Mental Ability Tests on 'Alphabet and Number Sequences and Series' Set 103 | free questions for competitive exams for banks, PO exams, NDA, CAT, CDS, ITBP, Civil, Defence Services and National Talent Search Exams, UGC NET, GATE, CSAT

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Question 1

Study the following series.

U 8 L E S F 4 V I C Y W K O + Q 1 J G 3

Find what should come in place of the question mark(?)

8F , ? , FV , VI

Soln.
Ans: C

There is a gap of 1 between the first characters of each of the given pair. The second character of each pair is decreasingly moving one position to the right of the first character.

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Question 2

Which letter will be the 8th from right if 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th and so on are interchanged in the word DECONTROLLED?

Soln.
Ans: B

The new letter is: EDOCTNORLLDE

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Question 3

Study the following series.

+ T V B H @ Y M F 2 5 $ U % Z L R P O J

Find what should come in place of the question mark(?)

BH, YF, 2U, ?

Soln.
Ans: D

There is a gap of 2 between the first characters of each of the given pair. The second character of each pair is increasingly moving one position to the right of the first character.

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Question 4

In the sequence of alphabets and digits below, how many pairs are such that the first item is an alphabet but the second is a number?

5 N 5 Y E 4 V C 4 R A 1 M 3 9 L 3 O H W

Soln.
Ans: C

At these locations: N-5 ;E-4 ;C-4 ;A-1 ;M-3 ;L-3 ;

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Question 5

Rank of a student in his class from the top is 5. If the total number of students in the class is 23, what is his position from the bottom of the class?

Soln.
Ans: C

Sum of positions of an item from top and bottom of a list is always equal to the sum of the positions of the first and last items. So position from bottom is = 23 - 5 + 1 = 19.

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