LETTER REPEATING SERIES

Direction : (7 to 9) The series given below is based on the

Letter Repeating Series
letter series, In the series, some letters are
These type of questions usually consists of a missing. Select the correct alternative. If more
series of small letters which follow a certain than five letters are missing, select the last five
pattern. However, some letters are missing from letters of the series.
the series. These missing letters are then given
Ex 7. x _ xxy _ x _ xy _ yxx _ _ yy _ y
in a proper sequence as one of the alternatives.
(A) xyyyy (B) xxyyx
Pattern of such questions is that some letters (C) yxxyx (D) xyxyx
in sequence are missing. Sol. (A) The pattern of series is xy/xxyy/xxxyyy........
(i) The letters may be in cyclic order (clockwise
or anti-clockwise). Ex 8. xyzu _ yz _ v _ _ uv _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(ii) To solve a problem, we have to select one of (A) uvxyz (B) vuzyx
the alternative from the given alternatives. The (C) uvzyx (D) vuxyz
alternative which gives a sequence form of letters Sol. (A) The series is x y z u v / y z u v x/ z u v x y/u v x y
is the choice.
z
Directions : (1 to 6) Which sequence of letters when placed Thus the letters are written in a cyclic order.
at the blanks one after the other will complete
the given letter series ? EX 9. abcd _ bc _ e _ _ de _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(A) deabc (B) edcba
Ex 1. a_ab_ba_a_ab
(A) babb (B) abba (C) decba (D) edabc
(C) baba (D) aabb Sol. (A) The series is a b c d e / b c d e a / c d e a b / b e a b c
Sol. (A) we proceed step by step to solve the above Thus the letters are written in a cyclic order.
series :
Directions : (10 to 11) There is a letter series in the first
Steps :
row and a number series in the second row. Each
1. We have two letters a and b making the series.
2. The first blank space should be filled in by 'b' number in the number series stands for a letter
so that we have one a followed by one b. in the letter series. Since in each of that series
3. Second blank space should be filled in by 'a' some term are missing you have to find out as to
so that the same pattern followed till end. what those terms are, and answer the questions
Ex 2. a _ cab _ a _ c _ b c based on these as given below in the series.
(A) bbac (B) abab Ex 10. _m i a x _ i r x a _ _ m a _ _ _ _ _ _
(C) abba (D) bcba 4_ 5_ 7 3 ___ 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The last five term of the letter series are
(A) r m x i a (B) x m r a i
Sol. (D) (C) x r m a i (D) r m i x a
Sol. (D) a = 6, i = 5, m = 3, r = 4 and x = 7 the letter
Series is abc/ abc/ abc/ abc. So, pattern abc is series runs as rmiax mirxa irmax rmixa. By taking
repeated. the letter in the groups of five, we find that first
letter of the first group (i.e. r) is the third letter of
Ex 3. _ abb _ a _ baa _ b
the second group and the last two letters have
(A) baba (B) abba
interchanged their positions. The same rule
(C) aabb (D) aaab
Sol- (C) Series is aabb/ aabb/ aabb. So, pattern aabb applies in others groups also.
is repeated.
Ex 11. a_h_ _c_ ne_ h_ eac_ _ _ _ _
Ex 4. ba _ cb _ b _ bab _
(A) acbb (B) bcaa 21_4 3_5 __2 54 ____ _ _ _ _
(C) cabb (D) bacc The last five terms in the series are
Sol. (D) The series is b a b c/b a b c/b a b c (A) 32524 (B) 43215
So, pattern babc is repeated (C) 25314 (D) 32541
Ex 5. ab _ aa _ caab _ c _ abb _ c Sol. (B) By taking a = 2, c = 1, n = 4, h = 5 and e = 3, the
(A) bbcaa (B) bcbca
numbers series runs as 21543 15432 54321
(C) cabac (D) cbbac
Sol- (D) Series is abc / aabc / aabbc / aabbcc 43215. If first digit of a group of five digits is placed
as the last digit, we obtain the second group of
Ex 6. bc _ b _ c _ b _ ccb five digits and so on.
(A) cbcb (B) bbcb
(C) cbbc (D) bcbc
Sol- (A) Series is bccb / bccb / bccb. So, pattern bccb
is repeated

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