Alphabetic Reasoning Paper for Clerical Test

Alphabetic Reasoning Paper for Clerical Test

Practice Reasoning  Sample Paper

Directions (Questions 1 to 10): In each of the following questions, a group of letters is given which are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Below are given four alternatives

Containing combinations of these numbers. Select that combination of numbers so that

letters arranged accordingly form a meaningful word.

1. R   T   E   O   D   P

      1    2   3   4    5    6

(a) 1, 3, 5, 6, 4, 2

(b) 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 5

(c) 5, 3, 6, 4, 1, 2

(d) 6, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2

Ans. (c)

2. E   H   R   A   S   P

    1    2    3    4   5   6

(a) 5, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3

(b) 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1

(c) 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5

(d) 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5

Ans. (b)

3. T   L   P   N   A   E

    1    2   3   4    5    6

(a) 3, 2, 5, 4, 6, 1

(b) 3, 2, 5, 4, 1, 6

(c) 4, 5, 3, 6, 2, 1

(d) 4, 6, 1, 3, 5, 2

Ans. (a)

4. R   M   N   B   U   E

    1    2     3   4    5    6

(a) 2, 6, 3, 4, 1, 5

(b) 4, 6, 3, 2, 1, 5

(c) 3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 1

(d) 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 3

Ans. (c)

5. I   N   L   A   S   G

    1   2   3    4   5    6

(a) 6, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2

(b) 5, l, 6, 2, 4, 3

(c) 3, 4, 6, 1, 2, 5

(d) 2, 4, 3, 6, 1, 5

Ans. (b)

6. I   P   E   L   O   C

    1   2   3   4    5    6

(a) 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6

(b) 2, 5, 4, 1, 6, 3

(c) 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 6

(d) 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6

Ans. (b)

7. T   N   D   R   A   E

    1    2    3   4    5    6

(a) 1, 6, 2, 3, 5, 4

(b) 3, 6, 2, 4, 5, 1

(c) 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 1

(d) 4, 5, 3, 6, 2, 1

Ans. (c)

8. T   E   L   S   C   A

    1    2   3   4    5   6

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5

(b) 4, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3

(c) 5, 6, 4, 1, 3, 2

(d) 6, 5, 3, 2, 4, 1

Ans. (c)

9. A   M   D   E   N   R

    1    2    3    4    5   6

(a) 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6

(b) 6, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3

(c) 3, 4, 5, 2, 1, 6

(d) 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3

Ans. (b)

10. E   O   C   D   L   I

    1    2    3   4    5   6

(a) 3, 2, 5, 4, 6, 1

(b) 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1

(c) 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1

(d) 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 1

Ans. (d)

11. The letters of the word NUMKIPP are in disorder. If they are arranged in proper

 order, the name of a vegetable is formed. What is the last letter of the word so

formed?

(a) K

(b) M

(c) N

(d) P

Ans. (c)

12. If it is possible to form a word with the first, fourth, seventh and eleventh letters of

the word ‘SUPERFLOUS’, write the first letter of that word. Otherwise, X is the

answer.

(a) S

(b) L

(c) O

(d) X

Ans. (b)

13. A meaningful word starting with A is made from the first, the second, the fourth, the

fifth and the sixth letters of the word ‘CONTRACT’. Which of the following is the

middle letter of the word?

(a) C

(b) O

(c) R

(d) T

Ans. (d)

14. If by arranging the letters of the word NABMODINT, the name of a game is formed,

      what are the first and the last letters of the word so formed?

(a) B, T

(b) B, N

(c) N, D

(d) M, T

Ans. (b)

15. If with the third, fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth letters of the word ‘PERSON4LIY’, a

meaningful word is formed, then first letter of the word is the answer. If no word is

possible then X is the answer.

(a) O

(b) P

(c) R

(d) S

Ans. (c)

Directions (Questions 16 to 24): Each of the following questions is based on the following alphabet series.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M
N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V W X Y  Z 

16. If the alphabet series is written in the reverse order, which letter will be fifth to the

left of the fourteenth letter from the left?

(a) R

(b) I

(c) S

(d)V

Ans. (a)

17. If the english alphabets are divided into two equal halves—from A to M and N to Z,

which letter in the later half would be corresponding to letter J?

(a) Q

(b) V

(c) X

(d) W

Ans. (d)

18. Which letter should be ninth letter to the left of ninth letter from the right, if the first

 half of the given alphabet is reversed?

(a) D

(b) E

(c) F

(d) I

Ans. (b)

19. If the first and the second letters interchange their positions and similarly the third

and the fourth letters, the fifth and the sixth letters and so on, which letter will be the

seventeenth from your right?

(a) F

(b) H

(c) I

(d) J

Ans. (c)

20. How many as are there in the following series which are immediately followed by B

as well as immediately proceded by Z?                        

     A M B Z A N A A B Z A B
     A Z B A P Z A B A Z A B

(a) Nil

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

Ans. (d)

21. If the alphabet is written in the reverse order and every alternate letter starting with Y

is dropped, which letter will be exactly in the middle of the remaining letters of the

alphabet?

(a) M

(b) N

(c) O

(d) M or O

Ans. (b)

22. Which letter is eighth to the left of sixteenth letter from the right end?

(a) B

(b) S

(c) C

(d) H

Ans. (c)

23. Which letter is exactly midway between H and S in the given alphabet?

 (a) No such letter

 (b) L

 (c) M

 (d) O

 Ans. (a)

24. Which letter is midway between 22nd letter from the left and 21st letter from the

right?

(a) L

(b) M

(c) O

(d) N

Ans. (d)

25. If every even letter beginning from B is replaced by odd number starting with 3,

which letter/number will be the third to the right of the tenth number/letter counting

from your right.

(a) M

(b) S

(c) 11

(d) 21

Ans. (d)