Number Series - Verbal and Reasoning

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

Look at this series: 8, 43, 11, 41, __, 39, 17, ... What number should fill in the blank?

A 8

B 14

C 43

D 44

ANS:B - 14

This is a simple alternating addition and subtraction series. The first series begins with 8 and adds 3; the second begins with 43 and subtracts 2.