Select the option that is related to the third letter group in the same way as the second letter group is related to the first.
MAD : JXA :: RUN : ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → ORK
Compare each letter of MAD with the letter in the same place of JXA, using places in the alphabet; before A the count continues backwards from Z.
M (13) to J (10): 3 places back
A (1) to X (24): 3 places back (A, then Z, Y, X)
D (4) to A (1): 3 places back, so each letter moves 3 places back
R (18) moves to \(18-3=15\), O
U (21) moves to \(21-3=18\), R
N (14) moves to \(14-3=11\), K
So the missing group is ORK.