TNPSC Verbal Reasoning - Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given bellow:
R E 5 D A P $ 3 T I Q 7 9 B # 2 K % U 1 M W 4 \(\bigstar \) J 8 N
Which of the following is exactly in the middle between 3 and 1 in the above arrangement?
- (a)
B
- (b)
K
- (c)
9
- (d)
#
- (e)
None of these
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given bellow:
R E 5 D A P $ 3 T I Q 7 9 B # 2 K % U 1 M W 4 \(\bigstar\) J 8 N
How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and not immediately followed by a consonant?
- (a)
None
- (b)
One
- (c)
Two
- (d)
Three
- (e)
None of these
Study the following arrangement carrefully and answer the questions given bellow:
R E 5 D A P $ 3 T I Q 7 9 B # 2 K % U 1 M W 4 * J 8 N
How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a number but not immediately preceded by a consonant ?
- (a)
None
- (b)
One
- (c)
Two
- (d)
Three
- (e)
Four
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below:
8 C M @ N £ T 2 Y 6 S \(\alpha\) Q $ 7 \(\bigstar\) W # Z 3 U E % A 4
If each symbol is first converted into a numeral and then all the numerals are converted into English letters, how many converted English letters will be there in the above arrangement of elements?
- (a)
7
- (b)
12
- (c)
13
- (d)
25
- (e)
None of these
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below:
8 C M @ N £ T 2 Y 6 S \(\alpha\) Q $ 7 \(\bigstar\) W # Z 3 U E % A 4
What should come in place of the question mark in the following series based on the above arrangement?
C M A N £ E 2 Y 3 ? $ 7 \(\bigstar\)
- (a)
£ Q #
- (b)
S \(\alpha\) #
- (c)
S 6 \(\alpha\)
- (d)
S \(\alpha\) Z
- (e)
None of these
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the question given below:
8 C M @ N £ T 2 Y 6 S \(\alpha\) Q $ 7 \(\bigstar\) W # Z 3 U E % A 4
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way with respect to their position in the above arrangement. Which is the one that is different from the other four?
- (a)
£ 6 2
- (b)
Q 7 W
- (c)
E 3 #
- (d)
T M N
- (e)
S Y T
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions gives below:
W 1 R % 4 J E # 7 M T 2 I 9 B H 3 A $ 9 F Q 5 D G 6 U S P
Which of the following is the seventh to the right of the eighteenth from the right end?
- (a)
A
- (b)
E
- (c)
$
- (d)
#
- (e)
None of these
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions gives below:
W 1 R % 4 J E # 7 M T 2 I 9 B H 3 A $ 9 F Q 5 D G 6 U S P
What should come in place of question mark on the basis of the above arrangement?
R4# M2B 3$Q ?
- (a)
5GU
- (b)
D6S
- (c)
5GS
- (d)
D6P
- (e)
None of these
Study the following digit-letter-symbol sequence carefully and answer the questions given below:
R \(\bigstar\) T J L 2 $ D = M # 8 C % B < K 1 & A W ? P E + Q @ 7 F 6
Which of the following is sixth to the left of eighteenth element from the left?
- (a)
%
- (b)
C
- (c)
1
- (d)
8
- (e)
None of these
Study the following digit-letter-symbol sequence carefully and answer the questions given below:
R \(\bigstar\) T J L 2 $ D = M # 8 C % B < K 1 & A W ? P E + Q @ 7 F 6
If the first fifteen elements in the above sequence are written in reverse order, then which of the following will be twenty-first from the right end?
- (a)
2
- (b)
$
- (c)
=
- (d)
L
- (e)
None of these
Study the following arrangement of letters, digits and symbols to answer the question given below:
A B 7 C D 9 Z Y \(\bigstar\) P 2 M © K S 3 \(\Uparrow \) 5 N T @
Which of the following letters is exactly midway between only letters falling between C and 5?
- (a)
K
- (b)
M
- (c)
P
- (d)
Y
- (e)
None of these
These question are based on the following arrangement of symbols, letters and numbers:
\(\uparrow\) 9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J \(\partial \) L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 \(\bigstar\) \(\div\) D F 4 \(\beta\) H 7 ©
How many such numbers are three in the arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol but not immediately followed by a letter?
- (a)
Nil
- (b)
One
- (c)
Two
- (d)
Three
- (e)
None of these
These question are based on the following arrangement of symbols, letters and numbers:
\(\uparrow\) 9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J \(\partial \) L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 \(\bigstar\) \(\div\) D F 4 \(\beta\) H 7 ©
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the positions of the elements in the above arrangement and hence form a group. Which one done not belong to the group?
- (a)
\(\bigstar \ \div\) 8 D 6
- (b)
Y M @ E 3
- (c)
@ Y 3 M L
- (d)
\(\beta\) H 4 7 D
- (e)
B Q 9 = \(\uparrow\)
These question are based on the following arrangement of symbols, letters and numbers:
\(\uparrow\) 9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J \(\partial \) L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 \(\bigstar\) \(\div\) D F 4 \(\beta\) H 7 ©
Total number of pairs of adjacent symbol and letter (X), total number of pairs of adjacent letter and number (Y) and total number of pairs of adjacent number and symbol (Z) in the above arrangement are written in the descending order. Which of the following will indicate the same?
- (a)
X, Y, Z
- (b)
X, Z, Y
- (c)
Y, X, Z
- (d)
All the three are equal in number
- (e)
None of these
These questions are based on the following arrangement of symbols, letters and numbers:
\(\uparrow\) 9 B Q = $ 2 5 R J \(\partial \) L 3 @ Y M E 6 8 \(\bigstar\) \(\div\) D F 4 \(\beta\) H 7 ©
How many such letters are there in the arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a number but not immediately preceded by a symbol?
- (a)
Nil
- (b)
One
- (c)
Two
- (d)
Three
- (e)
Four
In the abovee arrangement, 2 R J L : B = $ 5 and Y E 6 \(\bigstar\) : \(\partial \) 3 @ M in the same way as ? : 8 \(\div\) D 4
- (a)
D 4 \(\beta\) ©
- (b)
F \(\beta\) H ©
- (c)
D 4 \(\beta\) 7
- (d)
\(\div\) F 4 H
- (e)
None of these
Study the following series of alpha-numeric-symbol combination and answer the questions that follow:
S K 6 £ Q 2 R \(\bigstar\) C F S E $ G 2 # 4 9 L N 3 U V 5 Y \(\alpha\) B 7 W 9
What should come in place of question mark in the following series?
S 9 K 6 W £ Q 7 2 ? C \(\alpha\) F
- (a)
R Y \(\bigstar\)
- (b)
\(\bigstar\) Y C
- (c)
2 B R
- (d)
R B \(\bigstar\)
- (e)
None of these
Study the following letter-number sequence to answer these questions:
E & G B D M 4 N K H 2 A C Z S V 3 F 1 J L O Q 5 P R
If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the first, the twelfth, the fifteenth and the twenty-first letters, then which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give X as your answer and if more than one such words can be made, give M as your answer.
- (a)
E
- (b)
T
- (c)
X
- (d)
M
Study the following letter-number sequence to answer these questions:
E & G B D M 4 N K H 2 A C Z S V 3 F 1 J L O Q 5 P R
If every alternate letter/number is dropped starting from E onwards, then which letter/number will be the second to the left of the tenth letter/number from the left?
- (a)
A
- (b)
B
- (c)
Q
- (d)
V
Study the following arrangement carefully to answer these questions:
M 1 E $ R B 3 A K 7 £ # 9 $ U D I N 4 6 % F H 2 @ 8 W
How many such consonants are there in the above sequence each of which is immediately followed by a number and immediately preceded by a vowel?
- (a)
Nil
- (b)
One
- (c)
Two
- (d)
Three
- (e)
Four
Study the following arrangement carefully to answer these questions:
M 1 E $ R B 3 A K 7 £ # 9 $ U D I N 4 6 % F H 2 @ 8 W
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group, based on the above arrangement. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
- (a)
% H N
- (b)
1 4 $
- (c)
9 D £
- (d)
3 K $
- (e)
$ B M
Answer these questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
2 P J @ 8 $ L B 1 V # Q 6 \(\delta \) G W 9 K C D 3 © \(\bullet \) £ 5 F R 7 A Y 4
How many symbols and numbers are there in the sequence which are either immediately preceded or immediately followed by the letter which are either immediately preceded or immediately followed by the letter which is from the first half of the English alphabet?
- (a)
6
- (b)
7
- (c)
8
- (d)
9
- (e)
None of these
Answer these questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
2 P J @ 8 $ L B 1 V # Q 6 \(\delta \) G W 9 K C D 3 © \(\bullet \) £ 5 F R 7 A Y 4
Four of the following five are similar in relation to their positions in the above sequence and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to that group?
- (a)
Q K 5
- (b)
L 6 D
- (c)
P L \(\delta \)
- (d)
1 G ©
- (e)
K £ 4
Answer these questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
2 P J @ 8 $ L B 1 V # Q 6 \(\delta \) G W 9 K C D 3 © \(\bullet \) £ 5 F R 7 A Y 4
Each symbol exchanges its position with its immediate right symbol/letter/number. Now, how many letters are there in the sequence which are immediately followed by a number and immediately preceded by a symbol?
- (a)
Nil
- (b)
One
- (c)
Two
- (d)
Three
- (e)
None of these
Use the following series of elements (letter-number-symbol) to answer these questions. Every two-digit number (given in brackets) is to be treated as single number.
2 \(\bigstar\) 8 5 6 B 9 $ Q 3 E 1 7 R D 4 £ (13) U @ K (18) A (14) P
Four of the following five group of elements are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
- (a)
Q $ 9
- (b)
5 6 B
- (c)
1 3 E
- (d)
D R 7
- (e)
2 \(\bigstar\) 8
Use the following series of elements (letter-number-symbol) to answer these questions. Every two-digit number (given in brackets) is to be treated as single number.
2 \(\bigstar\) 8 5 6 B 9 $ Q 3 E 1 7 R D 4 £ (13) U @ K (18) A (14) P
If each alphabet has a value of zero, each symbol has a value equivalent to the square of the numeral that immediately precedes the symbol or the value of 1 it is not immediately preceded by any numeral, what will be the sum of the values of the first 10 elements of the series starting from the left end?
- (a)
46
- (b)
79
- (c)
107
- (d)
118
- (e)
None of these
Use the following series of elements (letter-number-symbol) to answer these questions. Every two-digit number (given in brackets) is to be treated as single number.
2 \(\bigstar\) 8 5 6 B 9 $ Q 3 E 1 7 R D 4 £ (13) U @ K (18) A (14) P
Which of the following groups of elements will come in the place of the question mark in the series given below?
6 8 2 $ B 5 E Q 9 ? £ D 7
- (a)
4 (13) @
- (b)
@ (13) £
- (c)
U £ D
- (d)
@ (13) 4
- (e)
None of these
Use the following series of elements (letter-number-symbol) to answer these questions. Every two-digit number (given in brackets) is to be treated as single number.
2 \(\bigstar\) 8 5 6 B 9 $ Q 3 E 1 7 R D 4 £ (13) U @ K (18) A (14) P
If each of the letters in the above series of elements is given a value equivalent to its serial number in the English alphabet, what will be the different between the sum of the consonants and the sum of the vowels used in the series?
- (a)
27
- (b)
41
- (c)
82
- (d)
109
- (e)
None of these
Answer the following questions based on the arrangement given below:
Y W @ 1 & C N 3 P L B 9 \(\uparrow\) = D \(\bigstar\) E 2 £ M V $ 7 # 4 F G 5
C 1 3 W : 7 4 V G in the same way as N @ B = : ?
- (a)
$ 4 2 D
- (b)
V F 2 D
- (c)
$ F 2 \(\bigstar\)
- (d)
$ F £ D
- (e)
$ F 2 D
Answer the following questions based on the arrangement given below:
Y W @ 1 & C N 3 P L B 9 \(\uparrow\) = D \(\bigstar\) E 2 £ M V $ 7 # 4 F G 5
If (A) denotes the number of symbols immediately preceded by a number, (B) denotes the number of letters immediately followed by a symbol and (C) denotes the number of letters either not immediately followed by a number or not immediately preceded by a letter, then which of the following is the ascending order of the numbers denoted by (A), (B) and (C)?
- (a)
(C), (A), (B)
- (b)
(C), (B), (A)
- (c)
(B), (C), (A)
- (d)
(B), (A), (C)
- (e)
None of these