Alpha Numeric for SBI PO Mains – 30

Directions (Q. 1-5): Answer these questions referring to the symbol – letter – number sequence given below:

H  ⍺  K  7  D  ¢  M  L  3  ●  G  7  β  Z  6  *   δ  θ  1  F  B  @  9  S  γ  2  $  P  4  A   ∆  5

1). How many letters in the sequence either immediately precede a number or immediately follow a symbol?

a)   Eight

b)   Four

c)   Five

d)   Six

e)   None of these

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c)   Five

H  ⍺  k  7  D  ¢  M  L  3  ●  G  7  β  Z  6  *   δ   θ   1  F  B  @  9  S  γ  2  $  P  4  A   ∆  5  (seven letters)

2). What is the total number of ‘the letters immediately preceded by a number belonging to the second half of the sequence’ and ‘the symbol immediately preceded by a letter belonging to the second half of the English alphabet’ in the above sequence?

a)   Three

b)   Four

c)   Five

d)   Six

e)   None of these

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c)   Five

H  ⍺  k  7  D  ¢  M  L  3  ●  G  7  β  Z  6  *   δ   θ   1  F  B  @  9  S  γ  2  $  P  4  A   ∆  5  (Five)

3). If the second half of the series is written in the reverse order which of the following will be twelfth element to the right of ninth element from your left?

a)   4

b)   $

c)   P

d)   A

e)   None of these

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c)   P

H  ⍺  K  7  D  ¢  M  L  3  ●  G  7  β  Z  6  *   δ  θ  1  F  B  @  9  S  γ  2  $  P  4  A   ∆  5

4). Which of the following will be the seventh element to the left of 19th element from your left in the above series?

a)   Z

b)   β

c)   G

d)   7

e)   None of these

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d)   7

(19 – 7 =) 12th element from the left.

5). Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence from a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

a)   H  ¢  7

b)   k  ●  6

c)   D  β  1

d)   M  *  9

e)   L  @  4

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e)   L  @  4

The group consist of 1st letter, 2nd symbol, third number: 2nd letter, 3rd symbol, 4th number; 3rd letter, 4th symbol, 5th number and so on. Hence it will be L  δ  2.

Directions (Q. 6 -10) Answer these questions referring to the symbol – letter – number sequence given below.

%  £  8  σ  K  β  Z  M  S  <  2  @  7  E  ⍺  *  Σ  P  6  1  D  $  L  5  #  1  4

6). What is the total number of ‘the symbols immediately preceded by a number’ and ‘the numbers immediately preceded by a letter’ in the above sequence?

a)   Six

b)   Seven

c)   Five

d)   Four

e)   None of these

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a)   Six

%  £  8  σ  K  β  Z  M  S  <  2  @  7  E  ⍺  *  Σ  P  6  1  D  $  L  5  #  1  4

7). ‘*  Σ’ is related to ‘P⍺’ in the same way as ‘$#’ is related to

a)   I Σ

b)   L5

c)   ID

d)   5L

e)   None of these

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d) 5L

The second character after the first symbol and  the second character before the second symbol have been taken to form the second group.

8). Four of the five are similar in respect of their positions in the above sequence and hence from a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

a)   Z σ M

b)   @  S  7

c)   Σ  ⍺  P

d)   I  Σ  D

e)   #  S  I

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c)   Σ  ⍺  P

The rest have: The second character in each group is third character to the left of first character of that group as given in the sequence. The third character in each group is immediately right of the first character of that group as given in the sequence.

9). If letters at even places in the English alphabet are arranged in alphabetical order among themselves from left and numbers are arranged in descending order from left then in the rearranged series how many elements will be there between 6 and Z?

a)   9

b)   8

c)   10

d)   7

e)   None of these

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a)   9

Now the series becomes:

%  £  8  σ  K (11) β  D  (4)  M (13) S (19) <  7  @  6  E (5)  ⍺  *  Σ  L  (12)  5  4  P  (16)  $  Z  (26)  2  #  I  (9)  11.

The no. in the bracket after each letter shows its position in English alphabet. Only even-placed letters are rearranged.

10). What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following character series?

8 β S,  Z < 7,  2 E Σ,  ?

a)   D54

b)   ⍺PD

c)   ΣIL

d)   6#$

e)   None of these

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a)   D54

There is a gap of two characters between both pairs of characters in each group. And the next group starts with the 4th character to the right of the first character of the previous group.