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REASONING

A. Hariprakash Reddy

AchieverS Institute for competitive exams, KPHB Hyderabad.

ALPHA-NUMERIC-SYMBOL TEST
The following points are helpful to us while answering the questions from Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Test. 1) Left to Left Left to Right Right to Right Right to Left 2) > (-) left > (+) right > (-) right > (+) left

ABCDE The following are said correctly about the above sequence ABCDE a) C is followed by D and E. ( C..DE ) b) C is immediately followed by D. ( CD) c) C is not immediately followed by E. (C.E) d) C is preceded by A and B. (ABC) e) C is immediately preceded by B. ( BC) f) C is not immediately preceded by A. (AC)

3) Numbers, Symbols, Consonants, Vowels and letters are coded as N, S, C, V and L respectively. a) Numbers immediately followed by symbols and immediately preceded by consonants > CNS b) Vowels immediately followed by numbers but not immediately preceded by symbols > c) Numbers immediately preceded by vowels but not immediately followed by consonants > d) Symbols not immediately preceded by vowels and not immediately followed by letters > e) Consonants either immediately followed by vowels or immediately preceded by numbers or both > CV or NC or NCV f) Numbers either immediately followed by consonants or immediately preceded by vowels but not both > NC or VN ( but not VNC) The above three points can be explained clearly with the help of the following example. Example : M & 4 * D 3 H 9 $ 8W G $ Q + E 5 S @ E

1) What is the 3rd element to the left of the 6th element from the left end? Answer : 3rd left of 6th left > (6-3) left > 3rd left > 4.

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2) What is the 3 element to the left of the 7th element from the right end? Answer : 3rd left of 7th right > (3+7) right > 10th right > W. 3) What is the 2nd element to the right of the 4th element from the right end? Answer : 2nd right of 4th right > (4-2)right > 2nd right > @. 4) what is the 3rd element to the right of the 5th element from the left end? Answer : 3rd right of 5th left > (5+3) left > 8th left > 9. 5) How many symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a consonant? Answer : NSC > 4 * D. Only one such symbol is there. 6) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a number but not immediately preceded by another consonant? Answer : > * D 3 , 3 H 9 > Two such consonants are there.
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7) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by numbers but not Immediately followed by a symbol? Answer : > 3 H 9 and 8 W G > Two such consonants are there.

8) How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is not immediately preceded by a vowel and not immediately followed by a letter? Answer : > M & 4 and 9 $ 8 > Two such symbols are there.

9) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is either immediately followed by a vowel or Immediately preceded by a number or both? Answer : CV or NC or NCV > CV > No such consonant is there. NC > 3 H , 8 W and 5 S > Three such consonants are there. NCV > No such consonant is there. So, there are three such consonants in total. 10) How many numbers in the above arrangement each of which is either immediately followed by a consonant or immediately preceded by a vowel but not both? Answer : NC or VN ( but not VNC) > 3 H > Only one such number is there. Directions ( 1 7 ) : Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. M J % 4 T E K I 9 # P A $ Q 3 8 N 5 U 7 W ! B @ D F 1 Z 6 H 1) Which of the following is exactly midway between K and W in the above arrangement? a) $ b) 3 c) 8 d) A e) None of these 2) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) I9E b) 7W5 c) 1D d) QA3 e) EK4

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3) How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a consonant? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) More than three 4) If all the symbols are removed from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the sixth to the right of the thirteenth from the right end? a) B b) 9 c) D d) I e) None of these 5) What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? J4E I#A Q85 7!@ ? a) F16 b) DZ c) F6 d) F1Z e) None of these 6) If all the numbers are removed from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the fourth to the left of the twentieth element from the left end? a) H b) 4 c) B d) ! e) None of these 7) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a number? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) None of these ANSWERS with EXPLANATION : 1) e) None of these. There are 13 elements between K and W. So, 6th element from K is the middle element (Q). K I 9 # P A $ Q 3 8 N 5 U 7 W 2) d) QA3. In I9E, 7W5, 1D and EK4 First two are consecutive elements but in QA3 QA are not consecutive elements. 3) b) One. NSC > 9 # P 4) a) B. Sixth right of thirteenth right > (13-6) right > 7th right ( After deleting all symbols) M J 4 T E K I 9 P A Q 3 8 N 5 U 7 W B D F 1 Z 6 H 5) a) F16.

6) d) !.

4th left of 20th left > (20-4) left > 16th left ( after deleting all numbers) H

M J % T E K I # P A $ Q N U W ! B @ D F Z 7) c) Two. NCN > 8 N 5 , 1 Z 6.

Directions ( 8 - 13) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below. Y W @ 1 & C N 3 P L B 9 ! = D * E 2 M V $ 7 # 4 F G 5 8) C13w : 74VG is in the same way as N@B= is related to a) $F2D b) VF2D c) $42D $F2* d) $FD e)

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9) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) &LNP b) !2DE c) *V2M d) VF74 e) LDB= 10) If the numbers immediately preceding the symbols are attached the value double their numerical value, then what will be the sum of the value of all such numbers? a) 22 b) 36 c) 26 d) 38 e) None of these 11) How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement as are not immediately preceded by a number and also not immediately followed by a letter? a) Nil b) One c) Two d) Three e) None of these 12) If YW@1 is written in the reverse order, &CN3 is written in the reverse order, and so son, then in the new arrangement which of the following will be exactly in the middle of 9 and $? a) = b) M c) ! d) D e) None of these 13) 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) & (C)? a) (C), (A), (B) b) (B), (C), (A) c) (B), (A), (C) d) (C), (B), (A) e) None of these ANSWERS with EXPLANATION : 8) a) $F2D. C13W > C, 1, 3 and W are 6th , 4th, 8th and 2nd elements from the left end respectively. 74VG > 7, 4, V and G are 6th , 4th, 8th and 2nd elements from the right end respectively. N@B= > N, @, B and = are 7th, 3rd, 11th and 14th elements from the left end respectively. In the same way th 7 , 3rd, 11th and 14th elements from the right end respectively > $, F, 2 and D. 9) e) LDB=. In all other groups except LDB=, the first and third elements are not consecutive in the given series whereas they are consecutive in the group LDB= in the series.

10) d) 38.

Numbers immediately preceding the symbols > 1 &, 9 ! , 2 and 7 # Sum of Double of their numerical values > 2 + 18 + 4 + 14 = 38.

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11) c) Two.

> W @ 1 , V $ 7 12) c) !. 1 @ W Y 3 N C & 9 B L P * D = ! M 2 E # 7 $ V 5 G F 4 There are 13 elements between 9 and $ in the series after the arrangement. So, 7th element from 9 will be the middle element ( !). 13) c) (B), (A), (C).

A > NS > 1 &, 9 !, 2 and 7 # > 4.

B > LS > W @, D * and V $ > 3. C > OR > Y W, W@, CN, PL, LB, 3P, &C, etc > more then 4.

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