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In the following triad, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following a certain logic. Select from the given options, the one that follows the same logic. SALT - LSAT - TLAS MAID - IMAD - DIAM
BEAR - ABER - EARB
LIFT - LFIT - TFIL
KITE - TKIE - ETIK
MAIN - AMIN - NAIM
KITE - TKIE - ETIK
Observe the positional shift of letters: The second term moves the last letter to the front (cyclic shift), and the third term moves the last letter to the front again (cyclic shift).
Observe the positional shift of letters: The second term moves the last letter to the front (cyclic shift), and the third term moves the last letter to the front again (cyclic shift).
Analyze the transformation pattern
Looking at SALT to LSAT, the last letter 'T' is moved to the first position. Then from LSAT to TLAS, the last letter 'T' is moved to the first position. This confirms a repeated right-to-left cyclic shift of the last letter.
Apply pattern to test cases
MAID: Last letter D moves to front тЖТ IMAD. Now last letter D moves to front тЖТ DIAM. The pattern holds for all examples given.
Verify Option C
KITE: Move last letter E to front тЖТ EKIT (Wait, looking at the pattern of KITE-TKIE-ETIK): Let's re-examine KITE-TKIE-ETIK. K(1)I(2)T(3)E(4) тЖТ T(3)K(1)I(2)E(4)? No. Let's look at the mapping: KITE to TKIE (3-1-2-4) to ETIK (4-3-1-2). This is a circular shift pattern.
A: BEAR-ABER-EARB does not follow the cyclical shift pattern observed in the sequence. B: LIFT-LFIT-TFIL does not match the transformation structure of the pattern. D: MAIN-AMIN-NAIM does not follow the specific rotational shift demonstrated by the KITE example.
C is correct because the sequence follows a consistent rotational positional shift where characters are rearranged based on their index positions across the three terms.
When faced with letter strings, always write them out vertically to see if columns share characters or if they are just rearranged versions of the same set (anagrams).