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Directions (1-28): Each of the following questions 14. If the above alphabet is written in the reverse order,
is based on the following alphabet series: what will be the fourth letter to the right of the thir-
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ teenth letter from the left?
1. Which letter is exactly midway between G and Q in (A) J (B) K (C) L (D) M
the given alphabet? 15. If only the first half of the given alphabet is reversed,
(A) K (B) L (C) M (D) N how many letters will be there between K and R?
2. Which letter is midway between the eighteenth letter (A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 14 (D) 16
from the left end and tenth letter from the right end (E) None of these
of the given alphabet? 16. Which letter should be ninth letter to the left of ninth
(A) No letter (B) K (C) Q (D) R letter from the right, if the first half of the given al-
(E) None of these phabet is reversed?
3. Which letter in the alphabet is as far from G as T is (A) D (B) E (C) F (D) I
from M? (E) None of these
(A) M (B) N (C) O (D) P 17. If the second half of the given alphabet is written in
4. Which letter is sixteenth to the right of the letter the reverse order, which letter will be seventh to the
which is fourth to the left of I? right of the twelth letter from the left end?
(A) S (B) T (C) U (D) V (A) R (B) S (C) U (D) V
(E) Y (E) None of these
18. If the last ten letters of the alphabet are written in the
5. Which letter will be eighth to the right of the third
reverse order, which of the following will be the sixth
letter of the second half of the English alphabet?
to the right of the thirteenth letter from the left end?
(A) V (B) W (C) X (D) Y
(A) U (B) V (C) W (D) X
6. If the above alphabet are divided into two equal halves 19. If every alternate letter starting from B is deleted from
– from A to M and N to Z, which letter in the later the given alphabet, which of the following will be the
half would be corresponding to the letter J? tenth letter from the right end?
(A) Q (B) V (C) X (D) W (A) G (B) D (C) Q (D) H
(E) None of these (E) None of these
7. Which letter will be sixth to the left of the nineteenth 20. If the alphabet is written in the reverse order and
letter from the right end of the alphabet? every alternate letter starting with Y is dropped, which
(A) M (B) N (C) X (D) Y letter will be exactly in the middle of the remaining
(E) None of these letters of the alphabet?
8. Which of the following is the twelth letter to the left (A) M (B) N (C) O (D) M or O
of the seventeenth letter from the left end? (E) None of these
(A) E (B) F (C) G (D) T 21. In the given alphabet, starting from the fifth letter
(E) None of these from the left, if twelve letters are written in reverse
9. Which letter is seventh to the right of the eighteenth order, then which letter will be the seventh to the left
letter from the right end of the alphabet? of the fourteenth letter from the right?
(A) K (B) O (C) P (D) R (A) H (B) L (C) M (D) N
(E) None of these (E) None of these
10. Which letter is seventh to the right of the thirteenth 22. Suppose the first and the second letters of the En-
letter from the left end? glish alphabet changed places, also the third and the
(A) S (B) T (C) U (D) V fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and so on. In the new
(E) None of these alphabet, thus formed which letter would be the 14th?
11. If the order of the English alphabet is reversed, then (A) H (B) K (C) L (D) M
which letter would be exactly in the middle? 23. If A interchanges position with B, similarly C and D
(A) L (B) M interchange positions and so as E and F and so on
upto Y and Z, then which of the following will be
(C) N (D) None of these
seventh from the left?
12. If the above alphabet is written in the reverse order,
(A) A (B) F
which will be the eighth letter to the right of O?
(C) I (D) None of these
(A) F (B) G (C) V (D) W 24. If in the English alphabet every fourth letter is re-
(E) None of these placed by the symbol (*), which of the following would
13. If the above alphabet is written in the reverse order, be seventh to the left of the fourteenth element from
which will be the fifth letter to the left of the ninth the left?
letter from the right? (A) G (B) H (C) T (D) *
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25. If 1st and 26th, 2nd and 25th, 3rd and 24th, and so 34. Which letter would be exactly between D and K?
on, letters of the English alphabet are paired, then (A) S (B) T (C) V (D) W
which of the following pairs is correct? 35. Which letter would be exactly in the middle of the
(A) GR (B) CW eighteenth letter from the beginning and fifteenth
(C) IP (D) MP from the end?
(E) EV (A) G (B) H (C) J (D) L
26. If every alternative letter of English alphabet from B Directions (36-38): If all the letters from A to Z
onwards (including B) is written in lower case (small were written as A_C_E_G_ upto Y, i.e., dropping each
alternate letter, leaving blank spaces and then all the
letters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then
how will the first month of the second half of the blanks were filled in with remaining letters in reverse
year be written? order, i.e., AZCXEV ....ending with B, answer the fol-
(A) July (B) AuGuSt lowing questions :
36. Which letter is to the right of sixteenth letter from
(C) jUlY (D) AugUSt
the left corner?
27. If every alternate letter starting from B of the given
(A) M (B) N (C) Q (D) R
alphabet is written in small letters, rest all are writ-
37. Which letters are exactly in the middle of the nine-
ten in capital letters, how will the month of 'Septem-
teenth letter from the left and fourteenth letter from
ber' be written?
the right end?
(A) SEpteMbeR (B) SEptembER
(A) O (B) N (C) L (D) P
(C) sePTemBeR (D) SEptEMbEr
38. Which letter would be placed between Q and S?
(E) None of these (A) H (B) J (C) L (D) R
28. If the alternate letters in the given alphabet starting Directions (39-44): These questions are based on
from A are written in small and rest all in capital the following arrangement of symbols, letters and num-
letters, which of the following will represent the third
bers:
month after July?
(A) OCTOBER (B) OCtObEr 9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J  L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 * ÷ D F 4 βH 7 ©
(C) oCtObEr (D) ocToBeR 39. How many such numbers are there in the arrange-
29. In the following alphabets, which letter is eighth to ment each of which is immediately preceded by a
the right of the fourteenth letter from the right end? symbol, but not immediately followed by a letter?
ZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY (A) Nil (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
(E) None of these
(A) H (B) R (C) S (D) T
40. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
30. A B C D E F G H
based on the positions of the elements in the above
Which letter is second to the left of the letter imme- arrangement and hence form a group. Which one does
diately to the left of the letter which is fourth to the not belong to the group?
right of the letter immediately to the left of the letter (A) * ÷ 8 D 6 (B) Y M @ E 3
which is second to the left of the letter D?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (C) @ Y 3 M L (D) β H 4 7 D
31. K L M N O P Q R (E) B Q 9 = 
Which letter is fourth to the right of the letter imme- 41. How many such symbols are there in the above ar-
diately to the left of the letter immediately to the left rangement each of which is either immediately followed
of the letter which is third to the right of the letter by a number or immediately preceded by a letter?
immediately to the left of the letter L? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four
(A) O (B) P (C) Q (D) R (E) More than four
32. Which letter will be sixth to the right of the third 42. Total number of pairs of adjacent symbol and letter
letter from the left of the letter which is exactly in (X), total number of pairs of adjacent letter and num-
the middle of the letters in the series given below? ber (Y) and total of pairs of adjacent number and
ABCDEZYXWVQRSTUFGHIJKLMNOPA symbol (Z) in the above arrangement are written in
(A) F (B) G (C) Q (D) R the descending order. Which of the following will in-
(E) None of these dicate the same?
Directions (33-35): If letters from A to M were (A) X,Y,Z (B) X,Z,Y
written, leaving space for one letter between every (C) Y,X,Z
two letters, and then the remaining letters were in- (D) All the three are equal in number
serted, beginning with N and ending the series with Z (E) None of these
after M, answer the following questions : 43. How many such letters are there in the arrangement
each of which is immediately followed by a number
33. Which letter would be third to the right of the sev-
but not immediately preceded by a symbol?
enth letter from the left?
(A) Nil (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
(A) C (B) O (C) R (D) S
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44. In the above arrangement, 2 R J L : B = $ 5 and Y E (A) M N Q (B) 4 N Q (C) M K O (D) M 4 Q
6 * :  3 @ M in the same way as ? : 8 ÷ D 4 52. If the letters/numbers only from M to L are written in
the reverse order and other letters/number are kept
(A) D 4 β © (B) F β H © unaltered, then which letter will be the third to the
(C) D 4 β 7 (D) ÷ F 4 H right of 17th letter/ number from the right?
(A) A (B) C (C) S (D) Z
(E) None of these
53. If every third letter/number starting from the right
Directions (45-49): Study the following arrange-
replaces successive days of the week starting from
ment carefully and answer the questions given below:
Monday, then which letter will replace Thursday?
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(A) A (B) F (C) S (D) Z
45. Which of the following is the seventh to the right of
54. If every alternate letter/number is dropped starting from
the eighteenth from the right end?
E onwards, then which letter/number will be the sec-
(A) A (B) E (C) $ (D) #
ond to the left of the tenth letter/number from the left?
(E) None of these
(A) A (B) B (C) Q (D) V
46. If the order of the last fifteen elements is reversed,
Directions (55-59): Answer these questions refer-
which of the following will be fifth to the right of
ring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
twelfth from the left end?
(A) U (B) $ (C) 3 (D) 6 2 P J @ 8 $ L B 1 V # Q 6  G W 9 K C D 3 © • 5 F
(E) None of these R 7 A Y4
47. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 55. How many symbols and numbers are there in the
on the basis of above arrangement and hence form a sequence which are either immediately preceded or
group. Which one does not belong to that group? immediately followed by the letter which is from the
(A) R W 4 (B) 5 F G (C) 9 Q A (D) 3 B $ first half of the english alphabet?
(E) 7 E T (A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
48. If the positions of E and A are interchanged and simi- (E) None of these
larly the positions of R and U are interchanged then 56. Four of the following five are similar in relation to
how many symbols will be there each of which is their positions in the above sequence and hence form
either preceded or followed by a vowel? a group. Which one does not belong to that group?
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (A) Q K 5 (B) L 6 D (C) P L δ (D) 1 G ©
(E) Four (E) K  4
49. What should come in place of question mark on the 57. Each symbol exchanges its position with its immedi-
basis of the above arrangement? ate right symbol/letter/number. Now, how many let-
R4# M2B 3$Q ? ters are there in the sequence which are immedi-
(A) 5 G U (B) D 6 S (C) 5 G S (D) D 6 P ately followed by a number and immediately preceded
(E) None of these by a symbol?
Directions (50-54): Study the following letter-num- (A) Nil (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
ber sequence to answer these questions: (E) None of these
E & G B D M 4 N K H 2 A C Z S V 3 F 1 J L O Q 5 P R 58. P @ L is to Y75 in the same way as $ 1 # to
50. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the (A) R  © (B) F  3 (C) 5  © (D) 5 • D
first, the twelfth, the fifteenth and the twenty-first
(E) None of these
letters, then which of the following will be the first
59. Which of the following indicates the total number of
letter of that word ? If no such word can be made,
symbols, letters and numbers respectively, which get
give X as your answer and if more than one such
eliminated from the sequence when every second el-
words can be made, give M as your answer.
ement of the sequence from your left is dropped from
(A) E (B) T (C) X (D) M
the sequence?
51. What will come in place of question mark in the fol-
(A) 5, 8, 2 (B) 6, 9, 1 (C) 5, 8, 1 (D) 5, 9, 1
lowing sequence?
(E) None of these
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ANSWER KEY
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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SOLUTION
G (7) + Q (17) 19. Total letters = 13
1. Midway = = L (12)
2 10th from right  (13+1)–10 = 4th from left
2. 18th letter from left = R Since it is an odd series
10th letter from right = (27–10) = 17th i.e. Q  4×2–1 = 7th letter i.e. G
 no letter in between 20. The new series : ZXV ....... FDB (even series)
3. T–M = 7 Total letters = 13
 G+7 = 14th i.e. N
13  1
4. I–4+16 = I+12 = 21st i.e. U Middle letter = =7th
2
5. 3rd letter of second half = 13+3 = 16th i.e. P
 P+8 = X 7th letter  7×2=14th i.e. N
6. J's position = 10 21. ABCD PON..... GFEQR...... XYZ
In second half the 10th letter = 13+10 = 23rd i.e. W Right = 14+7 = 21st
7. Left = 6 Left = 27–21 = 6th
Right = 19 6th letter in this series = O
+ 22. In this order 13th & 14th letters change places
Right = 25
 14th letter  13th letter i.e. M
Left = (26+1)–25 = 2 i.e. B Ans. 23. In original series the 7th letter from Left end = G
8. Left = 12  G & H will interchange their places
Left = 17  H Ans.
– 24. Every letter of which place value is divisible by 4,
Left = 5 (E) will be represented by (*).
9. Right = 18–7 = 11th Left = 14–7 = 7th i.e. G
Left = 27–11 = 16th i.e. P 25. In this order we will get opposite letter pairs.
10. Left = 13+7 = 20th i.e. T  EV
11. Since there are only 26 letters in English alphabet, 26. Odd letters = Capital
no letter would be exactly in the middle.
Even letters = Small
12. Since alphabet are in reverse order
1st month of 2nd half = JULY  jUlY
 O (15) – 8 = 7th i.e. G
13. Right = 9+5 = 14th i.e. N 27. September = SEptEMbEr
(  Series is in reverse order) 28. Odd letters = Small
14. Left = 13+4 = 17th Even letters = Capital
Right = 27–17 = 10th i.e. J July +3 = October  ocToBeR
(  series is in reverse order)
15. Now the series is: 29. Right = 8
M L K ....... CBA NOPQR ....... XYZ Right = 14
Number of letters before K in original (A-Z) series = –
K–1 = 10 Right = 6
Number of letters before R in second half = R–1–13 = 4
 Total letters between K & R = 10+4 = 14 Total letters = 26
16. Right = 9+9 = 18th Left = (26+1) – 6 = 21
13 letters will be in second half. In the given series 21st letter from left = T
Remaining (18–13) = 5 letters in first half.
30. D–2–1+4–1–2  D–2 = B
5th letter = E
17. Left = 12+7 = 19 (for left use '–' & for right use '+')
13 letters in first half & (19-13) = 6th letter in second 31. L– 1+ 3– 1– 1+ 4  L+4 = P
half 32. There are 27 letters in the given series.
6th letter from Z  27–6 = 21st i.e. U
18. Left = 13+6 = 19th 27  1
Middle letter  = 14th i.e. T (in given series)
16 letters are same as before. 2
 19–16 = 3rd letter from Z  27–3 = 24th i.e. X T–3+6 = T+3 = G

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(33-35): The given series will be: 47. (C) In all other groups, the first and second elements
AN BO CP ...... KX LY MZ move 2 steps backward and 4 steps forward re-
33. Left = 7+3 = 10th i.e. R spectively to give the second and third elements.
34. D is 7th letter 48. (D) Such symbols in the new arrangement may be
K is 21st letter indicated as follows:

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Midway = =14th i.e. T
2 5DG6RSP
35. 18th letter from start = V 49. (D) Each element of each term moves 7 steps forward
15th letter from end  27–15 = 12th i.e. S to give the corresponding element of the next term.
D6P
18  12
Midway = =15th (H) (50-54):
2
50. (D) The 1st, 12th, 15th, and 21st letters are E,A,S and L
(36-38): The series will be: respectively.
AZ CX EV GT IR KP MN OL QJ SH UF WD YB
Clearly, two words may be formed-SALE, SEAL.
36. Left = 16+1 = 17th i.e. Q
51. (A) The first and second elements of each term move
37. 14th from right  27–14 = 13th from left one step forward each, while the third element
19  13 moves one step backward to give the correspond-
Midway = =16th i.e. L ing elements of the next term.
2
MNQ
38. J is placed between Q & S.
52. (D) The new sequence is:
(39-44):
E&GBDLJ1F3VSZCA2HKN4MOQ5PR
39. (B)  9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J  L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 * ÷ D F 4 The 17th element from the right end is 3. The third
β H7© element to the right of 3 is Z.
40. (D) In all other groups, first element moves one step 53. (C) Since Thursday is the fourth day of the week, it
forward; second element moves two steps back- will be replaced by the 12th element from the right,
ward; third element moves three steps forward; which is S.
fourth element moves four steps backward to give 54. (D) The new sequence is:
the second, third, fourth and fifth elements re- &BMNHAZVFJO5R
spectively.
Left = 10-2 = 8
41. (D)  9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J  L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 * ÷ D 8th element = V
4 β H7© (55-59):
55. (C) Clearly, we have to find symbols and numbers
42. (D) Adjacent symbol-letter pairs are  L, @Y, ÷ D,
each of which is either immediately preceded or
β H. So, X = 4. immediately followed by any of the English let-
Adjacent letter-number pairs are L3, E6, F4, H7. ters from A to M.
So, Y = 4. Such elements may be indicated as shown:
Adjacent number-symbol pairs are 3@, 8*, 4 β , 7©. 2PJ @ 8 $ LB 1 V#Q6 GW 9 KCD
So, Z = 4.
Thus, X =Y=Z. 3 ©•£ 5 FR 7 AY4
56. (C) In all other groups, the first element moves six
43. (C)  9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J  L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 * ÷ D F
steps forward to give the second element which
4 β H7© in turn moves seven steps forward to give the third
44. (B) In each pair, each element of the first term moves element.
4 steps backward to give the corresponding ele- 57. (C) The new sequence is:
ment of the second term.
2PJ8@L$ B1VQ#6G  W 9KCD3•£
F β H©:8÷D4
5©FR7AY4
(45-49):
58. (E) In each pair, the corresponding elements of both
45. (C) The 18th element from the right end of the ar- the terms occupy the same position from the be-
rangement is 2, and the 7th element to the right ginning and end of the given sequence. The re-
of 2 is $.
quired term is F • 3.
46. (A) The new arrangement is:
59. (D) The elements eliminated from the sequence are:
W1R%4JE#7MT2I9PSU6GD5QF9
$A3HB P@$BVQ WKD©£F7Y
The 12th element from the left end of this arrange- Number of symbols = 5; Number of letters = 9;
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