SERIES

, TYPE 1 ALPHABETIC SERIES

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Example - 1 : missing as shown by (?j Choose the correct answer

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out of the given alternatives.
1. What will be the next term in ; CEH, DGJ,
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1. A, E, I, r, U

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1) FKO 2) FLO
1) R 2) M
3)GKO 4) FOK
3) 0 4)S
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Solution : (1)
2. B, C, E, H,?
Clearly, the first, second and third letters of each

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1) L 2) M
term are respectively moved one, two and three
3} K 4) N
steps forward to obtain the corresponding Ipttefs

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of the next term. So, the missing term is FKO.
3. B, D, H, N,?
E ~ F
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-.-;~)o K
3) R 4) S
L __ .3--- 0
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Hence the answer is (I).
4. Y, U, R, P,?
1) M 2) N
Example - 2 :
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2. Choose the term which will continue the
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folfowing series: 5. B, D, G, I, L, ?
C4F, E61, G9L, 1130? 1) M 2) N
1) K17R 2} K18R 3) 0 4) P
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3) L18R 4) K18S
6. U,T,R,Q, 0, ?
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Solution: (2)
I} M 2) N
Clearly, the first letters of the terms are alternate. 3) L 4) K
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The sequence followed by the numbers is +2.,

+3, +4, +5 ...... The last letter of each term is 7. H, M,?, T,?
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three steps forward of the last letter of the 1) Q, V 2) Q, U

preceeding term. Thus, the next term would be 3} R, U 4) R, V
K18R.
8. Z, Y, X, T, S, R, N, M, L, ?
Directions (1-35): In each of the following question, 1) H, E, F 2) H, G, F
various terms of a letter series and given with one term 3) F, E, D 4) D. C, B
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1) n, q 2) m, q 1) 5, W 2) T, W
3) q, m 4) q, n 3) W, T 4) W, Y

10. DGI, KNP, PSU, N ? ? 20. Win, OJL, S??

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1) Q, T 2) Q, 5 1) NP 2) MQ

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3) R, T 4) M, N 3) Nf 4) WY

,11. JMK, VYW, PSQ, B? ? 21. alf, ene, i?d, mr?

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1) C, E 2) D,E 1) p, c 2) c. p
3) E,C 4) M, N 3) a, 4), q,
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12. GEC, MKI, TRP, N? ? 22. cr, gw, ka, oe, si, w?

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1) R, T 2) 5, T 1) n 2) m
3) T, R 4) S, U 3) q 4) p

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13. . FKN. J??, DIL, OTW 23 . acd, dca, mpq, qpm, fgh, ???
1) R,5 2) 0, R io 1) ghf 2) hfg
3) 0, M 4) P, S 3) hgf . 4) fhj
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14. WRT, OJL, SN?, L?I 24. AB, DEF, IJKL, PQR?T, ??
1) P, .G 2) Q, H 1) 5, X, Y 2) 5, Y, Z
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3) R,H 4)R,G 3) T, Y, Z 4) X, Y, Z
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15, HF, KC, NK, QH, SU. ?? 25. AC, EG, HJ,??
1) VO 2;VR 1) M. N 2) K, L
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3)VM 4) WR 3) J,L 4) J, I

16. OGI, KNp, PSU, ??? 26. BAT, DCV, FEX, ?

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1) MQS 2) NQT 1) HGI 2) HGZ

3)NQS 4) NRS 3) HIJ 4) HGY
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17. JMK, VYW. ?S? BEC 27. MN, LO, KP, ?

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1} MN 2)PQ 1) RS 2) JQ
3) PR 4) ST 3) IJ 4) QR

18. GEe, MKI, TRP, ??? 28. C, G, L, R, ?

1} VTQ 2) MTR 1) U 2) S
3) VTR 4) MQS . 3) Y 4} Z
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??, MV 1) EU 2) EV
1) NT 2) NU 3~ EF 4) FV
3) NW 4) SU
33. AD, EI, IN, PS ?
1) WY 2) XX
30. C, H, M, R, ?

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3) WX 4) WW
1) X 2} W

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3) Y 4)V
34. BDF, CFI. DHL. ?
,...,." 1) ElM 2) EJO

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31. JAZ, LEX, NIV, POT 3) CJM 4) EMI
1} TOC 2) PQR-
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35. RGS, SRG, GSR, ?
i) GRG 2) SRS
32. BY, ex, OW,? 3) RGS 4) SRG

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1. 3) The series consist of vowels A, E, I, 0, U 5. 2) The series is obtained as below:
written in the order as above.
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B ~ D
D ~ G
2. 1) The series is of the form
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G +2
B ~ C
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C +2 E
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L .2 N
E +3 H
H +4 L
6. 2) The leiters are alternately moved one and two
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steps backward to obtain the successive terms.

3. 1) The letters are obtained as below :
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B +2 D 7. 1) Letters are in reverse order in which term the

D +4' H last 1, 2, 3 and 4 letters are missing between
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H +6 N two consecutive letters.

N +8 V
8. 2) Beginning from Z in the alphabets 3
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consecutive letters are written and then 3

4. 3) The letters are obtained as below :
consecutive letters are 'deleted and so on.
Y -4 U
U --3
R 9. 4) The series may be divided into groups as
R -2 P shown ceb / jli / oqn.
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In each group, first letter is moved one step
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third letter is moved. Three steps forward to D ~ G ~->
obtain the second letter. K -~> N ----_-:?_._)- P
p ~ S 2 U
10. 2) Here the letters are obtained as follows : Therefore the order must be
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0 .3 G ~ N __ +3_7
Q --~ s

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K +3 N .2 P
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17, 2) The letters are arranged as follows .
P 3 S ~ U
J ~ M 2
--~ K
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N ~3 Q ~
v ~ y ~ W
P ~ S z Q
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11. 3) The letters are arranged as follows :

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+3 -2
B .3 E -.-~ 2 C
J M K
V +3 Y -2 W

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18. 3) The arrangement of letters are as follows :
p ~ S ~ Q
G ~ E __ 2_> C
.' B .3 E ~ C M ~ K I

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'T ~ R --~-> P
12. 3) The letters are obtained as follows : V ~ T 1\
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G 2 E -2 C
M -2 K -2 19. 2) Here the first letter the first series il!cn~c:,:.'d
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T -2 R P by 5 to obtain second letter is increas- by :~
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to obtain the third letter.
N -2 T ~ R
0 ~ T _._'."._.:> W
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13. 2) Here th", letters are arranged as follows:

20. 1) The first letter of the first series decreased L;,;
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F +5 K .3 N 5 to obtain the second letter of the first series

J +5 0 +3 R and then the second letter increases by ~ to
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D +5 +3 L obtain the third letter.

0 +5 T ~ W S -~ N -~-> P
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14. 1) Here the arrangement is as follows: 21. I} The first letters of each series is increased by
4 and the second letter of all series is increased
W -5 R ~ T
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by 2 and third letter of each series is

0 --5 J ~ L
decreased by one.
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L --5 G .2
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f .__ l_~ e ----)-

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15. 2) The first letter of each term is moved three

steps forward and the second letter is moved 22. 2) The _lettersin each term are moved four si~i;~
three steps backward to obtain the forward to obtain. The corresponding letter
corresponding letters of the next letter. of the next term.
 ;. ~... 3} The series tan be splitted as follows : 28. 3} C ,4
---'----7 G
acd , dca G +S L
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The reciprocal of first series is the second. L R
Similarly mpq ~ qpm R -7
---7 Y
Similarly fgh ~ hgf So, the answer .isY

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24. i) The series consists of letters 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.

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29. 2) Q ~ p
and one letter is between first two series, 2
p ~ 0
letters between second and third and so on.

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s, y, z is the correct one. 0 ~ N
N ~ M
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25. 3) The series goes on increasing as follows:

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A .--~* E ~ 30. 2) C ~ H
H --~
1 J H ,5 M

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C .3 G M +5 R
J ~ L R ~ W

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26. 2) The first two letters in each words are 31. 3) J ~ L +2

alphabets starting A from io

the second
N ~ P 2 R
position to first position only. Therefore the
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first two ietters of the next word is HG. The
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third letter in each word starting from first
word exceeds by 2. Z ~ X 2
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T ..-.~,2 V V ~ T --)
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V ,-2 X
32. 2) B ~ C D E
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X Z
Y ~ X ~ W ~ V
So, the answer is HGZ
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27. 2) The second letters each sequence is a 33. 3) A +4 E .5 J +-6 P

+7 W
continuing series.
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,5 .5 S
N ~ 0 D +5 N
+5
0 ~ P
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Therefore the required term is X.
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Similarly the first letters
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34. 2) B ~ C ~ D ~ E
In each sequence is a decreasing series
D +2 F .2 H ~ J
M ~ L ,3
F ~ L ~ 0
L ~ K
K ~ T 35. 3) The last letter becomes the first letter is each
So, the answer is JQ. subsequent series.