Profile
Settings
Refer your friends
Sign out
Introduction:
Alphabet Series reasoning are discussed below. These reasoning are based on famous Alphabets of the world.
Advantages of Alphabet Series Reasoning:
1) Easy to memorise.
2) Can be used in any language.
3) Provides a good variety.
4) No special artistic skills are required.
5) It can be used in various types of competitive exams like – GATE, IES, etc.
6) Many such reasoning questions are asked in various online quizzes and exams also.
7) Can be used with other reasoning items too (like the odd man out, etc.).
Alphabet Series tricks will help one answer alphabet series reasoning questions that are very frequent in the IBPS PO, SO, SBI and RBI exams.
What is the Alphabet Series?
An alphabet series or sequence is a set of letters that form a combination, in which each letter or element is preceded by the same character. An example may be ABCDEFGBC. This example, also known as ‘ABCDEFGH’ will have the following features:
(a) Each element is preceded by a consonant letter.
(b) The series consists of 24 letters (15 vowels and 9 consonants).
(c) The alphabet series ends with an E (or another vowel).
The above-mentioned combinations usually appear in IBPS PO, SO and SBI exams as well as RBI exams. You will have to find the missing terms to complete the set.
What is Alphabet Series Reasoning?
The first type of the questions asked in the IBPS PO, SO, SBI and RBI exams is based on finding an alphabet series. Here you will have to find the missing term or elements that are missing in an alphabet sequence. The rest of the questions will require you to solve a problem based on an alphabet series. These types of questions can be very tricky, as it may appear very easy at the start but if looked at in the details will lead you to many difficulties.
Let us take for example:
Given below is a sequence ABCDEFGBC. How many consonants are there in it? Note: Sequence rules here involve the number of characters before and after each element (i.e. each element is presented in the question both before & after).
The answer is GCDEFGBC. The solution is as follows:
(a) The number of elements from B to C (BC) is 2. So, the number of elements from B to F (BF) should be 3. (2 + 3 = 5).
After that, the number of elements from F to G (FG) should be equal to BC i.e., 2.
(b) From B to F, there are 4 elements (CDEFG). Since we have not included H (or E), the total count should be 5 consonants. Hence we have reached our goal.
What is the main aim of Alphabet Series Reasoning?
The main aim is to recognize the basic pattern of the Alphabets Series and to find which element forms a part of the series.
What is the Importance of Alphabet Series Reasoning?
The importance is many folds:
(1) Identifying the absence of a term in an alphabet series can be tricky as it is always easy to spot a wrong word in a sequence, but it’s not that easy to look at all elements and find the missing ones. This becomes very helpful when you have to solve such problems where you are asked about the absence of terms in a sequence or an alphabet series.
(2) The basic pattern behind each alphabet series is always the same so that while solving problems, you can apply the same logic to solve any problem where you are asked about a certain alphabet sequence.
Consider an example of Alphabet Series: ABCDEFGBC. Let us say you were asked about the number of consonants in it (without giving the number for A, B and C). Here you should first try to understand what is the pattern we are following in solving this problem.
(a) First step: From C to D (CD) there are 2 elements. Then from D to E (DE), there should be 3 elements.
(b) Second step: From E to F (EF) there are 3 elements.
(c) Third step: From F to G (FG), the number of elements should be equal to BC i.e., 2, and it is true as DE and EF touch each other, while FG is outside both these elements.
The above method will solve such problems in a very logical manner, once you know the basics of Alphabet Series Reasoning.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, Alphabet Series Reasoning is based on the concept of letters and their sequences. Once you understand the pattern of these sequences and apply it in solving question where you are asked about certain alphabet series or sequence, you can solve such questions very efficiently.
