Verbal Reasoning - Series Completion

Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.


6.
A, G, L, P, S, ?
U
W
X
Y
Answer: Option
Explanation:


7.
ajs, gpy, ?, sbk, yhq
dmv
mve
oua
qzi
Answer: Option
Explanation:


8.
AB, DEF, HIJK, ?, STUVWX
LMNO
LMNOP
MNOPQ
QRSTU
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The number of letters in the terms of the given series increases by one at each step.

The first letter of each term is two steps ahead of the last letter of the preceding term.

However, each term consists of consecutive letters in order.


9.
Y, B, T, G, O, ?
N
M
L
K
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The given sequence is a combination of two series :

I. Y,T, O and II. B, G, ?

I consists of 2nd, 7th and 12th letters from the end of the English alphabet, while

II consists of 2nd, 7th and 12th letters from the beginning of the English alphabet.

So, the missing letter in II is the 12th letter from the beginning of the English alphabet, which is L.


10.
C, Z, F, X, I, V, L, T, O, ?, ?
O, P
P, Q
R, R
S, R
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The given sequence is a combination of two series:

I. C, F, I, L, O, ? and II. Z, X, V, T, ?