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Chapter
Chapter
2 Alpha Series
Completion
Section Level No. of Questions
Concept Applicator Very Easy 20
Concept Builder Easy 20
Concept Cracker Moderate 10
Concept Deviator Difficult 18
THEORY
In this type of questions, a series of single, pairs or groups of letters or combinations of letters and numbers is given.
Candidate is required to recognise this pattern and accordingly find the missing terms or the wrong terms.
To understand this chapter or to perform well, one has to understand the following concept of values or relationship
between Alphabets and Numericals.
Alphabets A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Alphabets Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Numbers 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Alphabets A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
Reverse Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K
order
Alphabets Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Reverse J I H G F E D C B A
order
E J O T Y
It is also recommended, that one must Remember " "
5 10 15 20 25
This will help you to understand the concept or to find out the values of Alphabets without finding or writing all the
alphabets with their respective values.
Ex 1: A, D, G, J, M?
Solution: A D G J M ? = ( P )
As the pattern is the gap between the letters is +3. So required letter is P.