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Letter Series

The document discusses different types of alphabet tests, which involve arranging letters, numbers, words or other elements in various patterns based on certain rules or operations. It provides examples of different types of questions like number series, alphabet series, mixed series and creating new words. It also gives some tips and formulas for solving alphabet test questions efficiently, like checking the last digit or lowest number rather than applying the full operation. Sample questions are presented at the end to illustrate question types related to number series and alphabet series.

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Letter Series

The document discusses different types of alphabet tests, which involve arranging letters, numbers, words or other elements in various patterns based on certain rules or operations. It provides examples of different types of questions like number series, alphabet series, mixed series and creating new words. It also gives some tips and formulas for solving alphabet test questions efficiently, like checking the last digit or lowest number rather than applying the full operation. Sample questions are presented at the end to illustrate question types related to number series and alphabet series.

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Letter Series

What is the Alphabet Test?


Before going to the next part let us now understand what an Alphabet Test is? In
general, arranging the known alphabet letters which are given in jumbled letters
or in word form sequence, are known as Alphabetic Arrangement.
When the arrangement of letters or words sequence involves two or more
patterns of letters including numbers and symbols with an equal occurrence and
all together making some pattern in general are called patterns of words or
letters in general.
So in Alphabet Test questions are based on finding the place of an English letter
to the left or right of another English letter in the alphabetical order. Sometimes
the questions are based on finding the number of English letter/s between two
different letters. This type of questions vary on the arrangement of alphabetical
order. It can be backward, first half backward, second half, backward, multiple
letter segments in changed order etc. Some of the questions asked in this section
are based on finding the middle letter of two specified letters and in some
questions it is asked which letter/s do not change their place/s after the
alphabetical arrangement.

Types of Alphabet Test


1. Number Series (Group Based)


The first type in the Number Series in which a group of numbers
will be given and based on that multiple operations need to be
performed on them such as Addition, Multiplication,
Interchanging of digits and so on.
Given Series: 567 289 376 189 852
Example: If 1 is added to the 2nd digit of each number and then
the position of the first and last digits are interchanged, which of
the following will be the highest number?
Solution: Given Series: 567 289 376 189 852
By adding 1 with the 2nd digit we get: 577 299 386 199 862
Now if we interchange the first and last digits then we get: 775 992
683 991 268
Therefore, 992 is the highest number which came from 289
2. Alphabet Series (Group Based)
In this type of Series a group of alphabets will be given and based on that
multiple operations need to be performed on them such as arrange in
dictionary or reverse dictionary order, interchanging of alphabets and so
on.
Given Series: DEW BIG RAW FAN DOG
Example: If the position of the first and last alphabets of each word are
interchanged and arranged in dictionary order then, which word comes
last?
Solution: Given words are DEW BIG RAW FAN DOG
On interchanging the first and last alphabet we get the series as
WED GIB WAR NAF GOD
Now if we arrange the series in dictionary order then we get the series like
this
GIB GOD NAF WAR WED

3. Mixed Series
Mixed Series involves the arrangement of numbers, letters and symbols in
a certain way. Various types of Mixed Series are given below.
Example: What element in 6th to the left of the 12th element from
the left end?
Solution: If we carefully observe the given series then the 12th
position from the left end is T.(A B 6 P 7 2 Z @ X ? V T W # & N S L %)
Whereas, the 6th position to the left of the 12th element is 2.
(A B 6 P 7 2 Z @ X ? V T W # & N S L %)
Therefore, the answer will be 2 is the 6th to the left of the 12th
element from the left end.

4. Creating New Words


In this type of Alphabet Test reasoning section candidates will be
given a few letters from which they need to find if the given
letters are making a meaningful word or not. If meaningful words
are present or can be formed using the given letters then
questions such as how many meaningful words can be formed at
any position can also be asked.
Example: How many meaningful English words can be formed
with the help of letter T, A, E such that no letter is missed, and no
letter is repeated.
Solution: T A E, we can clearly see that various words can be
formed by using these 3 letters such as TEA, EAT and ATE. So the
answer is 3 meaningful words can be formed
5. Position of Letters and Numbers in a Word
In this type of questions, candidates need to find the pairs of letters or digits which
may have as many letters or digits between them as in words or numbers between
them in the English Alphabetical Series and Number Sequence explained above.

Example: How many such letters are there in the word “INTERNET’” after arranging
the letters of the word in alphabetical order each of which has as many letters
between them in the word, as they have between them in English Alphabetical series?
(forward direction)
Solution: The word “INTERNET” can be represented as follows.

Tips and Tricks:


Tip # 1: For questions such as the example of the Number Series type
alphabet test reasoning highest number after interchanging the first
and last digits were asked. To solve these types of questions
candidates don’t need to add 1 to the 2nd digit of every number,
instead they should check the last digit of each number only.

Tip # 2: For questions where the lowest number after arranging the
digits in increasing order is asked, candidates should check which
number has the lowest digit.

Tip # 3: For the questions where the number of words are starting
with vowels after replacing vowels of each word by its next letter and
consonant by its previous letter is asked. Candidates must replace
only the first letter of the word which is starting with a consonant.

Tip # 4: Left – Left means from the left end, Right + Left means from
left end, and Right – Right means from the right.
Alphabet Test Formula
Candidates can find the various formulas related to the Alphabet Test
reasoning section from below.
Formula 1: (Related to Simple Series)
Left – Left = From the left end
Left + Right = From the right end
Right – Right = From the right end
Right + Left = From the left end
Formula 2: (Related to Operation Based Series)
For solving this type of question you need to sequence the steps as in the
question.
Step 1: The vowels are exchanged with its next letter.
Step 2: The symbols are exchanged with 8.
Step 3: Numbers are increased by 1

Alphabet Test Sample Questions


Question 1: Given Series: 567 289 376 189 852, now if all the digits are
arranged in increasing order within the numbers then which number will
be the lowest? (Related to Number Series – Group Bases)

Solution: For Given Series: 567 289 376 189 852, if we arrange all the digits
in an increasing order then we get: 567 289 367 189 258.
As we can see here, 189 is the lowest number which comes from 189.

Question 2: Given Series: 567 289 376 189 852, now if the position of the
first digits of each number are replaced by its previous number, how many
numbers will have minimum two same digits? (Related to Number Series –
Group Bases)

Solution: For Given Series: 567 289 376 189 852, if the position of the first
digit of each number are replaced by it’s next number and last digits of
each number are replaced by its previous number then it becomes like
this: 666 388 375 288 951

Question 3: Given Series: DEW BIG RAW FAN DOG, now if


the positions of first and last alphabets of each word are
interchanged, then how many meaningful words are
formed? (Related to Alphabet Series – Group Bases)

Solution: For Given Series: DEW BIG RAW FAN DOG, if we


exchange the alphabets we get: WED GIB WAR NAF GOD,
from the words 4 are meaningful words such as WED, GIB,
WAR and GOD.

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