SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 19 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 6 of 100

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Solve: AC : DF :: GI : ?

(a)JL
(b)KM
(c)LN
(d)MO

Answer

Why

Correct — A.
Rule: each letter moves +3.

A (1) + 3 = D (4), C (3) + 3 = F (6): AC → DF
G (7) + 3 = J (10), I (9) + 3 = L (12)

GI → JL → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
KM — KM moves each letter +4: G (7) → K (11), I (9) → M (13). The given pair moves +3, A → D.
(c)
LN — LN is a +5 shift, G → L and I → N. AC → DF fixes the step at +3, which gives J and L.
(d)
MO — MO is a +6 shift, G → M and I → O, double the +3 that takes A to D.

Concept

Letter analogies are solved with alphabet positions: A = 1, B = 2 … Z = 26. Write the number under each letter and read the change from the first pair.

Two patterns are in play. Inside each pair the letters sit two apart (A_C, D_F, G_I). From one pair to the next, every letter moves +3.

All four options keep the two-apart gap, so the +3 shift is what separates them.

The four pairs also run as a series, AC, DF, GI, JL, each starting three letters after the one before.

Key facts

Alphabet positions: A 1, D 4, G 7, J 10, M 13.
AC → DF is a +3 shift on both letters.
Every option keeps its letters two apart, so that gap cannot decide the answer.

Study next

Letter analogies built on opposite letters (A ↔ Z)Letter series with growing gaps (+1, +2, +3)Three-letter cluster analogies

Common traps

Seeing the two-apart gap inside each pair and missing the +3 shift between pairs
Miscounting a position: J is the 10th letter, K the 11th

17 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.13 is the same fixed shift with a bigger step: AB : IJ moves each letter +8, so EF becomes MN.

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