Question

Find the next term in the following sequence.
U!, B@, I#, P$, W!, D@, ??

• A. D^
• B. D&
• C. E^
• D. E&

Answer 1

The correct option is A

D^

It is easier to crack the logic behind certain patterns involving letters and/or special characters if we can associate them with numbers. In this case, by setting A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, ..., Z = 26, let us see what the first letter in each term ties up to:

$U=21$
$B=2$
$I=9$
$P=16$
$W=23$
$D=4$

Looking at the difference of these numbers, the following logic is almost obvious:

$U\stackrel{+7}{\to }B\stackrel{+7}{\to }I\stackrel{+7}{\to }P\stackrel{+7}{\to }W\stackrel{+7}{\to }D\stackrel{+7}{\to }K$

Also, the special characters in each term repeat in a cyclic fashion, starting from "!" and ending at "$".

Therefore, the next term in the sequence would be 'K#'.