UGC NET Series Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 25 previous-year questions on Series from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 23 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Series
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Number series | 11 |
| Letter series | 4 |
| Alphanumeric series | 2 |
| Letter-cum-number series | 1 |
| Interleaved number series | 1 |
| Odd term in a series | 1 |
| Multiplicative series | 1 |
| Alternating difference series | 1 |
| Digit-reversal pairs | 1 |
| Fractional series | 1 |
| Number series with prime differences | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Series appears in 23 of 87 papers (26%), which JRFSmart rates as medium frequency.
1 question in this topic has been verified as repeated in more than one paper.
Sample previous-year questions
Find the number that can replace question mark (?) in the series given below: 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, 48, ?
Complete the following series: 582, 581, 585, 576, 592, 567, _______
The next term in the following series is : CMO, FPR, ISU, __?__
Complete the following series : N7V, K9T, H12R, __?__, B21N
Complete the series: I2Z, K4X, M7V, O11T, ______, S22P
Find the missing term in the series below: 2, 6, 12, 20, ?, 42
Find the missing term in the series given below : 26, 62, 78, 87, 35, 53, ?, 47
Find the missing term in the series give as: 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, ?
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