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Pattern Completion — Non-Verbal Reasoning Questions & Practice

Practise 201 Pattern Completion questions from Non-Verbal Reasoning for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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1. A 3x3 grid contains the numbers 2, 4, 6 in the first row, 8, 10, 12 in the second row, and 14, 16, ? in the third row, following a pattern of adding 2 to each successive number left to right and row by row. What is the missing number?

  1. A18
  2. B20
  3. C16
  4. D22
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Answer: A

The sequence adds 2 at each step across the entire grid (read left to right, top to bottom): 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18.

2. A grid shows: 1, 4, 9 in the first row and 16, 25, ? in the second row, following the pattern of perfect squares (1^2, 2^2, 3^2, 4^2, 5^2, 6^2). What is the missing number?

  1. A36
  2. B30
  3. C32
  4. D49
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Answer: A

The pattern follows perfect squares: 1,4,9,16,25,36 (i.e., 1^2 through 6^2).

3. A 2x2 grid has 3 in the top-left, 6 in the top-right, 9 in the bottom-left, and a missing number in the bottom-right. If each row's numbers multiply to give a constant column pattern where the bottom-right equals (top-right x bottom-left)/top-left, what is the missing number?

  1. A18
  2. B15
  3. C12
  4. D20
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Answer: A

Using the relationship (top-right x bottom-left)/top-left = (6x9)/3=54/3=18.

4. A grid shows the numbers 5, 10, 15 in the first row and 20, 25, ? in the second row, with each number increasing by 5. What is the missing number?

  1. A30
  2. B28
  3. C32
  4. D35
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Answer: A

The pattern adds 5 at each step: 5,10,15,20,25,30.

5. A grid pattern shows numbers doubling as you move from left to right in each row: 3, 6, 12, ?. What comes next?

  1. A24
  2. B18
  3. C20
  4. D22
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Answer: A

Each number doubles the previous one: 3, 6, 12, 24.

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