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Series questions use numbers, letters, symbols or combinations arranged according to a hidden pattern. You may need to identify repeated operations, alternating rules, alphabetical positions, differences, reversals and mixed sequences to find a missing term or predict the next one.
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- A. DV
- B. DW
- C. EX
- D. CY
Explanation: The first letter moves forward one place, while the second letter moves backward one place. Therefore, CX is followed by DW.
Correct answer: DW- A. M
- B. N
- C. O
- D. P
Explanation: Each letter advances three alphabet positions: B, E, H, K. Three positions after K is N.
Correct answer: N- A. FS
- B. GT
- C. HU
- D. GW
Explanation: The first letters move forward by two positions, and the second letters move backward by two positions. Thus EV is followed by GT.
Correct answer: GT- A. X
- B. Y
- C. Z
- D. A
Explanation: The letter positions are 2, 5, 10, and 17, increasing by 3, 5, and 7. The next increase is 9, giving position 26, or Z.
Correct answer: Z- A. HI
- B. IJ
- C. JK
- D. KL
Explanation: The pairs use consecutive letters, but their direction alternates forward and backward. The next forward pair after HG is IJ.
Correct answer: IJ- A. RS
- B. ST
- C. TU
- D. UV
Explanation: The starting letters advance by 3, 4, 5, then 6 positions: A, D, H, M, S. The second letters follow the same pattern, giving ST.
Correct answer: ST- A. NL
- B. OL
- C. PM
- D. OK
Explanation: The first letters move forward by 2, 3, 4, then 5 positions, reaching O.
Correct answer: OL- A. KU
- B. KV
- C. LV
- D. KW
Explanation: The first letters advance by 1, 2, 3, then 4 positions, giving K. The second letters advance by 2, 4, 6, then 8 positions, giving V.
Correct answer: KV- A. T5
- B. U5
- C. V6
- D. W6
Explanation: The letters advance by two positions each time, while the numbers increase by one. The next group is U5.
Correct answer: U5- A. QU
- B. QV
- C. RW
- D. SX
Explanation: Both letters in each pair move forward by four positions. Moving MR forward by four gives QV.
Correct answer: QV- A. N15
- B. O15
- C. N14
- D. M15
Explanation: The letter moves backward by three positions, while the number increases by three. Therefore, Q12 is followed by N15.
Correct answer: N15- A. Q24
- B. R32
- C. S30
- D. T34
Explanation: The letter advances by three positions each time. The number doubles at every step, so O16 is followed by R32.
Correct answer: R32- A. M14
- B. N15
- C. M15
- D. L15
Explanation: The letters move backward by three positions. The numbers increase by 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, giving M15.
Correct answer: M15- A. ST
- B. TU
- C. UV
- D. VW
Explanation: In both positions, the forward gaps increase from 3 to 4, then 5, then 6. After NO, adding six positions to each letter gives TU.
Correct answer: TU- A. WR
- B. YR
- C. YS
- D. ZR
Explanation: The first letters alternate moving forward by 2 and 4. The second letters alternate moving backward by 1 and 3, so the next pair is YR.
Correct answer: YR- A. N24
- B. O25
- C. P25
- D. O26
Explanation: The letter positions increase by 2, 3, 4, and then 5, giving position 15, or O.
Correct answer: O25- A. JR
- B. KR
- C. LR
- D. LS
Explanation: Double the alphabet position of each letter, wrapping back to A after Z. Thus F becomes L and V becomes R, so the next pair is LR.
Correct answer: LR- A. M10
- B. M9
- C. N10
- D. M12
Explanation: The letters move forward by 3 positions each time: A, D, G, J, M. The numbers increase by 2, giving 10.
Correct answer: M10- A. J
- B. K
- C. I
- D. L
Explanation: Each letter moves 4 positions backward in the alphabet. Therefore, N followed by four positions backward gives J.
Correct answer: J- A. VR
- B. VX
- C. VT
- D. UR
Explanation: The first letters advance by 4: F, J, N, R, V. The second letters move backward by 2: Z, X, V, T, R.
Correct answer: VR