SSC CPO 2025 PYQ — Question 5

SSC CPO - 11 Dec 2025 - Shift 1 • Reasoning • Q5

Select the combination of the letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given letter series will complete the series.
_ r _ s _ c r _ _ t _ r u _ t c _ u s _

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

Given series:

_ r _ s _ c r _ _ t _ r u _ t c _ u s _

On careful observation, the series forms a repeating pattern of the word “CRUST”.

The letters follow a continuous and overlapping sequence of C, R, U, S, T.

When the blanks are filled accordingly, only Option 3 correctly completes this repeating pattern.