Chapter1AlphabetTest(TestofVerbalReasoning)

Type1 Alphabetical order of WordsDirections(Q. Nos. 1to 5): Answerthegiven questionsbased on the followingEnglish alphabetA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z1.Which letteris5th to theright of the18th letter from your right?(1)C(2)D(3)E(4)M(5)N2. If allthe vowelsare removed from thealphabet,which letter willbe 7th to the right of the5thletterfromtheleft?(1)L(2)M(3)N(4)P(5)None of these3. If theeveryalternate letter,startingwith A,isremoved fromthealphabet,which letteramongthe remaining letterswould be3rd to the right of the5th letterfrom theright?(1)X(2)V(3)L(4)J(5)None of these4. If Aand B are written orB and A, Cand D asD and C, Eand FasF and E So on till theend ofthe alphabet,what willbethepositionsof M fromYourright?(1)11th

(2)12th

(3)13th

(4)14th

(5)None of these5. If theabove alphabet isarranged in reverse order,which letterwillbe 12th to theleft of the16th letter fromyourleft?(1)D(2)V(3)W(4)X(5)None of theseType2 Letterword Problem6. How manypairs of lettersin theword are asfar from each other astheyare in thealphabetsin theword RELATIONSHIP?(1)None(2)1(3)2(4)3(5)47. How manysets of two lettershaveas many lettersbetween them astheyhavein thealphabetical orderin the word PRUDENT?(1)None(2)1(3)2(4)3(5)48. How manysuch pairs of lettersaretherein theword KINDNESSeach of which have asmanylettersbetween them in word asin the alphabet?(1)None(2)One(3)Two

(4)Three(5)More than Three9. Two lettersin the word PRESENCEhaveasmanyletters between them in the word asthereare between them in the alphabet and in thesameorder.Which oneof thetwo letters comesearlier in the alphabet?(1)C(2)E(3)R(4)P(5)None of these10. How manysuch pairsof lettersare there in theword ADVERTISEMENTwhich haveasmanyletters between them in theword asin the alphabet?(1)1(2)2(3)3(4)4(5)More than threeType3Alphabetical Quibble11. If the letters in theword 'UNDERTAKING are rearranged in the alphabeticalorder whichonewillbein themiddle in orderafter thearrangement?(1) G(2) 1(3) K(4) N(5)None of these12. A meaningful word starting with 'Aismade fromthefirst, thesecond, the third, thefifthand sixth letersof the word 'CONTRACT which of thefollowingisthe middleletterof theword?(1) C(2) T(3) O

(4) R(5)None of these13.If the first and secondletterin theword 'COMMUNICATIONS were interchanged.also thethird and thefourth letters,thefifth and thesixth lettersand so on.Which letterwould bethetenth letter counting fromyourright?(1) N(2) A(3) T(4) U(5)None of these14. If it ispossibleto makeameaningfulword with thefourth, theeighth and thetenth lettersof the word 'COUNTERACT.Which of thefollowingwillbethelast letterof that word?If nosuch word can bemade, giveXastheanswer.Ifmore than onesuch word can be made, giveMastheanswer(1) A(2) N(3) T(4) X(5) M15. If the positions of the first and sixth, second and seventh,third and eighth and so on lettersof the word BENEFICIAL are interchanged.Which letterwillbe third fromthe right end afterrearrangement?(1) E(2) N(3) C(4) F(5)None of theseType4word Formation using Letters of a Given Word16. If it ispossibleto makeonly onemeaningfulword with thefourth, thefifth, the seventh andthe eleventh lettersof theword PREDICTABLEwhich of the followingwillbethe first letterofthat word?If only two such wordscan be formed, giveWas theanswer; if three or more suchwordscan beformed, giveZastheanswerand if no such word can beformed,give Xas theanswer.

(1) D(2) T(3) W(4) Z(5) X17. Flow manymeaningfulwords can beformed fromthefirst,fifth,seventh and ninth lettersof the word PUNCTUATEusing them in different sequenceonly once?(1)None(2)One(3)Thvo(4)Three(5)None of these18.How manymeaningfulwords can beformed usingthe first, the third, the sixth and theseventh lettersof the word DREAMLANDusing each letter, only once in theword?(1)One(2)Two(3)Three(4)Four(5)More than four19.If it ispossibleto makeameaningfulword with 1he second,1he fourth,thesixth and theeight letters of theword ATMOSPHERE.What willbe thethird letterof that word?If morethan onesuch word can beformed,give Xas theanswerand if no such word can beformed,giveYas theanswer.(1) E(2) O(3) T(4) X(5) Y20. If it ispossibleto makeanieaningful word with thefirst, theeighth,theninth and theeleventh lettersof theREORGANISATIONthen writethelast letter of that word, so formed as

youranswer.Ifno such word can beformed,mark Masyouranswer,and if morethan onesuch words can heformed,mark Dasyouranswer.(1) I(2)S(3)T(4)D(5)M

AnswerswithSolutions1. (5)5th to the right of 18th fromright

=(18 5) th fromright =13th fromright=N

2. (4) NewsequenceafterarrangementB C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y ZHow, 7th to theright of the5th fromleft

= (7+5)th from left=12th fromleft =P

3. (1)NewsequenceafterarrangementB D F H J L N P R T V X ZNow, 3rd to the right of the5th fromright

=(5 3)nd from right=2ndfrom right =X

4.(3) NewsequenceafterarrangementB A D C F E H G J I L K NM P O R Q T S V U X WZ Y13th fromright5.(3) NewsequenceafterarrangementZ Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B ANow,12th to theleftof the16th letterfromleft= (16 12) th fromleft= 4th from left= W

6.(1) R E L AT I O N S H I PThere isno such pair.7. (3) P R U D E N THence,there are two such pairs.8.(3) KI N DN E SSHence, there are two such pairs9. (4) P RES EN CEHence,P comesearlier in thisgroup10.(5) AD V E R T I S EMEN THence,there are six such pairs.11. (3) U N D E RT A K I N G

A D EGI K N N RT UKisin middle12.(3) Desired letters are C,O, N, R,ANow meaningfulword

= A C O R NHence, middle digit = 013. (1) C O MM U N I C A T I O N S O CMM N U C I T A O I SN10th fromright14.(5) Desired letters are=N,A and TNow,meaningfulwordsare

=AN T, T A N15.(2) I C I A L B E N E F Arrangement3rd from flght end16.(4) Desired letters areD, I,T and E.Now fourmeaningfulwordscan be formedasEDIT,TIED,DIET and TIDE17.(4) Desired letter are P,T,Aand Erespectively.Thewordsare:TAPE, PATEand PEAT.

18. (4) Desired letters areD, E, Land A.Now four meaningfulwords can beformed asDEAL,LEAD,DALE and LADE.19. (4) Desired letters areT,O, Pand Enow only two meaningfulwordscan beformed as: POETand TOPE.20.(5) Desired letters areR,I, Sand T respectively. No meaningful word can beformed usingthese letters.