Verbal reasoning Eight questions with answers

Letter series: verbal reasoning questions with answers

Letter-pair series: find the next pair.

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GL Assessment: 14 of the 240 questions on its three verbal reasoning familiarisation papers.

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Eight letter series questions

Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ZE XI VM TQ ?
- A TV
- B RU
- C RS
- D SU
- E SS
Show the answer to question 1
Answer: B · RU
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In ZE, XI, VM, TQ, the first letter moves back 2 letters each time; the second letter moves on 4 letters each time.
So after TQ comes RU.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
GD JG MJ PM ?
- A UO
- B SP
- C TN
- D TP
- E SN
Show the answer to question 2
Answer: B · SP
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In GD, JG, MJ, PM, the first letter moves on 3 letters each time; the second letter moves on 3 letters each time.
So after PM comes SP.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
KG LH NJ QM ?
- A TO
- B SO
- C SP
- D UQ
- E TP
Show the answer to question 3
Answer: D · UQ
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In KG, LH, NJ, QM, the first letter moves on 1, 2, 3, then 4: the step grows by 1; the second letter moves on 1, 2, 3, then 4: the step grows by 1.
So after QM comes UQ.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
JH MK PN SQ ?
- A WS
- B XU
- C WT
- D VS
- E VT
Show the answer to question 4
Answer: E · VT
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In JH, MK, PN, SQ, the first letter moves on 3 letters each time; the second letter moves on 3 letters each time.
So after SQ comes VT.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
PZ QY RX SW ?
- A RW
- B TT
- C ST
- D TV
- E SV
Show the answer to question 5
Answer: D · TV
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In PZ, QY, RX, SW, the first letter moves on 1 letter each time; the second letter moves back 1 letter each time.
So after SW comes TV.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
OC QF SI UL ?
- A UM
- B VQ
- C VM
- D UQ
- E WO
Show the answer to question 6
Answer: E · WO
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In OC, QF, SI, UL, the first letter moves on 2 letters each time; the second letter moves on 3 letters each time.
So after UL comes WO.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
UG VI WL XP ?
- A YU
- B XW
- C WU
- D WV
- E YV
Show the answer to question 7
Answer: A · YU
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In UG, VI, WL, XP, the first letter moves on 1 letter each time; the second letter moves on 2, 3, 4, then 5: the step grows by 1.
So after XP comes YU.
Which pair of letters comes next in the series?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
YM XO WQ VS ?
- A WT
- B VV
- C VU
- D UV
- E UU
Show the answer to question 8
Answer: E · UU
Why:
Take the first letters, then the second letters, as two series.
In YM, XO, WQ, VS, the first letter moves back 1 letter each time; the second letter moves on 2 letters each time.
So after VS comes UU.

Answers

1. B · RU
2. B · SP
3. D · UQ
4. E · VT
5. D · TV
6. E · WO
7. A · YU
8. E · UU

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