Verbal Reasoning

Question: m _ nm _ n _ an _ a _ ma _
[A].

aamnan

[B].

ammanm

[C].

aammnn

[D].

amammn

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The series is man/man/man/man/man. Thus, the pattern ‘man’ is repeated.

Question: ab _ _ baa _ _ ab _
[A].

aaaaa

[B].

aabaa

[C].

aabab

[D].

baabb

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The series is aba/aba/aba/aba. Thus, the pattern ‘aba’ is repeated.

Question: _ _aba _ _ ba _ ab
[A].

abbba

[B].

abbab

[C].

baabb

[D].

bbaba

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The series is ab/ab/ab/ab/ab/ab. Thus, the pattern ‘ab’ is repeated.

Question: ADVENTURE, DVENTURE, DVENTUR, ?, VENTU
[A].

DVENT

[B].

VENTURE

[C].

VENTUR

[D].

DVENTU

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

One letter from the beginning and one from the end of a term are removed, one by one, in alternate steps.

Question: ATTRIBUTION, TTRIBUTIO, RIBUTIO, IBUTI, ?
[A].

IBU

[B].

UT

[C].

UTI

[D].

BUT

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In the first step, one letter from the beginning and one from the end of a term are removed to give the next term. In the second step, two letters from the beginning of a term are removed.

These two steps are repeated alternately.

Question: PERPENDICULAR, ERPENDICULA, RPENDICUL, ?
[A].

PENDICUL

[B].

PENDIC

[C].

ENDIC

[D].

ENDICU

Answer: Option E

Explanation:

Each term of the series is obtained by removing two letters from the preceding term one from the beginning and one from the end, So, the missing term is PENDICU.

Question: AYBZC, DWEXF, GUHVI, JSKTL, ?
[A].

MQORN

[B].

MQNRO

[C].

NQMOR

[D].

QMONR

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Question: A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY
[A].

LMNO

[B].

MNO

[C].

MNOP

[D].

NOPQ

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Each term consists of consecutive letters in order. The number of letters in the terms goes on increasing by one at each step.

Also, there is a gap of one letter between the last letter of the first term and the first letter of the second term; a gap of two letters between the last letter of the second term and the first letter of the third term; and so on.

So, there should be a gap of three letters between the last letter of the third term and the first letter of the desired term.

Question: ejo tyd ins xch ?
[A].

nrw

[B].

mrw

[C].

msx

[D].

nsx

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

There is a gap of four letters between the first and second, the second and third letters of each term, and also between the last letter of a term and the first letter of the next term.

Question: AYD, BVF, DRH, ?, KGL
[A].

FMI

[B].

GMJ

[C].

GLJ

[D].

HLK

Answer: Option B

Explanation: