Alphabet Analogy

There is another kind of analogy that can be asked in this section. In this type of question, two groups of letters related
to each other in some way are given. The candidate is required to find this relationship and choose a group of letters
which is related in the same way to a third group provided in the question.
Eg. 1. NFK : PHM : : AXH : ?
(1) BYI (2) ZWG (3) CZJ (4) DAK (5) YVF
Sol. (3) Each letter of the first group is moved two steps forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the second
group. A similar relationship will exist between the third and the fourth groups.
Speed Developing Practice Test No. 5
1. EGI : JLO : : PRT : ?
(1) AYW (2) WYA (3) YWA
(4) VXA (5) VXZ
2. NOP : UVW : : PON : ?
(1) VUW (2) WVU (3) WUV
(4) UVW (5) UWV
3. GIKM : HKNQ : : HJLN : ?
(1) LIOR (2) LIRO (3) ILRO
(4) ILOR (5) IOLR
4. REYN : TGZO : : WJPA : ?
(1) QBRN (2) MQXB (3) ROMB
(4) YLQB (5) VWYA
5. PSXM : QRYL : : BFTV : ?
(1) AESU (2) CEUU (3) DHVW
(4) CGUV (5) AGSW
6. SADL : XFZH : : LIOE ?
(1) QNKA (2) POLB (3) PMJA
(4) QNKB (5) PMSI
7. PRLN : XZTV : : JLFH : ?
(1) RTNP (2) NPRT (3) NRPT
(4) NTRP (5) RPNT
8. KWMT : MXOU : : PSAQ : ?
(1) RCRT (2) QRTC (3) QTRC
(4) RQTC (5) RTCR
9. JNQS : OIVN : : EHMQ : ?
(1) IBQM (2) FINR (3) JBRL
(4) JCRL (5) IRLQ
10. NOPQ : PMRO : : ABCD : ?
(1) CZEB (2) CDEF (3) YZAB
(4) CDAB (5) YZEF
Answers: Speed Developing Practice Test No. 5
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (4) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (1) 7. (1) 8. (5) 9. (4) 10. (1)

Explanatory Answers: Speed Developing Practice Test No. 5

1. (4) EGI forms a sequence of alternate letters, while in JLO, the first two letters are consecutive and there is a gap of
two letters between second and third letters. Similarly PRT forms a sequence of alternate letters. The group
having properties similar to JLO is VXA.
2. (2) PON is the reverse of NOP. Similarly, the reverse of UVW is WVU
3. (4) The first, second, third and fourth letters of the first group are moved one, two, three and four steps forward
 respectively to obtain the corresponding letters of the second group. A similar relationship will exist between
the third and the fourth groups.
4. (4) The first and the second letters of the first group are each moved two steps forward to obtain the first and the
second letters of the second group respectively. The third and the fourth letters of the first group each are
moved one step forward to obtain the third and the fourth letters of the second group respectively.
5. (2) The first and the third letters of the first group are each moved one step forward to obtain the first and the third
letters of the second group respectively. The second and the fourth letters of the first group are each moved
one step backward to obtain the second and the fourth letters of the second group respectively.
6. (1) The first and the second letters of the first group are moved five steps forward to obtain the corresponding
letters of the second group. The third and the fourth letters are moved four steps backward. A similar relation-
ship will exist between the third and the fourth groups.
7. (1) Each letter of the first group is moved eight steps forward to obtain the corresponding letters of the second group. A
similar relationship will exist between the third and the fourth group.
8. (5) The first and the third letters of the first group are each moved two steps forward to obtain the corresponding letters of
the second group. The second and the fourth letters of the first group are each moved one step forward to obtain the
corresponding letters of the second group.
9. (4) The first and the third letters of the first group are moved five steps forward and the second and the fourth letters are
moved five steps backward to obtain the corresponding letters of the second group. The third and the fourth groups will
also be related in the same way.
10. (1) The first and the third letters of the first groups are each moved two steps forward to obtain the first and the third letters
of the second group. The second and the fourth letters are moved two steps backward.