UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT) | Sequence And Series Question 1 | Basic Numeracy

On January 1st, 2023, a person saved ₹1. On January 2nd, 2023, he saved ₹2 more than that on the previous day. On January 3rd, 2023, he saved ₹2 more than that on the previous day and so on. At the end of which date was his total savings a perfect square as well a perfect cube?

7th January, 2023

8th January, 2023

9th January, 2023

Not possible

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

What is the sum of the first 28 terms in the following sequence?

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, ...

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

What will come in place of * in the sequence 3, 14, 39, 84, *, 258?

150

155

160

176

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

40 children are standing in a circle and one of them (say child-1) has a ring. The ring is passed clockwise. Child-1 passes on to child-2, child-2 passes on to child-4, child-4 passes on to child-7 and so on. After how many such changes (including child-1) will the ring be in the hands of child-1 again?

Questions Asked from Marks 2.5

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