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Question

Directions: Pick the correct options from the given alternatives

PEN : QGQ :: INK : ?

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SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (21-Nov-2025) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

JPN

This is a letter-coding analogy where each letter of the word is shifted forward by a fixed increasing step.

Take PEN and code it: P (+1) becomes Q, E (+2) becomes G, N (+3) becomes Q, giving QGQ.

So the rule is: 1st letter +1, 2nd letter +2, 3rd letter +3 in the alphabet.

Apply the same rule to INK: I (+1) becomes J.

N (+2) becomes P.

K (+3) becomes N, so INK codes to JPN.

Therefore the letter group that replaces the question mark is JPN.

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