A number of events, objects, or people of a similar or related kind coming one after another constitute a series.
There is a pattern or relationship between any two successive terms of a series that determines the terms that follow. Your task will be to ascertain the logical relation between the terms of a given series in the question and calculate the answer accordingly.
Over the years, CLAT exams have featured three broad categories of series, viz., numerical series, alphabetical series and word series.
Before we begin with the illustrations, let us brush up on some basic formulae and series that can prove helpful in solving number series. Series you must know:
Odd/ Even
(i) Series of odd numbers:1,3,5,7,….
(ii) Series of even numbers: 2,4,6,8,…
(i) Series of increasing numbers
(ii) Series of decreasing numbers
A sequence of the form → a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, a + 4d, … a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, … upto n terms refers to an arithmetic progression. The n-th term is [a + (n − 1)d].
Where, a: first term ; d: common difference ; n: number of terms.
For example: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17… forms an AP with a = 1, d = 4.
A geometric progression is a series where each term is multiplied successively by a number in order to obtain the next term. The quotient of two consequtive terms is always the same and it is known as the common ratio (r).
For example: 2, 6, 18, 54,… . In this series, a = 2, r = 3.
The series is of the form: a, ar, ar2, ar3,… and so on.
Prime numbers are those numbers which have only two divisors, 1 and the number itself.
You are advised to go through the list of prime numbers from 1 to 100.
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and so on.
It is a series of numbers in which each number ( Fibonacci number ) is the sum of the two preceding numbers. The simplest is the series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc.
Example 1: Examine the following numbers and identify the next number:
45, 43, 40, 36, 31, 25, ….
(a) 23
(b) 29
(c) 17
(d) 18
Correct Answer is Option (d)
In the above series, numbers starting from 2 are being successively subtracted.
45 - 2 = 43, 43 - 3 = 40, 40 - 4 = 36, 36 - 5 =31, 31 - 6 = 25, 25 - 7= 18.
Example 3: POQ, SRT, VUW,…
(a) XYZ
(b) XZY
(c) YZX
(d) YXZ
Correct Answer is Option (d)
In all the terms of the series, the first two alphabets have been interchanged.
The alphabet O comes before P but it has been put in second place.
Similarly, X comes before Y but should be put in the second place.
Hence, the answer will be YXZ.
What is the next alphabet in this sequence?
Example 5: ‘Gym, hymn, lynx, pygmy, rhythm’
Which of the following words does not belong to the above set?
(a) Myrrh
(b) Mythic
(c) Flyby
(d) Syzygy
Correct Answer is Option (d)
The words given in the series have either 1 or 2 ys’. The word ‘syzygy’ has 3 ys.
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