Verbal Reasoning - Letter Series questions with answers


Level 2: Medium Complexity

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  1. Look at the given series:
    ABZY, CDXW, EFVU, GHTS, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. KMRQ
    2. ABRQ
    3. IJRQ
    4. IJQR
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    Answer: C.IJRQ

    Explanation: For every term, first two characters are in increasing sequence of alphabets and last two characters are in decreasing sequence of alphabets.


  2. Look at the given series:
    NO, QP, RS, UT, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. LM
    2. VW
    3. ML
    4. WV
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    Answer: B. VW

    Explanation: Starting from first term, which NO (increasing order), then next two alphabets, from the alphabet sequence, form the next term, but are placed in decreasing or reverse order and so on.


  3. Look at the given series:
    A, A, B, C, E, H, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. I
    2. M
    3. L
    4. P
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    Answer: B. M

    Explanation: Follows Fibonacci series in the alphabet sequence.
    1: A
    1: A
    2: B
    3: C
    5: E
    8: H
    13: M and so on.


  4. Look at the given series:
    BC, DF, FI, HL, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. KO
    2. JO
    3. JK
    4. KJ
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    Answer: B. JO

    Explanation: First character of each term follows the table of 2 and second character follows the table of 3.



  5. Look at the given series:
    A, B, D, G, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. K
    2. J
    3. O
    4. I
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    Answer: A. K

    Explanation: Every next term is obtained by adding an increasing number to it.
    B (2) = A (1) + 1
    D (4) = B (2) + 2
    G (7) = D (4) + 3
    3K (11) = G (7) + 4 and so on.


  6. Look at the given series:
    A, B, E, J, …… ?
    What term should come next?
    1. K
    2. R
    3. Q
    4. I
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    Answer: C. Q

    Explanation: Every next term is obtained by adding an increasing odd number to it. B (2) = A (1) + 1
    E (5) = B (2) + 3
    J (10) = E (5) + 5
    Q (17) = J (10) + 7 and so on.


  7. Look at the given series:
    MDH, MEI, MFJ, MGK, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. MHL
    2. MIL
    3. MLL
    4. MML
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    Answer: A. MHL

    Explanation: In every term, the first character is same; second character is increasing starting from D and third character is increasing starting from H.


  8. Look at the given series:
    NRI, MSI, LTI, KUI, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. JIT
    2. JII
    3. JUI
    4. JVI
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    Answer: D. JVI

    Explanation: In every term, the last character is same; first character is decreasing starting from N and second character is increasing starting from R.


  9. Look at the given series:
    TAT, SBS, RCR, QDQ, ……
    What term should come next?
    1. QEP
    2. PJP
    3. EPP
    4. PEP
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    Answer: D. PEP

    Explanation: In every term, the middle character is increasing starting from A; first and last character in each term are same; but are decreasing order starting from T.


  10. Look at the given series:
    BAC, EDF, HGI, KJL, ….
    What term should come next?
    1. NMO
    2. MNO
    3. NOM
    4. MNP
    View Answer

    Answer: A. NMO

    Explanation: Consider every term to be Binary Search Tree (BST) consisting of next 3 alphabets. Then the term is formed as a result of pre-order traversal of the tree.


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