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20, 19, 17, (...) , 10, 5

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Pattern in the series is -1, -2, .., .. , -5

So next term will be 17 - 3 = 14

1. Complete the series, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25,....

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Series Pattern is +3, +5, +7, +9.

So next number = 25+11 = 36

2. Complete the series 2,2,5, 13,28,....

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
\text{Pattern is }\\
+1^2-1, +2^2-1, +3^2-1,+4^2-1 \\
5^2-1 = 28 + 24 \\
= 52
\end{aligned}

3. 2,15,41,80, ? . Complete the series.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Pattern is +13,+(13*2), +(13*3)
Next will be +(13*4) = 80+52 = 132

4. Which fraction will come next, \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{2}, \frac{3}{4}, \frac{5}{8}, \frac{7}{16}, ? \end{aligned}

\begin{aligned} \frac{11}{32} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{9}{28} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{9}{30} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{9}{32} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Numerators of the fractions in the given sequence are getting increased by 2, i.e. 1+2,3+2,5+2, so next will be 7+2 = 9

Denominators of the fractions in the series is getting doubled, 2*2 = 4, 4*2 = 8, 8*2 = 16, no next will be 16*2 = 32

So resulting fraction will be
\begin{aligned}
\frac{9}{32}
\end{aligned}

5. 5,9,17,29,45, ?

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In this series the pattern is +4, +8, +12, +16, so next will be +20

Term which will replace the question mark in this series will be 45+20 = 65