Alphabet Series Questions and Answers for IBPS Bank PO, SO - 3

Question: 11

In each of the following questions, various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
CE, GI, KM, OQ, ?

(A) SU

(B) RT

(C) UW

(D) TW

Ans: A

The letters of each term are alternate and also, the last letter of each term and the first letter of the next term are alternate.

Question: 12

In each of the following questions, various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
AYD, BVF, DRH, ?, KGL

(A) HLK

(B) GLJ

(C) GMJ

(D) FMI

Ans: C

The first letters of the first, second, third and fourth terms are moved one, two, three and four steps forwad respectively to obtain the first letter of the successive terms.
The second letters of the first, second, third and fourth terms are moved three, four, five and six steps backward respectively to obtain the second letters of the successive terms. The last letters of the terms are alternate.

Question: 13

In each of the following questions, various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
W, V, T, S, Q, P, N, M, ?, ?

(A) K, J

(B) J, K

(C) J, I

(D) I, J

Ans: A

The letters are alternately moved one and two steps backward to obtain the successive terms.

Question: 14

In each of the following questions, various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
FLP, INS, LPV, ?

(A) SVW

(B) VXY

(C) UXZ

(D) ORY

Ans: D

The first and third leetters of each term are moved three steps forward and the second letter is moved two steps forward to obtain the corresponding letters of the next term.

Question: 15

In each of the following questions, various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
BDF, CFI, DHL, ?

(A) EMI

(B) EJO

(C) EIM

(D) CJM

Ans: B

Clearly, the first, second and third letters of each term are respectively moved one, two and three steps forward to obatin the corresponding letters of the next term. So, the missing term is EJO.

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