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LECTURE-02
ALPHABETICAL SERIES
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Q.1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘FASTANDFURIOUS’ each of which has as
many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English Alphabet?
‘FASTANDFURIOUS’

(1) Five/ (2) Seven/ (3) Two/ (4) Six/ (5) Four/
Q.2. How many such digits are there in the number ‘9783012534856’ each of which is as far away
from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in ascending order within the
number ?/

(1) None/ (2) One/ (3) Two/

(4) Three/ (5) More than three/
Q.3. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word PARSIMONIOUS each of which have as
many letters between them in the word, as they have in the English alphabet?
PARSIMONIOUS

(1) None/ (2) One/ (3) Two/

(4) Three/ (5) More than three/
Q.4. If in the word UNSPARING, each consonants is replaced by the previous letter in the English
Alphabet and each vowel is replaced by the next letter in the English Alphabet and then all the
letters are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right. Which letter does not change their
place?
UNSPARING

(1) F (2) M (3) J (4) B (5) None/

Q.5. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with second, fifth, sixth, seventh, eleventh and
thirteenth letter of the word LUDICROUSNESS using each letter only once in each word, which
of the following will be the last letter of that word ? If no such word can be made, give answer ’N’
and if more than such word can be made, give answer ‘M’?
LUDICROUSNESS

N
M
(1) E (2) N (3) R (4) M (5) None of these/
Q.6. In each of the following questions, a series is given with one term missing choose the correct
alternative from the given one that will complete the series:

BMX, DNV, FPT, HSR, ?

(1) KMN (2) JWP (3) JPS (4) RWT (5) None of these/
Q.7-10. Following questions are based on five three digit numbers.

345 543 727 264 723

Q.7. If two is subtracted from odd digit and three is added from even digit within each number. Then
which of the following will be the highest number?

(1) 727 (2) 264 (3) 543 (4) 723 (5) 345
Q.8. If first and second digits are interchanged within the number and then all the numbers are arranged
in ascending order from left to right. Which of the following numbers will be second from right?
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(1) 723 (2) 345 (3) 264 (4) 727 (5) 543
Q.9. If all the digits within the numbers are added then how many of above will be exactly divisible by 4?

(1) One/ (2) Two/ (3) Four/ (4) Five/ (5) None of these/
Q.10. If all the digits within the numbers are arrange in descending order, then which of the following
number is second lowest number?

(1) 345 (2) 543 (3) 727 (4) 264 (5) 723
Q.11-14. The following questions are based on five words give below:

PUT FOR SUM AND THE

Q.11. If first letter of each of the words is changed to the next letter in the English Alphabetical series,
then which of the following will form a meaningful English word?

(1) SUM (2) PUT (3) AND (4) FOR (5) THE
Q.12. If in each of the given words each of the consonants is changed to next letter and each of the
vowel is changed to previous letter in the English Alphabetical series, then how many words thus
formed will two vowel appear?/

(1) None/ (2) One/ (3) Two/

(4) Three/ (5) More than three/
Q.13. If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appears in a dictionary order from left
to right, which of the following will be third from the left?

(1) SUM (2) PUT (3) THE (4) FOR (5) AND
Q.14. If in each of the given words each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each of the
vowel is changed to next letter in the English Alphabetical series, then how many words thus
formed will starting with vowel?

(1) More than three/ (2) Three/ (3) Two/

(4) One/ (5) None/
Q.15-17.Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below –

9CN%D47#@JU6I5VP QW&2O831 ZX E *G
Q.15. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately
preceded by a number and immediately followed by a vowel?

(1) None/ (2) One/ (3) Two/

(4) Three/ (5) More than three/
Q.16. Which of the following element is the fifth to the right of the sixteenth from the right end of the
above arrangement?

(1) # (2) X (3) E (4) & (5) None of these/

Q.17. If all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which element will be sixteenth from the
right end?

(1) N (2) E (3) #

(4) 6 (5) None of these/
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Q.18-20.Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below-

A [ B P 2 3 C % D Z 8 E ] F 6 5 G Q # H @ I  7 J  K L  M N
Q.18. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately
preceeded as well as followed by consonants?

(1) Five/ (2) Four/ (3) Three/

(4) Two/ (5) None of these/
Q.19. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement which is immediately preceeded by
a consonant and immediately and followed by a number?

(1) One (2) Two (3) Three

(4) Four (5) None of these/
Q.20. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement
and so form a group. W hich is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) EF5 (2) JK (3) D8] (4) M N (5) B2C
Q.21-23.The letter of the English alphabets are numbered from 26 to 1such that 26 stands for A,25
stands for B,and so on .The assigned numbers are used to write the letters of the original
alphabets./ 'A' 'B'

Q.21. In the above question what will be the sum of addition of all the vowels place value ?

(1) 78 (2) 84 (3) 76 (4) 88 (5) None of these/

Q.22. Which of the following sequences denotes a valid code of ‘ROSE’ word ?
'ROSE'
(1) 9 - 12 - 16 - 23 (2) 9 - 12 - 17 – 5 (3) 9 - 12 -19 - 5
(4) 9- 12 - 8 - 22 (5) None of these/
Q.23. Which of the following sequences denote a total sum of valid code of ‘DOVE’ ?
DOVE
(1) 62 (2) 72 (3) 63 (4) 52 (5) None of these/
Q.24-25. In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. The resultant number in each
row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the questions below the rows
of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.

Rules/ :
(i) If an odd number is followed by a two digit even number then they are to be added.

(ii) If an odd number is followed by a two digit odd number then the second number is to be
subtracted from the first number.

(iii) If an even number is followed by a number which is a perfect square of a number then the
second number is to be divided by the first number.

(iv) If an even number is followed by a two digit even number then the first number is to be
multiplied by the second number.

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Q.24. 15 11 20 400
8 12 10
If the resultant of the second set of numbers is divided by the resultant of the first set of numbers
what will be the outcome?

(1) 196 (2) 200 (3) 19 (4) 92 (5) None of these/

Q.25. 40 30 3600

What is the sum of the two resultant numbers of the set of numbers given above?

(1) 22 (2) 25 (3) 28 (4) 42 (5) None of these/

Q.26-28.Answer the following question on the basis of following number series.

32513642153421984654239594
Q.26. How many such ‘3’ are there in the above series which is immediately followed by a perfect
square and preceded by a composite odd number?

(1) Two / (2) Three / (3) One / (4) None / (5) None of these/
Q.27. How many perfect squares are there in the above series which is immediately preceded by an
odd number?

(1) Three/ (2) Two/ (3) Six/ (4) Seven/ (5) None of these/
Q.28. Which number is 3rd to the right of 4th to the right of the number which is 18 from left in the
series?

(1) 4 (2) 9 (3) 5 (4) 2 (5) 1

Q.29-31.Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

If first 12 even numbers are written from top to bottom and the letters of word “SCARED”
are written in alphabetical order against each multiple of 4 (One letter against one number).
There are 2 letters between N & S. There are as many letters between E & N as between P & D.
P is not against number 14. There are 5 letters between U & T. U is above T. I is written against
number 6. (No letter is repeated against any number)? /
“SCARED”
N S P D
E N P, 14 U T U, T
I, 6
Q.29. What will be the two times of the sum of 7th number from the top and the place value of the letter
against the same number? /

(1) 64 (2) 68 (3) 42 (4) 48 (5) 46

Q.30. Which is second letter in english alphabet word formed by letters against numbers 6, 12, 14 &
20?

(1) T (2) D (3) N (4) I (5) R

Q.31. If 3 letters are there according to English alphabetical series between alphabets written against
numbers 10 & 22. Then how many alphabets are there between alphabets written against numbers
18 & 24? /

(1) Three / (2) Five / (3) Sixth /

(4) Four / (5) Cannot be determined /
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