AON Inductive Reasoning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What comes next in the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25?
- 30
- 36 (Correct answer)
- 32
- 35
Correct answer: 36
These are perfect squares (1², 2², 3², 4², 5²), so the next term is 6²=36.
Question 2: Which number continues the pattern: 1, 8, 27, 64?
- 100
- 125 (Correct answer)
- 81
- 144
Correct answer: 125
These are perfect cubes (1³, 2³, 3³, 4³), so the next term is 5³=125.
Question 3: In the sequence of letters A, D, G, J, M, which letter comes next?
- N
- O
- P (Correct answer)
- Q
Correct answer: P
Each letter advances 3 positions in the alphabet (A+3=D, D+3=G, G+3=J, J+3=M, M+3=P).
Question 4: The pattern shows: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12. What is the next number?
- 14
- 16
- 17 (Correct answer)
- 18
Correct answer: 17
The differences between consecutive terms are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (increasing by 1), so the next term is 12+5=17.
Question 5: In the matrix Row 1=(2,4,8) and Row 2=(3,9,27), following the same rule, what is the missing third value in Row 3 starting with 4 and 16?
- 48
- 64 (Correct answer)
- 32
- 56
Correct answer: 64
Each row follows consecutive powers of the first element (2¹,2²,2³; 3¹,3²,3³; so Row 3 is 4¹,4²,4³=64).
Question 6: In the series 100, 50, 25, 12.5, what is the next number?
- 5
- 6
- 6.25 (Correct answer)
- 7.5
Correct answer: 6.25
Each term is divided by 2 (halved), so 12.5÷2=6.25.
Question 7: Which letter group does NOT follow the same skip-one pattern as ACE, BDF, CEG, DFH?
- ACE
- BDF
- CEG
- EGJ (Correct answer)
Correct answer: EGJ
Each group skips one letter between elements, so after E and G the next should be I, not J — the correct group is EGI.
AON Inductive Reasoning 2
What comes next in the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25?