SUBJECT : MENTAL ABILITY

TOPIC : Alphabet test, Coding Decoding, Number series, Alphabet Series,

Letter Repeating series, Missing term in figure,
Directions : (1 to 7) Find the missing term out of the given alternatives.

1. CGJL, FJMO, IMPR, LPSU, ?

(A) ORUW (B) OSVX (C) JMPR (D) KORS
2. ADCG, ?, JMLP, QTSW, UXWA
(A) PSRV (B) PTSV (C) PRVS (D) PVRS
3. AZYB, CXVE, FURI, ?
(A) KQPL (B) JRNM (C) JQMN (D) ISPM

4. cx, fu, ir, ?, ol, ri

(A) lo (B) mn (C) no (D) op

5. JE, LH, OL, SQ, ?

(A) WV (B) WX (C) VW (D) XW
6. ABC, ZYX, DEF, WVU , ?
(A) RST (B) GIH (C) GHI (D) TSR

7. J2Z, K4X, I7V, ?, H16R, M22P

(A) I11T (B) L11S (C) L12T (D) L11T
8. If the code for ALLOWANCE is ZMKPVBMDD the word DEARNESS would be coded as
(A) CFBAODTR (B) EDZQMFRT (C) CDZTMFTR (D) CFZSMFRT
Directions : (9 to 23) Find the missing term.

2 3 6

26 8 ?

5 6 2 7 4 5
9.
(A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 11

F M J W D G

10. X P O R L Z

95 66 ?

(A) 56 (B) 94 (C) 65 (D) 49

28 144 ?
2 9 9
6 8 4 12 16 24
11.

(A) 320 (B) 360 (C) 460 (D) 400

12. 3 5 4
8 14 11
25 ? 34
(A) 44 (B) 43 (C) 42 (D) 41
 3C 27D 9E
13. 7I 21K 3M
4D ? 7J

(A) 11E (B) 28G (C) 35I (D) 48F

14.
4 5 7
11 2 2 4 5 5 6 ? 4
5 3 3
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 5

8 3 4
15. 7 6 1
2 4 ?
13 5 4
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
10 16 15
16. 12 10 5 11 15 4 9 ? 5
7 8 6
(A) 14 (B) 9 (C) 13 (D) 12

17. 4, 10, 23, 50, 105, ?

(A) 215 (B) 210 (C) 216 (D) 439

18. 4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30, ?

(A) 32 (B) 64 (C) 62 (D) 60

19. 72, 74, 78, 86, 100, ?

(A) 102 (B) 101 (C) 122 (D) 99
20. -3, 4, 23, 60, 121, ?
(A) 22 (B) 212 (C) 205 (D) None of these

21. 7, 12, 22, 37, ?, 82, 112

(A) 62 (B) 57 (C) 52 (D) 42
22. 2, 6, 20, 50, 102, ?
(A) 182 (B) 186 (C) 178 (D) None of These

23. 3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, ?

(A) 147 (B) 183 (C) 162 (D) 192

Directions : (24 to 30) A series of small letters is given which follow a certain pattern. However some letters are
missing from the series. You have to find out the right set of letters from the given alternatives that can be
inserted into the blanks of the series.
24. _bam_amb_m_a_ba
(A) m a b b m (B) m n b a b (C) m b a b a (D) m b a b m
25. rst__rs_uv_stu_rst__
(A) r s t r s t s (B) u v t r s t u (C) u v t r s u v (D) u v t r v u v

26. ee—g—e—fgg—ef—g
(A) f g e e g (B) g f e g e (C) f e e g e (D) g e e g f

27. xy——xyy—xy—x
(A) x y y y (B) x y x x (C) y x x y (D) x y y x
28. _aa_ba_bb_ab_aab.
(A) aaabb (B) babab (C) bbaab (D) bbbaa
29. _bc_ca_aba_c_ca
(A) abcbb (B) bbbee (C) baeba (D) abbee
30. acca_ccca_acccc_aaa
(A) cca (B) aaa (C) caa (D) aac

Direction : (31 to 33) Find the wrong term in the series.

31. 5, 7, 35, 8, 9, 72, 11, 12, 132, 7, 3, 6.
(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 35 (D) 7
32. 7, 18, 51, 106, 181, 282, 403
(A) 51 (B) 181 (C) 106 (D) 282

33. 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 24, 48

(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 24
34. If ‘DRIVER’ = 12, ‘PEDESTRIAN’ = 20, ‘ACCIDENT’ = 16, then ‘TAXI’ = ?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 12

35. According to a code : ‘Pon con non bon’ means ‘some persons are cheats’, ‘fon pon gon hon’ means
‘cheats can be dangerous’, ‘Ion kon fon con’ means ‘ Dangerous persons might kill’, ‘bon gon hon kon’
means ‘some probably can kill’. What is the code for ‘persons’ in that code :
(A) con (B) mon (C) bon (D) Ion
36. Which group of letters will come in place of question mark in the following series ?
BDGK ? K
(A) OPV (B) PWD (C) PWC (D) PVC
37. In this question, find which one word cannot be made from the letters of the given word.
HANDSOME
(A) HALE (B) HEN (C) SOME (D) HEAD
38. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and choose the one that comes first.
(A) Sport (B) Spouse (C) Squash (D) Sprout
39. If the positions of the fifth and twelfth letter of the word ‘GLORIFICATIONS’ are interchanged, and the
likewise and the position of the fourth and fourteenth letters the third and the tenth letters, the second and
the eleventh letters and the first and thirteenth letters, are interchanged, which of the following will be
twelfth letter from the right end ?
(A) I (B) O (C) R (D) T
40. After leaving the first five letters of alphabet series, point out the middle letter of remaining letters.
(A) P (B) M (C) Q (D) L
41. How many pairs of letters are there in the word PENCIL which have as many letters between them in the
word as in the alphabet series.
(A) NIL (B) ONE (C) TWO (D) THREE
42. If any two letters in the word 'PRISON' have as any letters between them in the word as there are in the
English alphabet, they form an alpha-pair. How many such alpha-pairs are there in the word 'PRISON' ?
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Directions : (43) Answer the following question based on the letter number sequence given below :
B3KG5PD79ERK1MT6ZHQ8W2A
43. Which of the following is exactly in the middle between the ninth letter/number from the left end and
seventh letter/number from the right end?
(A) 1 (B) M (C) J (D) R
Direction : (44 to 45) The capital letters in each of the following words are coded and written in small letters, but
not in the same order as the letters in the word. Find the codes for letters and answer the question.

SERIES –oaeoep
S CAR E – p o k e d
SEED –ioeo
CAR D – p i k d
ACT– dn k

44. RED
(A) iod (B) oed (C) dnp (D) iop
45. TEAR
(A) pnoi (B) penk (C) koni (D) pkno
46. In certain code, M A N G O is coded as 1 3 2 4 2 2 8 7 5, then how is F R U I T coded :
(A) 6366336100 (B) 6366333100 (C) 6366636100 (D) 6636636100
47. In a code language R A J I V is coded as W J K B S, then how do we code the word S I N D H U ?
(A) VIEOJT (B) VIJOVT (C) VJEOIT (D) VIOEJT
48. In a certain code RACKET is written as TDAHGW. How is NUMBER written in that code.
(A) PXKYGU (B) DQLMJP (C) EQMLJN (D) QELMJM
49. In a certain code language, 'yes more water' is written as 'ti ki di' and 'more than that' is written as 'si pi ki' .
How is 'that' written in that code language?
(A) si (B) ki (C) ti (D) Data inadequate
50. In a certain code REST is written as 31*2 and MEAN is written as 41#@ How is SAME written in that
code?
(A) #*14 (B) *#41 (C) 41@3 (D)4@13s
51. How many pairs of letters are there in the word HORIZON which have as many letters between them in the
word as in the English alphabet series?
(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) More than three
52. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series increases by one. Which of the
following series observes this rule ?
(A) DBPUY (B) DBUYP (C) DBYPU (D) DBYUP
53. In a certain code, GIGANTIC is written as GIGTANCI. How is MIRACLES written in that code ?
(A) MIRLCAES (B) MIRLACSE (C) RIMCALSE (D) RIMLCAES

54. If FOX is coded as 45, what will be the code number for BOX ?
(A) 41 (B) 49 (C) 55 (D) 60
Directions : (55 to 58) Find the missing term.
55. 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, ?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16
56. 11, 13, 17, 19, ?, 25
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 23 (D) 22
57. XBI, JNU, VZG, HLS, ?
(A) TYE (B) TXE (C) PTA (D) UYE
58. AYCXB, EWGVF, IUKTJ, MSORN, ?
(A) QOPPR (B) RPSQO (C) QQSPR (D) PQRPQ

Direction : (59) The series given below is based on the letter series, In the series, some letters are
missing. Select the correct alternative. If more than five letters are missing, select the last five
letters of the series.
59. x _ xxy _ x _ xy _ yxx _ _ yy _ y
(A) xyyyy (B) xxyyx (C) yxxyx (D) xyxyx
Directions : (60) Find the missing term/number.

B C ?
O Q S
60. M N R
(A) A (B) D (C) G (D) P