Cracking the Code – Letter Relationships Questions and Answers

In each question below there is a key group of letters that bear some relation, followed by another four sets of letters (marked A, B, C and D). Choose the correct set of letters from these alternatives that bear the same relationship as the key group.

1. KL:BC::MN:?

(A) DC
(B) OP
(C) GN
(D) KM

2. ST:AB::YZ:?

(A) BK
(B) TS
(C) CE
(D) UV

3. MNO:CDE::RST:?

(A) TUV
(B) WYX
(C) KLN
(D) PRS

4. ZA:XC::WD:?

(A) QR
(B) TP
(C) YB
(D) AD

5. LK:BA::NM:?

(A) BC
(B) QP
(C) NP
(D) HI

6. ABCD:IKLM::OSTU:?

(A) GHIJ
(B) MNOP
(C) QRST
(D) UVWX

7. KOD:TIP::MUS:?

(A) MAN
(B) OPD
(C) BDO
(D) KPS

8. BKIP:TCOS::MPAG:?

(A) AIMS
(B) OPRT
(C) BCED
(D) KPSU

9. PRSU:PSU::STRO:?

(A) KOM
(B) SRI
(C) OKSU
(D) BPEN

10. AC:BD

(A) KM:LN
(B) PR:QT
(C) EF:GH
(D) IL:JK

11. LJ:KI

(A) PR:QS
(B) AC:BD
(C) ON:PM
(D) VT:US

12. PQ:TU

(A) AB:DC
(B) EF:IJ
(C) KL:NO
(D) PR:ST

13. IJ:LM

(A) RS:VW
(B) PT:KL
(C) VW:YZ
(D) MN:PO

14. AC:KM

(A) DF:XZ
(B) AC:BP
(C) OA:AZ
(D) KL:MO

15. DH:IM

(A) AD:EH
(B) PT:CG
(C) MO:GI
(D) MQ:RV

16. T:V::N:?

(A) P
(B) K
(C) M
(D) L

17. d:b::q:?

(A) r
(B) t
(C) p
(D) u

18. u:n::w:?

(A) m
(B) p
(C) s
(D) v

19. P:B::F:?

(A) X
(B) N
(C) Y
(D) E

20. VERBAL:LABREV

(A) TOPIC:PICTO
(B) BOOK:KOOB
(C) CILBUP:PUBLIC
(D) NIGHT:THIGN

21. SADSAM:SAMSAD

(A) NIHAR:RAHIN
(B) WINTER:NETWIR
(C) OOKL:LOOK
(D) BOLD:LDBO

22. COUSIN:UOCSIN

(A) LETTER:TELTER
(B) CXEEPT:EXCEPT
(C) GROUPS:SPUORG
(D) OTHER:EHTOR

23. SRTOKE:ESKTOR

(A) LETTER:LREETT
(B) VERBAL:LVARBE
(C) RAENWS:ANSWER
(D) CIRCLE:ECLRCI

24. LEARN:LEANR

(A) PUBLIC:PUBCIL
(B) RIGHT:RIGTH
(C) FORMU:FORUM
(D) SAMIR:RIMSA

Answers and Explanations:

(B) As per natural or direct alphabetic sequence.
(D) As per direct alphabetical order.
(A) Same as 1 and 2.
(C) Reverse alphabetic order.
(B) Same as 4.
(D) Starts with a vowel, followed by three consonants.
(A) A vowel in between two consonants.
(C) a vowel in the third position.
(B) Only one vowel in the last position. Though in C there is vowel in the last position, the number of vowels are two.
(A) 1st, 3rd, 2nd and 4th letters are consecutive.
(D) One letter skipped in between in the reverse order.
(B) Two consecutive alphabets and a skip of two letters in between, e.g., PQ:(RS)TU and EF:(GH)IJ
(C) Two consecutive alphabets with a skip of one letter in between.
(A) One letter skipped in between, i.e., A(B)C : K(L)M and D(E)F : X(Y)Z
(D) Three letters skipped in between the alphabets, e.g., D(EFG)H:I(JKL)M and M(NOP)Q:R(STU)V
(B) Letter-form relationship, i.e., T and V consist of 2 straight whereas N has 3 straight lines, among the alternatives only K has 3 straight lines.
(C) Both in ‘d’ and ‘b’, the pattern usually is a circle along with a straight line going upward, but in ‘q’ there is also a circle and a straight line going downwards and only option is ‘p’ among the 4 alternatives given.
(A) The inverted position of ‘u’ in ‘n’, similarly the inverted position of ‘w’ is ‘m’.
(D) In ‘P’ one straight line and one circle and in ‘B’ one straight line and 2 circles, i.e., the number of circles increasing. So, in ‘F’ there are 3 straight lines, so only option would be ‘E’, i.e., with 4 straight lines.
(B) Just reversing the order of the letters. Though C may be the possible answer, the sequence is different.
(C) Bringing the last three letters in the beginning. D will not be the correct answer due to different sequence.
(A) Changing the position of the first 3 letters only.
(D) Position of the letters are changed in the following way, e.g., 6th or last letter 1st, followed by 1st, 3rd, 5th, 4th and 2nd.
(B) Only the positions of the last 2 letters are interchanged, C cannot be correct due to different sequence.

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