What would be the next to continue the series: PENTAGRAPH – ENTAGRAP – NTAGRA – ? || ADRE 1.0 (SLRC 2022) Paper-I Solved Questions

QUESTION:

What would be the next to continue the series: 

PENTAGRAPH – ENTAGRAP – NTAGRA – ? 

(A) GRAT 

(B) TAGR 

(C) NTAG 

(D) AGRA


SOLUTION:


Step 1: 

Understand the pattern in which, in each step, both the first and last letters of 'PENTAGRAPH' (the original word) are removed.


Step 2: 

'PENTAGRAPH' becomes 'ENTAGRAP' after removing the first letter 'P' and the last letter 'H'.


Step 3: 

'ENTAGRAP' becomes 'NTAGRA' after removing the first letter 'E' and the last letter 'P'.


Step 4: 

By following this pattern, we can assume the next word would be 'TAGR' after removing the first and last letters of 'NTAGRA'.


Correct option: (B) TAGR


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