, 5, 14, 41, ?
Answer: C. 122
Explanation: Each term is three times the previous term minus 1: 41 × 3 − 1 = 122.
Q3. Find the next number in the series: 0, 7, 26, 63, ?
Answer: C. 124
Explanation: The terms are n³ − 1 for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, so the next is 5³ − 1 = 124.
Q4. Find the next number in the series: 3, 4, 8, 17, 33, ?
Answer: B. 58
Explanation: The differences are 1, 4, 9, 16 (perfect squares), so add 25: 33 + 25 = 58.
Q5. Find the next number in the series: 120, 60, 20, 5, ?
Answer: B. 1
Explanation: The terms are divided by 2, 3, 4 and then 5: 5 ÷ 5 = 1.
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Q6. Find the next number in the series: 1, 10, 3, 20, 5, 30, ?
Q7. Which number is wrong in the series: 4, 8, 16, 30, 64?
Q8. Which letter should come next in the series W, T, Q, N, ?
Q9. Find the next letter in the series: A, B, D, G, K, ?
Q10. Find the next term in the series: Z1, X3, V5, ?
Q11. In a certain code, KIDNEY is written as MKFPGA. How is HEART written in that code?
Q12. If each letter is coded by its position counted from the end of the alphabet (Z = 1, Y = 2, …, A = 26), what is the code for BONE?
Q13. In a certain code, 'cell blood red' is written 'ka mo ti', 'blood sugar test' is written 'mo pa zu', and 'red test tube' is written 'ti zu ro'. What is the code for 'cell'?
Q14. If FACE is coded as 6135, how is BEAD coded?
Q15. Complete the analogy: 7 : 50 :: 9 : ?
Q16. Complete the analogy: ACE : FHJ :: KMO : ?
Q17. Which number is the odd one out? 27, 64, 144, 216
Q18. Which word is the odd one out? Femur, Tibia, Radius, Aorta
Q19. Which letter group is the odd one out? ACE, GIK, MOQ, RTW
Q20. Six students A, B, C, D, E and F sit in a row facing north. D sits at one end of the row and C sits next to D. E is third from the left end. B is second to the right of A. F sits immediately to the right of A. Who sits at the extreme right end?
Q21. Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U sit around a round table facing the centre, equally spaced. P sits opposite S. Q sits immediately to the left of P. T sits opposite Q. R does not sit next to S. Who sits immediately to the right of S?
Q22. J, K, L, M and N live on the five floors of a building, one on each floor (floor 1 is the lowest). L lives on floor 2. K lives immediately above M. J does not live on floor 1. N lives on a lower floor than J. J does not live on a floor next to K's. Who lives on the top floor?
Q23. Five tests (Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology and Surgery) are held from Monday to Friday, one per day. Surgery is on Friday. Pathology is on the day immediately after Physiology. Microbiology is earlier in the week than Physiology. Pharmacology is later in the week than Pathology. Which test is on Wednesday?
Q24. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 7:30?
Q25. How many times do the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock point in exactly the same direction in 12 hours?
Q26. A clock shows 3:40. What time does its mirror image (mirror placed vertically beside the clock) appear to show?
Q27. If 1 January of a non-leap year is a Wednesday, on which day of the week does 31 December of the same year fall?
Q28. In a 3 × 3 grid, the third number in each row is obtained from the first two by the same rule. Row 1: 2, 3, 6. Row 2: 4, 5, 20. Row 3: 3, ?, 21. What is the missing number?
Q29. A large square is divided into a 3 × 3 grid of equal small squares. How many squares of all sizes are there in the figure?
Q30. Which word comes third when the following are arranged in dictionary order? Plasma, Platelet, Placenta, Plasmid