Reasoning

Letter and Symbol Series

214 Questions

Letter and symbol series questions evaluate pattern recognition and logical reasoning through alphabetical sequences. Test takers must identify missing letters and decode structural patterns. These are standard components of verbal reasoning in major competitive exams.

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Letter and Symbol Series Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a letter series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern in the given series.

ABZ, BCY, CDX, DEW, _____

  1. EGL

  2. EFV

  3. EFX

  4. EGH
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The first letter of each term forms a series of A, B, C, D, E; the second letter of each term forms a series of B, C, D, E, F and the third letter of each term forms a series of Z, Y, X, W, V.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a letter series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern in the given series.

Z, XW, UTS, QPON, ____

  1. LKJIH

  2. HIJKM

  3. IJKLM

  4. GHIJK
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The next term consists of 5 letters.  The series consists of writing one letter and skipping one and writing two letters in the reverse order and again skipping one and so on. Hence, option (1) is the right answer.  

Multiple choice

Directions: Letters from A to M are written, leaving space for one letter between two letters, and then the remaining letters are inserted, beginning with N and ending the series with Z after M. Based on the above information, answer the following question.

Which letter would be exactly between D and K?

  1. S

  2. T

  3. V

  4. W
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The letter series formed after arrangement is given below: A N B O C P D Q E R F S G T H U I V J W K X L Y M Z There are thirteen letters between D and K. Then, the seventh letter from D is T and it is exactly between D and K.

Multiple choice

If every alternate letter, starting from B, is removed from the given sequence, which letter among the remaining letters will be the 4th to the left of the 10th letter from your left? For the given alphabetical series, answer the questions that follow: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

  1. J

  2. I

  3. K

  4. L

  5. M
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The final sequence becomes ACEGIKMOQSUWY. The question asks about 4th letter to the left of 10th letter from left, which means 10-4 = 6th letter from left, i.e. K. Hence this is the correct answer.