Question. Which of the following words will come fourth in the English dictionary ?
(A) false
(B) follow
(C) Faithfully
(D) Fool
(E) Fallible
Answer : B
Directions: In each of the following questions, five words are given. Which of them will come in the middle if all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?
Question.
(A) Praise
(B) Practical
(C) Prank
(D) Prayer
(E) Practise
Answer : A
Question.
(A) Robber
(B) Rocket
(C) Random
(D) Restaurant
(E) Restrict
Answer : E
Question.
(A) Hobby
(B) Holiday
(C) Hoarse
(D) Hollow
(E) Hobble
Answer : A
Question.
(A) Animate
(B) Animosity
(C) Anguish
(D) Ankle
(E) Announce
Answer : B
Directions: In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and then chose the correct sequence.
Question. 1. Brook 2. Bandit 3. Boisterous 4. Baffle 5. Bright
(A) 2, 4, 3, 1, 5
(B) 2, 4, 3, 5, 1
(C) 4, 2, 3, 1, 5
(D) 4, 2, 3, 5, 1
Answer : D
Question. 1. Wound 2. Write 3. Whiter 4. Worst 5. Worked
(A) 1, 4, 3, 5, 2
(B) 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
(C) 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
(D) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4
Answer : C
Question. 1. Preach 2. Praise 3. Precinct 4. Precept 5. Precede
(A) 2, 1, 5, 4, 3
(B) 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
(C) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3
(D) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
Answer : A
Question. 1. Select 2. Seldom 3. Send 4. Selfish 5. Seller
(A) 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
(B) 2, 1, 5, 4, 3
(C) 2, 1, 4, 5, 3
(D) 2, 5, 4, 1, 3
Answer : C
Question. 1. Eagle 2. Earth 3. Eager 4. Early 5. Each
(A) 1, 5, 2, 4, 3
(B) 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
(C) 2, 3, 5, 4, 1
(D) 5, 3, 1, 4, 2
Answer : D
Directions: In each of the following questions, find out how many such pairs of letters are there in the given word each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet.
Question. NECESSARY
(A) Nil
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) Four
Answer : B
Question. PREAMBLE
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) More than three
(E) None of these
Answer : B
Question. CREATIVE
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) None of these
Answer : C
Question. ENTHUSIASITIC
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) More than three
(E) None of these
Answer : B
Question. PARADISE
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) Four
Answer : D
Directions: In each of the following questions, find out which of the letter-series follow the given rule.
Question. The group of letters should not contain more than two vowels.
(A) BDEJOLY
(B) JKAPIXU
(C) PRAQEOS
(D) ZILERAM
Answer : A
Question. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is odd.
(A) BDHLR
(B) EIMQV
(C) FIMRX
(D) MPRUX
Answer : A
Question. Number of letters skipped in between the adjacent letters in the series are multiples of 3.
(A) AELPZ
(B) DHLPU
(C) GKOTZ
(D) LORUX
Answer : A
Question. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters of the series starting from behind increases by one.
(A) OIGDC
(B) OMJFA
(C) OMKIG
(D) ONLKJ
Answer : B
Question. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series decreases by one.
(A) BGKNPR
(B) CINRTU
(C) EJNQST
(D) LQUXAP
Answer : C
Question. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters decrease in order.
(A) AGMRV
(B) HNSWA
(C) NSXCH
(D) SYDHK
Answer : D
Directions: Each of the following questions is based on the following alphabet-series: 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
Question. Which letter in the alphabet is as far from G as T is from M?
(A) M
(B) N
(C) O
(D) P
Answer : C
Question. Which letter will be the eighth to the right of the third letter of the second half of the English alphabet?
(A) V
(B) W
(C) X
(D) Y
Answer : E
Question. Which letter will be sixth to the right of the eighteenth letter from the right end of the alphabet?
(A) M
(B) N
(C) X
(D) Y
(E) None of these
Answer : E
Question. Which letter is seventh to the right of the eighteenth letter from the right end of the alphabet?
(A) K
(B) O
(C) P
(D) R
(E) None of these
Answer : C
Question. If the order of the English alphabet is reversed, then which letter would be exactly in the middle?
(A) L
(B) M
(C) N
(D) None of these
Answer : D
Directions: If all the letters from A to Z were written as A_C_E_G_ up to Y, i.e., dropping each alternate letter, leaving blank spaces and then all the blanks were filled in with remaining letters in reverse order, i.e., AZCXEV …….. ending with B, answer the following questions:
Question. Which letter is to the right of sixteenth letter from the left corner?
(A) M
(B) N
(C) Q
(D) R
Answer : C
Question. Which letters are exactly in the middle of the nineteenth letter from the left and fourteenth letter from the right end?
(A) MN
(B) NO
(C) OL
(D) PM
Answer : C
Question. Which letter would be placed between Q and S?
(A) H
(B) J
(C) L
(D) R
Answer : B
Question. How many pairs of letters in the series are old neighbors form regular alphabetical order?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) None
Answer : B
Directions: In each of the following questions, a word has been given, followed by four other words, one of which cannot be formed by using the letters of the given word. Find that word.
Question. CONSTRUCTION
(A) SUCTION
(B) COINS
(C) CAUTION
(D) NOTION
Answer : C
Question. OBSTETRICIAN
(A) SOBER
(B) TERMITE
(C) RETAIN
(D) SIREN
Answer : B
Question. INTELLIGENCE
(A) TILLAGE
(B) INCITE
(C) GENTLE
(D) NEGLECT
Answer : A
Question. CONSTITUTIONAL
(A) LOCATION
(B) TUITION
(C) TALENT
(D) CONSULT
Answer : C