Number Series - Verbal and Reasoning

Directions to SolveLook carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
Q1:

42 40 38 35 33 31 28

A 25 22

B 26 23

C 26 24

D 25 23

E 26 22

ANS:C - 26 24

This is an alternating subtraction series in which 2 is subtracted twice, then 3 is subtracted once, then 2 is subtracted twice, and so on.