Alphabet Series
Alphabet Series
Directions (1-28): Each of the following questions is based on 5. Which letter will be eighth to the right of the third letter
the following alphabet series: of the second half of the English alphabet?
(1-28):
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(A) K (B) O K
(C) P (D) R R
(E) None of these/ (A) 6 (B) 10
10. Which letter is seventh to the right of the thirteenth let- (C) 14 (D) 16
ter from the left end? (E) None of these/
16. Which letter should be ninth letter to the left of ninth
letter from the right, if the first half of the given alphabet
(A) S (B) T is reversed?
(C) U (D) V
(E) None of these/
11. If the order of the English alphabet is reversed, then which (A) D (B) E
letter would be exactly in the middle? (C) F (D) I
(E) None of these/
17. If the second half of the given alphabet is written in the
(A) L (B) M reverse order, which letter will be seventh to the right of
(C) N the twelth letter from the left end?
(D) None of these/
12. If the above alphabet is written in the reverse order, which
will be the eighth letter to the right of O? (A) R (B) S
(C) U (D) V
O (E) None of these/
(A) F (B) G 18. If the last ten letters of the alphabet are written in the
(C) V (D) W reverse order, which of the following will be the sixth to
(E) None of these/ the right of the thirteenth letter from the left end?
13. If the above alphabet is written in the reverse order, which
will be the fifth letter to the left of the ninth letter from
the right?
(A) U (B) V
(C) W (D) X
(A) P (B) N 19. If every alternate letter starting from B is deleted from
(C) D (D) W the given alphabet, which of the following will be the
(E) M tenth letter from the right end?
14. If the above alphabet is written in the reverse order, what B
will be the fourth letter to the right of the thirteenth
letter from the left? (A) G (B) D
(C) Q (D) H
(E) None of these/
(A) J (B) K 20. If the alphabet is written in the reverse order and every
(C) L (D) M alternate letter starting with Y is dropped, which letter
15. If only the first half of the given alphabet is reversed, will be exactly in the middle of the remaining letters of
how many letters will be there between K and R? the alphabet?
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Y 25. If 1st and 26th, 2nd and 25th, 3rd and 24th, and so on,
letters of the English alphabet are paired, then which of
the following pairs is correct?
(A) M (B) N
(C) O (D) M or O
(E) None of these/
21. In the given alphabet, starting from the fifth letter from (A) GR (B) CW
the left, if twelve letters are written in reverse order, (C) IP (D) MP
then which letter will be the seventh to the left of the (E) EV
fourteenth letter from the right? 26. If every alternate letter of English alphabet from B on-
wards (including B) is written in lower case (small let-
ters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then how
will the first month of the second half of the year be writ-
(A) H (B) L ten?
(C) M (D) N B
(E) None of these/
22. Suppose the first and the second letters of the English al-
phabet changed places, also the third and the fourth, the (A) July (B) AuGuSt
fifth and the sixth, and so on. In the new alphabet, thus (C) jUlY (D) AugUSt
formed which letter would be the 14th? 27. If every alternate letter starting from B of the given al-
phabet is written in small letters, rest all are written in
capital letters, how will the month of 'September' be writ-
ten?
(A) H (B) K B
(C) L (D) M
23. If A interchanges position with B, similarly C and D inter-
change positions and so as E and F and so on upto Y and Z, (A) SEpteMbeR (B) SEptembER
then which of the following will be seventh from the left? (C) sePTemBeR (D) SEptEMbEr
(E) None of these/
28. If the alternate letters in the given alphabet starting from
A are written in small and rest all in capital letters, which
(A) A (B) F of the following will represent the third month after July?
(C) I A
(D) None of these/
24. If in the English alphabet every fourth letter is replaced
by the symbol (*), which of the following would be sev- (A) OCTOBER (B) OCtObEr
enth to the left of the fourteenth element from the left? (C) oCtObEr (D) ocToBeR
(*) 29. In the following alphabets, which letter is eighth to the
right of the fourteenth letter from the right end?
(A) G (B) H ZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
(C) T (D) *
(E) None of these/
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ZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY 33. Which letter would be third to the right of the seventh
(A) H (B) R letter from the left?
(C) S (D) T
30. A B C D E F G H (A) C (B) O
Which letter is second to the left of the letter immedi- (C) R (D) S
ately to the left of the letter which is fourth to the right of 34. Which letter would be exactly between D and K?
the letter immediately to the left of the letter which is D K
second to the left of the letter D? (A) S (B) T
ABCDEFGH (C) V (D) W
D 35. Which letter would be exactly in the middle of the eigh-
teenth letter from the beginning and fifteenth from the
(A) A (B) B end?
(C) C (D) D
31. K L M N O P Q R
(A) G (B) H
Which letter is fourth to the right of the letter immedi-
(C) J (D) L
ately to the left of the letter immediately to the left of
the letter which is third to the right of the letter immedi-
ately to the left of the letter L? Directions (36-38): If all the letters from A to Z were written as
A_C_E_G_ upto Y, i.e., dropping each alternate letter, leaving
KLMNOPQR
blank spaces and then all the blanks were filled in with re-
L
maining letters in reverse order, i.e., AZCXEV ....ending with
B, answer the following questions :
(A) O (B) P (36-38): A Z A_C_E_G_Y
(C) Q (D) R
32. Which letter will be sixth to the right of the third letter
from the left of the letter which is exactly in the middle AZCXEV....B
of the letters in the series given below?
ABCD EZYXW VQ RST UFGH IJKLMNOPA 36. Which letter is to the right of sixteenth letter from the
left corner?
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Directions (39-44): These questions are based on the follow- (A) X,Y,Z (B) X,Z,Y
ing arrangement of symbols, letters and numbers: (C) Y,X,Z
9BQ=$25RJ L3@YME68*÷DF4 βH7© (D) All the three are equal in number
(39-44):
(E) None of these/
9BQ=$25RJ L3@YME68*÷DF4 βH7© 43. How many such letters are there in the arrangement each
of which is immediately followed by a number but not
39. How many such numbers are there in the arrangement immediately preceded by a symbol?
each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol, but
not immediately followed by a letter?
(A) Nil/ (B) One/
(C) Two/ (D) Three/
(A) Nil/ (B) One/ (E) Four/
(C) Two/ (D) Three/ 44. In the above arrangement, 2 R J L : B = $ 5 and Y E 6 * : 3
(E) None of these/ @ M in the same way as ? : 8 ÷ D 4
40. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based 2RJL:B=$5 Y E 6 * : 3 @ M,
on the positions of the elements in the above arrange- ?:8÷D4
ment and hence form a group. Which one does not be- (A) D 4 β © (B) F β H ©
long to the group? (C) D 4 β 7 (D) ÷ F 4 H
(E) None of these/
Directions (45-49): Study the following arrangement carefully
and answer the questions given below:
(A) * ÷ 8 D 6 (B) Y M @ E 3
W1R%4JE#7MT2I9BH3A$9FQ5DG6USP
(C) @ Y 3 M L (D) β H 4 7 D
(45-49):
(E) B Q 9 =
41. How many such symbols are there in the above arrange-
W1R%4JE#7MT2I9BH3A$9FQ5DG6USP
ment each of which is either immediately followed by a
number or immediately preceded by a letter? 45. Which of the following is the seventh to the right of the
eighteenth from the right end?
(X) (Y)
(Z) (A) U (B) $
(C) 3 (D) 6
(E) None of these/
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47. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the
basis of above arrangement and hence form a group.
Which one does not belong to that group?
X
M
(A) A (B) C
R4# M2B 3$Q ? (C) S (D) Z
(A) 5 G U (B) D 6 S 53. If every third letter/number starting from the right re-
(C) 5 G S (D) D 6 P places successive days of the week starting from Mon-
(E) None of these/ day, then which letter will replace Thursday?
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Directions (55-59): Answer these questions referring to the sym- there in the sequence which are immediately followed
bol-letter-number sequence given below: by a number and immediately preceded by a symbol?
2 P J @8 $ L B 1 V # Q 6 GW 9K CD 3 © • 5 F R 7 AY 4
(55-59):
2 P J @ 8 $ L B 1 V # Q 6 G W 9 K C D 3 © • 5 F R 7 A Y 4
(A) Nil/ (B) One/
55. How many symbols and numbers are there in the se- (C) Two/ (D) Three/
quence which are either immediately preceded or im- (E) None of these/
mediately followed by the letter which is from the first 58. P @ L is to Y75 in the same way as $ 1 # to
half of the english alphabet?
P @ L, Y75 $1#
(A) R © (B) F 3
(C) 5 © (D) 5 • D
(A) 6 (B) 7
(E) None of these/
(C) 8 (D) 9
59. Which of the following indicates the total number of sym-
(E) None of these/
bols, letters and numbers respectively, which get elimi-
56. Four of the following five are similar in relation to their
nated from the sequence when every second element of
positions in the above sequence and hence form a group.
the sequence from your left is dropped from the se-
Which one does not belong to that group?
quence?
(A) Q K 5 (B) L 6 D
(C) P L δ (D) 1 G ©
(E) K 4 (A) 5, 8, 2 (B) 6, 9, 1
57. Each symbol exchanges its position with its immediate (C) 5, 8, 1 (D) 5, 9, 1
right symbol/letter/number. Now, how many letters are (E) None of these/
1. (B) 7. (E) 13. (B) 19. (A) 25. (E) 31. (B) 37. (C) 43. (C) 49. (D) 55. (C)
2. (A) 8. (A) 14. (A) 20. (B) 26. (C) 32. (B) 38. (B) 44. (B) 50. (D) 56. (C)
3. (B) 9. (C) 15. (C) 21. (E) 27. (D) 33. (C) 39. (B) 45. (C) 51. (A) 57. (C)
4. (C) 10. (B) 16. (B) 22. (D) 28. (D) 34. (B) 40. (D) 46. (A) 52. (D) 58. (E)
5. (C) 11. (D) 17. (C) 23. (D) 29. (D) 35. (B) 41. (D) 47. (C) 53. (C) 59. (D)
6. (D) 12. (B) 18. (D) 24. (A) 30. (B) 36. (C) 42. (D) 48. (D) 54. (D)
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