Test of letter series reasoning occupies a significant position e place of importance in most of the banking recruitment exams as well as in many other recruitment exams viz., Railways Recruitment Exam, Staff Selection Commission Exams etc. Candidates with sound abstract reasoning skills can determine root causes to letter series questions easily and can identify hidden patterns or solve a maze easily. Letter Series-Reasoning Questions and Answers are listed below.
Here are Letter Reasoning Question and Answers
In these series, you will be looking at the letter pattern and explanations to each question below :
1. B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D
A. B2C2D B. BC3D
C. B2C3D D. BCD7
Answer: Option B
Explanation: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.
2. 1, 1, 5, 49, 11, 169, 19, ?
A. 256 B. 289
C. 324 D. 361
Answer: Option D
Explanation: There are two series intermingled in the given series of numbers. Those are 1, 5, 11, 19 and 1 square, 7 square, 13 square and 19 square = 361.
3. JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____
A. OEP B. NEO
C. MEN D. PFQ
Answer: Option B
Explanation: 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.
4. ab_d__b_dm__x__
A. abmdx B. abxdm
C. axdbm D. abxmd
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The group of five letters, ab x dm, has been repeated.
5. CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU
A. GRR B. GSS
C. ISS D. ITT
Answer: Option C
Explanation: The first letters are in alphabetical order with a letter skipped in between each segment: C, E, G, I, K. The second and third letters are repeated; they are also in order with a skipped letter: M, O, Q, S, U.
6. abc_ea__dd_bcc____
A. bbbbb B. abbbb
C. dcbbb D. None
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Abcde/abcdd/abccc/abbbb. In 2nd block, 5th letter has been replaced by 4th letter, in 3rd block, 4th letter has been replaced by 3rd letter and so on…
7. A, C, F, ____ , O , U
A. M B. L
C. K D. J
Answer: Option D
Explanation: 1 letter is skipped between A and C. 2 letters are skipped between C and F,
5 between O and U, 3 should be skipped after F. So, leaving out GHI, the answer is J.
8. B, C, D, F, G, H, J, ______
A. K B. L
C. M D. N
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The series contains only consonants.
9. DEF, DEF2, DE2F2, _____, D2E2F3
A. DEF3 B. D3EF3
C. D2E3F D. D2E2F2
Answer: Option D
Explanation: In this series, the letters remain the same: DEF.
The subscript numbers follow this series:111, 112, 122, 222, 223, 233, 333
10. QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, ____
A. UAV B. UAT
C. TAS D. TAT
Answer: Option A
Explanation: In this series, the third letter is repeated as the first letter of the next segment. The middle letter, A, remains static. The third letters are in alphabetical order, beginning with R.
11. A, E, I, M, _____ , U, Y
A. Q B. R
C. P D. S
Answer: Option A
Explanation: 3 letters are skipped.
12. SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL
A. CMN B. UJI
C. VIJ D. IJT
Answer: Option C
Explanation:There are two alphabetical series here. The first series is with the first letters only: STUVW. The second series involves the remaining letters: CD, EF, GH, IJ, KL.
13. P5QR, P4QS, P3QT, _____, P1QV
A. PQW B. PQV2
C. P2QU D. PQ3U
Answer: Option C
Explanation: 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.
14. FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ___
A. JAK B. HAL
C. HAK D. JAI
Answer: Option A
Explanation: The middle letters are static, so concentrate on the first and third letters. The series involves an alphabetical order with a reversal of the letters. The first letters are in alphabetical order: F, G, H, I , J. The second and fourth segments are reversals of the first and third segments. The missing segment begins with a new letter.
15. ab__tta_xy___b_______
A. xyabt B. xybat
C.xytab D. xtaby
Answer: Option C
Explanation: abxyt/tabxy/ytabx/xytab. The last letter of each previous block of five letters is brought in the beginning of the successive block.