NUMS — Medical & Dental Entry Test
Take the NUMS Logical Reasoning — Arrangements, Sequences and Patterns (Set 5): 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. What comes next in the series: 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, ?
Answer: C. 33
Explanation: The differences double each time: 1, 2, 4, 8, so the next difference is 16 and 17 + 16 = 33.
Q2. Complete the series: 3, 6, 18, 72, 360, ?
Answer: A. 2160
Explanation: Each term is multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5 in turn, so the next multiplier is 6: 360 × 6 = 2160.
Q3. Find the missing term: 2, 5, 14, 41, 122, ?
Answer: A. 365
Explanation: Each term is three times the previous one minus 1: 122 × 3 - 1 = 365.
Q4. Which number replaces the question mark: 6, 24, 60, 120, 210, ?
Answer: B. 336
Explanation: The terms are n³ - n for n = 2, 3, 4, ...; for n = 7 this gives 343 - 7 = 336.
Q5. Next term in the series: 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, ?
Answer: A. 29
Explanation: Each term is the sum of the two terms before it: 11 + 18 = 29.
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Q6. What is the next number in the series: 1, 4, 10, 22, 46, ?
Q7. Find the next letter in the series: B, C, E, H, L, Q, ?
Q8. Find the next group in the series: AZ, CX, FU, JQ, ?
Q9. Find the next group in the series: BDF, CEG, DFH, ?
Q10. In a certain code, BRAIN is written as OJBSC. How is HEART written in that code?
Q11. In a certain code A = 2, B = 4, C = 6 and so on, each letter having double its alphabet position. What is the total value of the letters in the word FACE?
Q12. In a certain code, FLOWER is written as GNRAJX. How is PLANET written in that code?
Q13. Find the odd one out: Femur, Tibia, Humerus, Biceps
Q14. Find the odd pair: CF, HK, MP, RV
Q15. Find the odd one out: 121, 144, 169, 200
Q16. CAT : DBU :: DOG : ?
Q17. Glucometer is to blood sugar as sphygmomanometer is to what?
Q18. Five people K, L, M, N and O sit in a row facing north. K and L have exactly one person between them, and L is to the left of K. M sits immediately to the left of N. O sits somewhere to the right of M. N is not at the extreme right end. Who sits in the middle?
Q19. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F stand in a line facing north. A and B are next to each other. C stands two places to the right of D. E is to the left of A. F is to the left of C. B is to the left of D. E is at one of the first two places from the left end. Who stands second from the right end?
Q20. Eight friends A to H sit around a round table facing the centre. D sits third to the left of B. D sits directly opposite C. A sits second to the left of E. H sits second to the left of A. G sits second to the left of C. Who sits immediately to the right of C?
Q21. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F sit around a circular table facing the centre. A and B are neighbours. C sits opposite A. D sits immediately to the left of B. E sits second to the left of C. Who sits opposite B?
Q22. Five lectures — Anatomy (A), Biochemistry (B), Cytology (C), Dermatology (D) and Endocrinology (E) — are held on five different days from Monday to Friday. Dermatology is held before Biochemistry. Anatomy is held the day after Dermatology. Cytology is held after Biochemistry. Endocrinology is not on Monday or Friday. Which lecture is on Friday?
Q23. At what time between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock do the hands of a clock coincide?
Q24. A clock shows 4:25 when viewed directly. What time would its mirror image show?
Q25. Today is Tuesday. What day of the week will it be after 100 days?
Q26. The day before the day before yesterday was a Saturday. What day is tomorrow?
Q27. If the letters of the word MEDICAL are arranged in alphabetical order, which letter will be third from the left?
Q28. Arrange the stages of a plant's life in a logical order: 1. Fruit 2. Seed 3. Flower 4. Plant 5. Sapling
Q29. A square has both of its diagonals drawn. How many triangles can be counted in the figure?
Q30. A rectangle is divided by lines into 2 rows and 3 columns of equal small rectangles. How many rectangles of all sizes can be counted?