Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
or with email
Your Cart
Subtotal₹0
Total₹0
Examoogle • User • info@examoogle.com • EE-2024-8821
Chapter 1 of 12 • Page 1 of 248🔒 Protected PDF • Watermarked
Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
Which of the following options should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? HKO, JMQ, LOS, NQU,?
SPW
SWP
PSW
PWS
PSW
Observe the first, second, and third letters of each group independently. Each position follows a +2 constant skip pattern (H+2=J, J+2=L, L+2=N; K+2=M, M+2=O, O+2=Q; O+2=Q, Q+2=S, S+2=U).
Observe the first, second, and third letters of each group independently. Each position follows a +2 constant skip pattern (H+2=J, J+2=L, L+2=N; K+2=M, M+2=O, O+2=Q; O+2=Q, Q+2=S, S+2=U).
Analyze the pattern for each position
Break each triplet (H,K,O), (J,M,Q), (L,O,S), (N,Q,U) into columns: 1st letters (H, J, L, N), 2nd letters (K, M, O, Q), 3rd letters (O, Q, S, U).
Calculate the next term for each position
Pattern for 1st letter: H(+2)=J, J(+2)=L, L(+2)=N, N(+2)=P. Pattern for 2nd letter: K(+2)=M, M(+2)=O, O(+2)=Q, Q(+2)=S. Pattern for 3rd letter: O(+2)=Q, Q(+2)=S, S(+2)=U, U(+2)=W. Combining P, S, W results in PSW.
A: SPW is incorrect because the pattern for the first letter results in P; B: SWP is incorrect because the second letter must be S; D: PWS is incorrect because the third letter must be W.
C is correct because the series follows a consistent +2 increment for every letter in each position: H+2=J, J+2=L, L+2=N, N+2=P; K+2=M, M+2=O, O+2=Q, Q+2=S; O+2=Q, Q+2=S, S+2=U, U+2=W, resulting in PSW.
For letter series, always write the numerical rank of letters (A=1, B=2...) if the pattern isn't immediately obvious; it makes identifying shifts like +2 or +3 much faster.
Get instant step-by-step AI explanations, full shift Previous Year Papers (SSC GD, RRB, SSC JE), and regional rank analysis on the official Examoogle App.
Free Download • 100K+ Aspirants