National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Sample Paper : Telangana State MAT
Directions Question (1 to 5):
In the Number series given below, one Number is missing. Each series is followed by five alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). One of them is the right answer. Identify and indicate it as per the “Instructions”.
1. 5, 10, 17, 26, ….., 50
(1) 34
(2) 31
(3) 37
(4) 41
(5) 43
2. 2, 6,12, 20, 30, 42, 56 ,…..
(1) 63
(2) 67
(3) 69
(4) 72
(5) 74
3. 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64,…..
(1) 56
(2) 46
(3) 58
(4) 48
(5) 72
4. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24,…..
(1) 35
(2) 37
(3) 40
(4) 39
(5) 38
5. 12, 26, 54, 110,……
(1) 222
(2) 224
(3) 220
(4) 228
(5) 226
Questions (6 to 10) are based upon letter analogy. There are two pairs of letter combination in each question. The first (left hand side) pair has some relationship between’ its members. In the second pair, one member is missing. Find this out from answers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) such that this pair has similar relationship as the first pair. Indicate your answer as per the “Instructions”.
6. LKJ : MNO :: DCB :?
(1) FEG
(2) EGF
(3) FGH
(4) EFG
(5) FGE
7. ADGJ : BEHK :: KNQT :?
(1) LOPS
(2) LMRU
(3) LORU
(4) LMPS
(5) LNQT
8. HJLN : PRTV :: BDFH :?
(1) JKOR
(2) JMOR
(3) JLNP
(4) JMNP
(5) JKOP
9. QSUW : XZBD :: BDFH :?
(1) IMOK
(2) IMKO
(3) IKMO
(4) HKMO
(5) JKMO
10. DRIVEN : NEVIRD :: BEGUM :?
(1) EBGMU
(2) MUGEB
(3) MEUBG
(4) UGMEB
(5) EBGUM
Directions: Questions (11 to 15) : In the following questions, letters/letter groups are arranged in a particular order with some underlying criterion. Study the order and choose the answer from the alternatives to fill the gaps.
11. YVP, WTN, URL,……
(1) TQL
(2) SRJ
(3) SPJ
(4) TRJ
(5) TPJ
12. QPO, NML, KJI, HGF,……
(1) ECD
(2) CEG
(3) CDE
(4) CEF
(5) EDC
13. AB, DEF, HIJK,……., STUVWX
(1) MNOPQ
(2) LMNOP
(3) LMNO
(4) MNOP
(5) QRSTU
14. GTB, CYV, YDP, ….QND
(1) DIV
(2) UIJ
(3) DDV
(4) UVV
(5) VJK
15. KJAM, GGWJ, …., YAOD, UXKA
(1) CDUI
(2) DFTC
(3) CDTF
(4) CDSG
(5) DEVG
