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NUMBER AND LETTER SERIES : LOGICAL REASONING MCQs

Number Series, Letter Series

Total Questions : 300 | Page 5 of 30 pages
Question 41. What letter Should Come Next?
JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____
  1.    OEP
  2.    NEO
  3.    MEN
  4.    PFQ
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> NEO


This is an alternating series in alphabetical order. The middle letters follow the order ABCDE. The first and third letters are alphabetical beginning with J. The third letter is repeated as a first letter in each subsequent three-letter segment.


Question 42. What letter Should Come Next?
B2CD,  _____ BCD4, B5CD, BC6D
  1.    B2C2D
  2.    BC3D
  3.    B2C3D
  4.    BCD7
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> BC3D


Because the letters are the same, concentrate
on the number series, which is a simple 2, 3,
4, 5, 6 series, and follows each letter in
order.


Question 43. What letter Should Come Next?
P5QR, P4QS, P3QT, _____, PQV
  1.    PQW
  2.    PQV2
  3.    P2QU
  4.    PQ3U
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> P2QU


The first two letters, PQ, are static. The
third letter is in alphabetical order, beginning with R. The number series is in
descending order beginning with 5.


Question 44. What letter Should Come Next?
2W3, 1S9, 1Q7, __, 1K1
  1.    1P6
  2.    1M3
  3.    1R8
  4.    1S9
  5.    2W3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1M3


The letters are consecutive letters with the prime number as the position value and the digits on either of the letter together indicate the place value of the letter.2W3 => W = 231S9 => S = 191Q7 => Q = 171K1 => K = 11Missing term is 1M3


Question 45. What letter Should Come Next?
MAD : FGJ : : RUN
  1.    ORK
  2.    OSQ
  3.    PRJ
  4.    UXQ
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> ORK


Each letter of the first group is moved three step backward to obtain the corresponding letter of the second group.


Question 46. What letter Should Come Next?
BIGE: JQOM: RYWV:?
  1.    AGFD
  2.    ZFDB
  3.    ZGEC
  4.    ZYVX
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> ZGEC


Each letter of the first group is moved eight steps forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the second group.


Question 47. What letter Should Come Next?
ACE: BDF: FHJ?
  1.    GIK
  2.    GHK
  3.    DFH
  4.    FHL
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> GIK


Each letter of the first group is moved one step forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the second group.


Question 48. What letter Should Come Next?
ASTN: ZTSO:: MSUB:?
  1.    CRRC
  2.    LTTA
  3.    NTVC
  4.    LTTC
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> LTTC


The 1st and 3rd letter of the group are each moved to 1 step backward while the 2nd and 4th letters are each moved one step forward to the corresponding letters the second group.


Question 49. What number should come next?
32 31 32 29 32 27 32
  1.    25 32
  2.    31 32
  3.    29 32
  4.    25 30
  5.    29 30
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 25 32


This is an alternating repetition series. The number 32 alternates with a series in which each number decreases by 2.


Question 50. What number should come next?
10 34 12 31 14 28 16
  1.    25  18
  2.    30 13
  3.    19 26
  4.    18 20
  5.    25 22
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 25  18


Two patterns alternate here. The first pattern begins with 10 and adds 2 to each
number to arrive at the next; the alternating pattern begins with 34 and subtracts 3 each
time.


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