Alphabet Test

If the following five words are arranged in alphabetical order, which word will come in the middle?

• Chart

• Alert

• Write

• Urban

• Order

Answer explanation

Alert

Chart

Order

Urban

Write

Arrange the following words according to dictionary arrangement:

1. 1. Ignoble 2. Ignition 3. Igneous 4. Ignorance 5. Igloo

• 1,2,3,4,5

• 5,3,2,1,4

• 3,5,2,1,4

• 5,4,2,1,3

Answer explanation

5. Igloo

3. Igneous

2. Ignition

1. Ignoble

4. Ignorance

If the letters in each of the following five words are first rearranged in the alphabetical order and then the groups of letters so formed are rearranged as in a dictionary, which word would have its group of letters in the middle among the five?

• Bake

• Calm

• Bank

• Card

• Coat

Answer explanation

Bake -> abke

Calm -> aclm

Bank -> abkn

Card -> acdr

Coat -> acot

Arranging in the alphabetical order:

abke, abkn, acdr, aclm, acot

acdr is in the middle which denotes card

Which of the following will be changed from the word CREATIVE when the word is written again by substituting each vowel by the third letter following it in the English alphabet and substituting each consonant by the second letter following it in the English alphabet?

• FUGCWKYG

• ETHDVLYH

• ETHDVLXH

• FUGCWKXG

Answer explanation

Vowel - 3rd letter following it.

Consonants - 2nd letter following it.

C -> E

R -> T

E -> H

A -> D

T -> V

I -> L

V -> X

E -> H

The number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series increases by two. Which of the following series observes the given rule?

• ABDGK

• ACFJO

• ACGMT

• ACGMU

Answer explanation

A adjacent 1 letter B skipped - C ____ C adjacent 3 letters D, E, F skipped - G ____G adjacent 5 letters H, I, J, K, L skipped - M ____ M adjacent 7 letters N, O, P, Q, R, S, T skipped - U.

The group of letters should not contain less than four consonants.

• JKAPIX

• ODEIKL

• PRAQEO

• ZILERA

Answer explanation

JKAPIX - 4 consonants

ODEIKL - 3 consonants

PRAQEO - 3 consonants

ZILERA - 3 consonants

JKAPIX is the answer as it does not contain less than four consonants

Answer the given questions based on the following English alphabet:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Which letter is fourth to the left of the twentieth letter from your right?

• C

• D

• P

• X

Answer explanation

G is the twentieth letter from the right. Fourth to the left of G is C

Answer the given questions based on the following English alphabet:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

If the above alphabet is arranged in reverse order, which letter will be fifth to the right of the twenty first letter from your left?

• K

• Z

• P

• A

• None of the choices

Answer explanation

After reversing the alphabets, F is the twenty first letter from the left. Fifth to the right of F is A (as the alphabets are in reverse order)

If each letter in the English alphabet is attached a value equal to its serial number in the alphabet, which among the following will have the highest sum of values of all its letters?

• FISH

• BIRD

• GOOD

• FEEL

Answer explanation

FISH - 6+9+19+8 = 42

BIRD - 2+9+18+4 = 33

GOOD - 7+15+15+4 = 41

FEEL - 6+5+5+12 = 28

Choose one word out of the given alternatives, which cannot be formed from the letters of the word - Industrial

• Dust

• Trust

• Trial

• Rust

Answer explanation

Letters cannot be repeated and only one T can be found in INDUSTRIAL. Hence the word TRUST cannot be formed.