series completion test shortcuts

in this type of examination some numbers or alphabetical letters are given to you. they
all form a series and change in a certain order. Series has one or more letters or
numbers missing. the candidates are required to observe that specific order in which the
number or letters would suit for the blank space if they continue to change in the same
order. it will be clarified from the following examples but before we go to such examples
here is some notes that you should note down.

series completion test shortcuts

The sum of the first n natural numbers

sum of squares of n natural numbers

The sum of the cubes of the first n natural numbers

The sum of the first n odd natural numbers

(2n-1) = n2

sum of first n even numbers

n(n+1)

these are the basics to crack series completion test if you can remember few of them
you can be able to own 2 or 3 marks in examination.
now i am giving here examples of series completion test kindly solve it for practice.
series completion test | reasoning
in this type of test some numbers and/or alphabetical letters are given. They all form a
series and change in a certain order. Series has one or more letters or numbers missing.
The candidates are required to observe that specific order in which the number or letters
would suit for the blank space if they continue to change in the same order. in simple
words test of completion of series. each questions have different decoded completion
test of series.

it will be clarified from the following examples.

series completion test | reasoning examples

Example 1. which of the alternative figures would correctly fill in the blank space in the
following series of numbers?

6,13,27,55,111, ___

(A) 225 (B) 224

(C) 223 (D)231

(E) 230

Answer with Explanation :- 13 is greater than the double of 6 by 1. similarly 27 is greater

than the double of 13 by 1. 55 is greater than the double of 27 by 1. 111 is greater than
the double of 55 by 1. thus, in blank space there would be 2*111+1= 223

Hence the correct answer is (C).

Example 2. which one of the letter groups given below would replace the question mark
(?) in the letter series?

YCL, MQZ, AEN, ?

(A) OSB (B) PUE
(C) MPX (D) OTC
(E) PVF
Answer with explanation :- Last letter of the firs group is L and the first letter of second
group is M. Here, M is the next letter of L in alphabet. Similarly the last letter of the
second group is Z and the first letter of the third group is A. here A is the next letter of Z
in alphabet. Therefore, the first letter of blank space should be the next letter of N, which
is O. Besides, there is a gap of three letters between the first and second letters of each
group. therefore, second letter of blank space should be fourth letter after O. i.e it should
be S. in given alternatives only (A) is such alternative that has first letter as O and
second as S. Hence (A) is the correct answer.

Relationship or analogy test shortcuts

in this type of test, an effort is made to establish relationship between the two objects. Two objects
related in some way are given and with five alternative answers, the candidates are required to find
out which one of the alternatives bears the same relation with the third object as first and second
objects are related.

analogy is a parallel that is drawn between two different, but adequately similar events,
situations of circumstances.

the following examples will clarify the idea clearly-

Example of Relationship or analogy test shortcuts:-

Flower:Flower Pot: : Player : ?

(A) Captain (B) Ground (C) Team (D) Game

Answer :- (C) obviously a flower pot consists of flowers, in the same way team consists of players, so
correct answer is (C)

got idea?

SOME BASIC TIPS of Relationship or analogy test shortcuts

1) Recognise the kind of the relationship between the pair of words given.

2) Have a glance at the alternatives, for pairs of word with a similar relationship.

3) Eliminate the alternatives that do not appear to be the fittest answer

4) After that, if more than one pair of words seems to be fit, than again see the question pair.

5) Then redefine and interpret the relationship in the question pair.

6) For correct answer always return to the question pair.

7) The parts of speech must be the same in the related words/phrases.

 Direction Sense Test Verbal Reasoning
Direction Sense Test in Verbal Reasoning is the most important part to achieve marks in
any competitive exams, most exams contains atlest 2 to 3 questions of Direction Sense
which in keen area to score, Direction Sense is nothing but just a ascertain the sense of
direction. Candidates are required to use their sense about direction and answer the
given questionscorrectly. The following examples and images will clarify exactly.

Direction Sense Test Tricks Shortcuts Verbal reasoning with Examples

Example 1 : A man Started to walk in West. After moving a distance he turned to his
right. After moving a distance he turned To his right. After moving a little he turned in the
end to his left. Now in which direction was he going?

(A) North

(B) South

(C) East

(D) West

Answer With Explanation : (A) The man started to walk from A towards West and
reached to B after moving a little distance. Then From B he turned to his right (C) From
(C) he turned to his right and reached at (D). at D he turned to his left. So, he Was going
in the north direction. See Below Image for better idea.

Direction Sense Test Tips image

Here is a tricky image to remember which direction would be face goes and went while
solving Direction Sense questions. This image will help you to answer quickly of
anyDirection Sense test. Please note that Direction Sense test shortcuts and tricks are
some how really helpful in aptitude questions also, cause recently some question paper
panel including direction sense in aptitude too.

1. Going 50 m to the south of her house, Radhika turns left and goes another 20 m.
Then, turning to the north, she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house.
In which direction is she walking now?
(1) North-west (2) North
(3) South-east (4) East
Check Answer:

2. A watch reads 4.30 if the minute hand points east, in

what direction does the hour hand point?
(1)North (2)North-west
(3)South-east (4)North-east
Check Answer:

3. One morning after sunrise, Sumesh and Ratheesh were

standing on a lawn with their backs towards each
other. Sumeshs shadow fell exactly towards his left
hand side. Which direction was Ratheesh facing?
(1) East (2) West
(3) North (4) South
Check Answer:

4. Shailesh and Mohan start from a fixed point. Shailesh

moves 3 km. northward, turns right and then covers 4
km. Mohan moves 5 km westwards, turns right and
walks 3 km. The distance between Shailesh and Mohan now is
(1) 10 km (2) 9 km
(3) 8 km (4) 6 km
 (5) 4 km
Check Answer:

5. A man walks 10 km towards north. From there he walks 6 km towards south. Then he
walks 3 km towards east. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his
starting point?
(1)7 km east (2) 5 km west
(3)5 km north-east (4) 7 km west
Check Answer:

Reasoning Odd Man Out Series Tricks With

Questions and Explanations
What Is Odd Man Out Means? a person differing from all other members of a particular
group or set in some way. Odd Man Out Series Tricks With Explanations is so simple,
each Question Has 4 to 5 Options. Candidate Has to Find Shortcut or Answer related to
question. See the example

74, 24, 82, 61, 10, 4 find out the Odd One.

A. 61 B. 24

C. 10 D. 82

Answer is (A) 61. Here is the method, each of the mentioned figures are even only 61 is
Odd.

Now generally Odd Man Out Series Questions Divided in to three main sections like

Alphabets
Numbers
 Words.
Now lets say about Numbers Odd Man Out Questions First
Find Out the Odd Man From below series

331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 362, 284

A. 263 B. 383

C. 331 D. 551

Answer: Option B

Explanation: In each number except 383, the product of first and third digits is the middle one.

Lets Look At on Alphabets Odd Man Out Questions

Find Out the Odd Man Alphabet Pairs

AE GM MQ VZ LP

Ans : GM

Explanation: Gap between GhijklM is 5, where other Alphabets gaps are 3 like AbcdE

here is the shortcut notes for Alphabets Odd Man Out Questions

1. Vowel Compare
2. Alphabetical order of given alphabets
3. Gap between the given alphabets
Following Questions Will Gives You Better Idea.

1: Ram, Sham, Mohan, geeta

Explanation:In this Question, it can be seen the odd would be Seeta on the basis of gender.

2: Car, Jeep, helecopter, Bus.

Explanation:In this Question, the odd object would be airplane, because the rest three move on the road, but the

airplane does not. This is odd on the basis of the elementary feature.

3: 13, 17, 83, 45.

Explanation:In this Question, the odd would be 45, which is not a prime number and the rest of the three are a

prime number.

4: Book, Paper, Pencil and Sharpener.

 Explanation:Here all the items given are stationery items except book, therefore book is the answer.

5: Carrot, Tomato, Ginger, Lemon.

Explanation:Here all the vegetables grow underground except lemon. Therefore lemon is the answer.

Seating Arrangement Verbal Reasoning Tricks

Seating / Sitting arrangement is one of the important part of any competitive exams,
cause it contains 5 Rokda marks for students. Seating / Sitting arrangement shortcuts
and tricks will solved your problems of this logical reasonings chapter.

I believe Questions like seating arrangements are so easy to solve, we only needs to
concentration and shortcut tricks to crack it. lets see the types of seating arrangement
questions. there are main two types of seating arrangement which is generally asked in
bank and competitive exams.

1. row seating arrangements

2. circle seating arrangements
what is the shortcut and tricks of row seating / sitting arrangements
now here is the points to be remember in row seating / sitting arrangements.

find and draw a line of direction. (North, South, East, West)

note down right side and left side in the top of the line which you drawn
Arrange the seats.
see the following Solution of row seating arrangement tricks and shortcuts.
A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a bench. A is sitting next to B, C is sitting next to D, D is
not sitting with E who is on the left end of the bench. C is on the second position from
the right. A is to the right of B and E. A and C are sitting together. In which position A is
sitting ?
now we have platform to put seating arrangements of any questions to be answered.
lets solve this question within a 10 seconds. draw a line and find out who is on the last,
in this question E is the left end of the bench. another placement would of A which is
right of B and E.

this is it. it takes only 10 second to solve any questions of Seating

Arrangement in reasoning.

what is the shortcut and tricks of Circle seating / sitting arrangements?

Draw a circle, thats it. find out who is on right side and who is on left side of. put them all
together and you will find your answer.

Syllogism Logical Reasoning Rules Shortcuts and

Tricks
Syllogism is known as Statements and Logical Conclusions with Logical Arguments.
Syllogism is a part of Deductive Reasoning. A syllogism is a kind of logical argument
that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more
propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.

Statements and Logical Conclusions; What is Syllogism

in examination, the given statements to be true even if they seem to be varience from
commonly known facts. The conclusions related to the given statements can be drawn
by Venn Diagram easily. Venn diagram represents by the circles which shows a group of
thing, persons etc.

Here is Three types of Shortcuts we can use to solve the questions of Syllogism
 Types OF Shortcuts in Syllogism Statements and Logical Conclusions Rules

Venn Diagram

AEIO (analytical Method)

Distribution of terms

in most of the cases and observations, Venn Diagram is one of the easiest method. so
we will continue to discuss on Venn Diagram.

Examples of Venn Diagram.

Now we can Understand Some Snakes are ButterFly

All MUG are TIN

No PIG is DOG

Statements : All plants are trees.

No trees are green.

Conclusions : I. Some plants are green.

II. No plants are green.

1) Only I follows

2) Only II follows

3) Both I and II follow

 4) Either I or II follows

5) Neither I nor II follows

Statements: Some actors are singers. All the singers are dancers.

Conclusions: Some actors are dancers.

No singer is actor.

1. Only (1) conclusion follows

2. Only (2) conclusion follows
3. Either (1) or (2) follows
4. Neither (1) nor (2) follows
5. Both (1) and (2) follow

Here is Brief Examples of syllogism or Statement and logical conclusion. there are
many types of syllogism but we do not have to worry about it as we are going to solve
any syllogism examples.

Nothing is better than God

Peanut butter is better than nothing
Peanut butter is better than God

What is a Definition of Syllogism

Syllogism is known as Statements and Logical Conclusions with Logical Arguments.
Syllogism is a part of Deductive Reasoning. A syllogism is a kind of logical argument
that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more
propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.

Syllogism Tricks, techniques and shortcuts to solve

as i mentioned here about syllogism venn diagram solution with shortcuts now i will
show you another method which can be comfortable if you dont have much time to draw
circles of venn diagrams.

lets say if you are confused on statements and you do not find any answers of syllogism
venn diagram. then remember below techniques.

In all the statement of syllogism questions, first-term is called subject and second is
called predicate.

no matter what the subject is or a predicate is, just remember the first one is a subject
and second one is predicate. see the below examples.
 statement subject predicate

all pigs are ducks pigs ducks

all bjp are congressies bjp congressies

all bowlers are batsman bowlers batsman

all readers are commentators readers commentators

Now see that each statement has 4 variables like i mentioned below.

things subject is/are (not) predicate

all dogs are cats

some readers are not commentators

types of statements in syllogism

Statement type code name

All pigs are ducks Universal Positive UP

Some Pigs are Ducks Particular Positive PP

No Pig is a Duck Universal Negative UN

Some Pigs are not Ducks Particular Negative PN

how to classify which statement is universal or particular?

All, every, any, none, not a single, only Universal

Some, many, a few, quite a few, not many, very little, most of, almost,
Particular
generally, often, frequently

Conversation of statements

Code-Name Conversation

UP Only PP

UN PN or UN

PP Only PP

PN We Can not convert it

UP+UP=UP

UP+UN=UN

UN+(UP/PP)=PN

PP+(UP/UN)= PP OR PN

here is the easy way to understand the upper chart.

All + All = All

All + No = No
All + Some = No Conclusion
Some + All = Some
Some + Some = No Conclusion
Some + No = Some Not
No + No = No Conclusion
No + All = Some not reversed
No + Some = Some not reversed

so how we going to solve this syllogism questions in exams?

Lets solve this question to be understood the trick.

Statement :

All mothers are parents. (UP)

Some women are not mothers. (PN)

Conclusion :
A All mothers are women
B Some mothers are parents
C All parents are mothers
D None of the above

Now you can see ALL + Some have no conclusion so that means our answer would
be (D)
 statement and assumption reasoning tricks &
shortcuts with questions example
first of all what is statement and assumption? statement is sentence that is stated,
andassumption means assumed or to be supposed to take a grant from statement.

statement and assumption includes consists of a statement which can be facts,

discussions, observations, causes and effect, actions etc that followed by assumptions.
lets look on simple example to understand on easy terms about what is statement and
assumption.

Government banks have advertisements like mentioned below

Statement and Assumptions Examples with Questions and Answers
Statement : Double your money in One Year.

Assumptions : I. The Bank is not genuine.

II. People want their money to grow.

Only assumption I is implicit

Only assumption II is implicit
Either I or II is implicit
Neither I nor II is implicit
Both I and II are implicit
so now this is structure of statement and assumption questions which is asked on
competitive, Bank, SSC and IBPS exams. what would be the answer? guess it, bank is
not genuine is not an assumption at all, its a common sense that every banks have their
own propaganda to promote their products. so only assumption II is concluded with
mentioned statement.
Ans is Only assumption II is implicit

another example of statement and assumption

 Statement : Picture will start at 6 pm. You are requested to take your Tickets before 6
pm.

Assumptions :

I) Picture will start as scheduled.

II) If an Customer is not in his seat before 6 pm, the Picture will not start.

Ans is Only assumption I is implicit

Statement : India won the toss and choose to the bat first against Pakistan

Assumption : (I) Moisture Might Be fallen at night

(II) India is Playing with no spinners

Ans is Both I and II are implicit

Statement : Ravindra Jadeja Scores 96runs in 56 balls against Pakistan at Dhaka

Assumption : (I) Ravindra Jadeja is From Gujarat

(II) Ravindra Jadeja Have Strong muscles

Ans is Neither I nor II is implicit

Tips & Tricks For statement and assumption reasoning shortcuts

Always find whether an assumption is implicit or not, by Concerntrating on

statement. Think from the perspective of the subject that saying the line in the
statement.
Always be careful of the extreme words used in the sentence, such as, most, every,
only, all, best, definitely etc. the statement are supposed to be read carefully to pick
the right assumption.
 Seating Arrangement Verbal Reasoning Tricks
Seating / Sitting arrangement is one of the important part of any competitive exams,
cause it contains 5 Rokda marks for students. Seating / Sitting arrangement shortcuts
and tricks will solved your problems of this logical reasonings chapter.

I believe Questions like seating arrangements are so easy to solve, we only needs to
concentration and shortcut tricks to crack it. lets see the types of seating arrangement
questions. there are main two types of seating arrangement which is generally asked in
bank and competitive exams.

1. row seating arrangements

2. circle seating arrangements
what is the shortcut and tricks of row seating / sitting arrangements
now here is the points to be remember in row seating / sitting arrangements.

find and draw a line of direction. (North, South, East, West)

note down right side and left side in the top of the line which you drawn
Arrange the seats.
see the following Solution of row seating arrangement tricks and shortcuts.

A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a bench. A is sitting next to B, C is sitting next to D, D is

not sitting with E who is on the left end of the bench. C is on the second position from
the right. A is to the right of B and E. A and C are sitting together. In which position A is
sitting ?
now we have platform to put seating arrangements of any questions to be answered.
lets solve this question within a 10 seconds. draw a line and find out who is on the last,
in this question E is the left end of the bench. another placement would of A which is
right of B and E.
 this is it. it takes only 10 second to solve any questions of Seating
Arrangement in reasoning.

what is the shortcut and tricks of Circle seating / sitting arrangements?

Draw a circle, thats it. find out who is on right side and who is on left side of. put them all
together and you will find your answer.

Number Ranking Test in Reasoning is one the segment that asked on each and every
exams including IBPS, SSC, SBI and Bank PO Examination. Ranking Test also defines
the abilities of students for fast maths analysis and calculation. Believe it, Ranking test is
easy to solve because there is complications ever. it just based on core maths
methodology but many students found difficult to solve. here is the Number Ranking
Tricks and Shortcuts to crack it fast.

Ranking Test Shortcuts & Tricks Reasoning

note down the following five tips to crack or solve any Ranking test questions in
reasoning.
1. Rank of a person from lower = total persons in row rank of that person from upper +
1
2. Rank of a person from right = total persons in row rank of that person from left + 1
3. Rank of a person from upper = total persons in row rank of that person from lower +
1
4. Rank of a person from left = total persons in row rank of that person from right + 1
5. total person in row = rank of a person from upper / left + rank of a person from lower /
right 1
Examples :
1) Priya ranks sixteenth from the top and forty-ninth from the bottom in a class. How
many students are there in the class?
A: 65
B: 64
C: 63
D: 66
Explanation :
we have to find total persons in class right? so we will use the fifth rule.
rank the person from upper level which is 16 + rank of a person from lower level which is
49 = 65 1 = 64
Ans (B) 64
2) Pradeep ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty ninth from the bottom among those
who passed an examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition and five
failed in it. How many boys were there in the class?
A: 33
B: 35
C: 45
D: 55
Explanation :
16 from top + 29 from bottom + 6 not participated + 5 failed 1 = 55