Directions (1-3): In each of the following letter series, some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.
Q1. g b _ b b c _ c _ g b _ g b _ b
(a) ccggc
(b) cbgbc
(c) cgcgc
(d) bccgb
Sol. Ans.(c)
The pattern of the series is as follows
gbc / b / bcg /c / cgb / g / gbc / b.
Q2. _ c _ b _ c b c c _ b c b _ c b b
(a) cccbb
(b) cbcbb
(c) bcbcb
(d) bcbbc
Sol. Ans.(d)
The series is bcc/bbc/bcc/bbc/bcc/bb.
Thus, the pattern bcc/bbc is repeated.
Q3. c _ d e e _ e c e _ c e c e d _ e c e c _ d c e
(a) ecdee
(b) ddcee
(c) dcced
(d) cdeec
Sol. Ans.(a)
The series is ced/ee/ceced/ceced/ee/ceced/ce.
Thus, the pattern ‘ceced/ceced/ee’ is repeated.
Q4. Find the term which does not fit into the series:
1FG, 5JF, 9NE, 15RD, 17VC
(a)15RD
(b) 17VC
(c) 9NE
(d) 5JF
Sol. Ans. (a)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘13RD’ does not fit into the series.
Directions (5-15): In each of the following questions, a letter-number series is given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
Q5. KM5, NP8, QS14, TV26, ?
(a) VY48
(b) WY50
(c) WY30
(d) VY18
Sol. Ans. (b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘WY50’ will be the missing term.
Q6. MZY3, NWW5, OTT7, PQP11, ?
(a) QNL16
(b) NQK17
(c) QNK17
(d) VNU19
Sol. Ans. (C)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘QNK17’ will be the missing term.
Q7. vH0, zL00, dQ000, hW0000, lD00000, ?
(a) EJ000
(b) FM0000
(c) pL000000
(d) FL00000
Sol. Ans. (c)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘pL000000’will be the missing term.
Q8. ZmP, WnQ, SoR, PpS, LqT, IrU, EsV, ?
(a) BtW
(b) Dwt
(c) FmU
(d) BuX
Sol. Ans. (a)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘BtW’will be the missing term.
Q9. mqu, vaf, gms, tah, ?
(a) iyq
(b) iqy
(c) yqi
(d) qyi
Sol. Ans. (b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘iqy’ will be the missing term.
Q10. P, ?, J, ?, D, ?, X, ?, R
(a) M, A, G, U
(b) M, G, A, U
(c) M, Y, A, U
(d) M, U, Y, A
Sol. Ans. (b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Q11. G, H, N, I, J, O, K, L, P, ?, ?, ?,
(a) O, P, I
(b) Q, M, J
(c) M, N, Q
(d) J, K, L
Sol. Ans. (c)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
The given series may be divided into 2 groups:
I. G, H, I, J, K, L, ?, ?
and II. N, O, P, ?
Clearly, the given series consists of two terms of I followed by one term of II.
The missing terms in I are M and N while the missing term in II is Q.
Q12. KINDNESS, INDNESS, INDNES , NDNES, ?
(a) DSEN
(b) NDNE
(c) DNES
(d) ENED
Sol. Ans. (b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
One letter from the beginning and one from the end of a term are removed, one by one, in alternate steps.
Q13. Z, S, C, O, F, K, I, G, ?, ?
(a) L, C
(b) L, D
(c) O, L
(d) O, D
Sol. Ans. (a)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Q14. Aa, Cc, Gg, Oo, ?, ?
(a) Ll, Pp
(b) Mm, Oo
(c) Uu, Aa
(d) Ee, Kk
Sol. Ans. ( c)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Q15. PC3, SH8, VM13, YR18, ?
(a) UW23
(b) CW23
(c) UX33
(d) TV33
Sol. Ans. ( b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Directions (16-20); A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
Q16.hPq , jRs, lTu, nVw, ?
(a) uXv
(b) tWm
(c) pXa
(d) Xup
Sol. Ans (c)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘pXa’ will is the missing term.
Q17.DAZ, FDX, HGV, ?
(a) FGT
(b) JJT
(c) TJT
(d) GJT
Sol. Ans (b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘JJT’ will be the missing term.
Q18.S, P, N, K, I, ?
(a) F
(b) G
(c) D
(d) E
Sol. Ans. (a)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Q19.M3Cl, O5Fq, Q8Iv, S12La, ?
(a) F17OU
(b) U17Of
(c) 1U7Of
(d) UOf17
Sol. Ans. (b)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘U17OF’ will is the missing term.
Q20.Mg8KP, Mg16KQ, Og32kR, Pg64KS, ?
(a) g11R8T
(b) Q128gT
(c) Qg128T
(d) Rg118T
Sol. Ans. (c)
The pattern of the series is as follows,
Hence, ‘Qg128T’ will is the missing term.
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