CUET PG Reasoning Series and Coding Handwritten Notes, free to download as a 20-page PDF. The topic is worth about 6 to 10 marks and takes roughly one day to learn, so treat it as a single focused sitting.
The notes are scans of a real notebook: short lines, boxed rules, and a margin note wherever something is easy to get wrong.
CUET PG General Paper Structure
COQP11 carries 75 bilingual questions across five official sections. Unit 5 lists eighteen reasoning sub-topics, and these notes take the pattern-and-relationship half.
| Unit | Official section |
|---|---|
| 1 | English Comprehension |
| 2 | General Knowledge/Awareness |
| 3 | Computer Basics |
| 4 | General Aptitude & Logical Reasoning |
| 5 | Logical Reasoning |
What the Notes Cover
- Number series, and the three passes that solve almost all of them
- Letter series, and the alphabet positions worth memorising
- Coding and decoding in all four of its types
- Substitution codes, solved by matching what two sentences share
- Analogy, and stating the relationship in words before reading the options
- Symbol-based problems, rewritten into ordinary inequalities
- Blood relations, and when a link genuinely cannot be determined
- Direction and distance, and ranking tests
How to Approach the Section
Every question here has one rule that fits everything given. A rule explaining three of the four terms is the wrong rule, so test it against all of them before answering.
For number series, work in a fixed order: take differences, then test alternate terms, then factorise. Each pass takes seconds and one of the three almost always lands.
For blood relations, resolve the innermost phrase first. My father's son is the speaker, and reading a nested chain outwards is the most common way these go wrong.
Common Mistakes
- Settling on a rule that fits three terms of a series but not the fourth
- Reading a nested relation outwards instead of inwards
- Forcing an answer where a grandparent link genuinely branches two ways
- Turning right while facing south and going east. It is west
- Adding positions from both ends without subtracting one
- Matching a substitution code by position instead of by overlap
- Choosing an analogy with the relationship reversed
Video Revision
Source: CUET PG Wallah
How to Use These Notes
Page 2 sets out the three passes for a number series and page 19 is a ten-line recall grid. Those two are the fastest route into the section.
Page 10 is worth reading twice: it covers the cases where a relationship cannot be determined, which candidates lose marks on by forcing a single answer.
The companion set covers arrangements, statements, inferences and non-verbal reasoning.
CUET PG Reasoning Series and Coding Notes FAQs
Ques. What reasoning topics does CUET PG list?
Ans. Eighteen, in Unit 5: ranking tests, linear and matrix arrangements, sequencing, statements with arguments, assumptions and conclusions, cause and effect, number series, blood relationship tests, coding and decoding, inferences, non-verbal reasoning, analogy, symbol-based problems, direction and distance, and analytical reasoning.
Ques. How do I approach a number series?
Ans. Three passes in order. Take the differences; if those are erratic, test whether alternate terms form two separate runs; if that fails, factorise the terms, because factor pairs often reveal a rule the gaps hide.
Ques. How do I crack a substitution code?
Ans. Find what two sentences share, both in words and in codes, and match the overlap. Word order never matters in these, so do not try to match position by position.
Ques. Can a blood relation question have no answer?
Ans. Yes. A grandparent link branches two ways, so unless the question names the paternal or maternal side, more than one relationship fits and cannot be determined is the correct choice.
Ques. Can the notes be downloaded free?
Ans. Yes. All 20 pages can be read on this page and downloaded at no cost.
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