Consider the following arrangement that has some missing letters: abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d The missing letters…

Consider the following arrangement that has some missing letters: abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d The missing letters which complete the arrangement are
  1. a, b, c, d
  2. a, b, d, e
  3. a, c, c, e
  4. b, c, d, e

Solution

Filling the blanks to make a consistent pattern: abab(a)b(c)bcb(c)dcdcded(e)d. The series builds in overlapping groups of repeated letter pairs. The four missing letters in order are a, c, c, e.

Asked in: CSAT 2020

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