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Q. 1 Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
2 # C D 6 % F I M K H 8 © @ T U V 4 € 2 7 8 $ H O K W 5 Y 4 ¥ Y A P @

If all the even numbers are dropped from the given series, then which of the following element will be 10th from the right end?

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Ans: B

Given series:
Left side 2 # C D 6 % F I M K H 8 © @ T U V 4 € 2 7 8 $ H O K W 5 Y 4 ¥ Y A P @ Right side
1) If all the even numbers are dropped:
# C D % F I M K H © @ T U V € 7 $ H O K W 5 Y ¥ Y A P @
2) 10th element from the right end is O
Hence, the element that is 10th from the right end is ‘O’.

Q. 2 If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st and 3rd letters of the word ‘AIR’ and the 1st and 4th letters of the word ‘PORT’, then which will be the second letter from the left? If more than one word can be formed, mark it as ‘X’; otherwise, mark it as ‘Y’.

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Ans: A

Given words: AIR and PORT.
1) 1 st and 3 rd letter letters of the word A I R : A, R
2) 1 st and 4 th letter of the word P OR T : P, T.
The word can be formed with letters A, R, P and T – PART, TRAP, PRAT, RAPT, TARP.
There are more than one word formed(If more than one word will be formed then marked it as ‘X’ otherwise marked it as ‘Y’)
Hence, answer is X.

Q. 3 How many pairs of letters are there in the word “PROBLEM” each of which has as many letters between them as in the English alphabetical series in both forward and backward directions?

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Ans: B

Word: PROBLEM
The alphabets are positioned as in the following order,
The given word can be represented as follows,
Backward: PL and RM
Hence, there are two such pairs.

Q. 4 If it is possible to make only one 4 letter meaningful word without repetition of letter with the second, fourth, sixth and the eighth letters of the word ‘ DIALOGUE ’, which would be the second letter of the word? If more than one such word can be formed, give X as the answer. If no such word can be formed, give K as your answer.

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Ans: E

The letters will be: I, L, G, E
No word can be formed using these letters.
Hence, K is the correct answer.

Q. 5 How many pairs of letters are there in the word “SOMETHING” that have the same number of letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions), as they have in the English alphabetical series?

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Ans: E

Given word: SOMETHING
The given word can be represented as follows:
Thus, there are four pair → Forward : HI, Backward: GI, GM and IM.

Q. 6 How many pair of letters are there in the word “EFFECTIVE” which has as many letters (in both forward and backward direction) in between as they have in English alphabet series?

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Ans: D

According to the given question,
The forward pairs are – EF, TV
The Backward pairs are – EF, CF
Hence, there are four pairs.

Q. 7 If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the first, the fifth, the seventh, and the eleventh letters of the word COMPREHENSION, which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be made give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made give ‘Y’ as the answer.

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Ans: B

The only meaningful word formed is RICH.
The third letter of RICH is C.
Hence, C is the correct answer.

Q. 8 If all the letters of the word ‘DICTIONARY’ are arranged in a way that all the vowels are arranged in the beginning in alphabetical order and then all the consonants are arranged in the alphabetical order, then position of how many letters remains unchanged?

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Ans: C

Hence, after arranging all the vowels in the beginning in alphabetical order and then all the consonants in the alphabetical order, then position of 3 letters remains unchanged.

Q. 9 In the given word ‘ALONGSIDE’ the consonants are written first and vowels are written second in alphabetical order then the vowels are changed to the next letter and the consonants are changed to the previous letters as per the alphabetical series, then which letter is fifth from the left end.

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Ans: A

The operation on ALONGSIDE is as performed:
the consonants are written first and vowels are written second in alphabetical order- D G L N S A E I O
the vowels are changed to the next letter and the consonants are changed to the previous letters as per the alphabetical series-
C F K M R B F J P
The letter R is fifth from the left end.
Hence, the correct answer is R.

Q. 10 Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

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Ans: C

Given series:
Left side S Y % 1 8 O 9 W A & 4 6 E * 2 @ U 5 T # B $ N 3 © 7 £ Right side
Here, the group is formed in which second element is third to the right of the first element, and the third element is to the immediate right of the second element:
1) @ T # → S Y % 1 8 O 9 W A & 4 6 E * 2 @ U 5 T # B $ N 3 © 7 £
2) W 4 6 → S Y % 1 8 O 9 W A & 4 6 E * 2 @ U 5 T # B $ N 3 © 7 £
3) Y 1 O → S Y % 1 8 O 9 W A & 4 6 E * 2 @ U 5 T # B $ N 3 © 7 £ (As 1 is second to the right of Y and O is second o the right of 1)
4) $ © 7 → S Y % 1 8 O 9 W A & 4 6 E * 2 @ U 5 T # B $ N 3 © 7 £
5) 9 & 4 → S Y % 1 8 O 9 W A & 4 6 E * 2 @ U 5 T # B $ N 3 © 7 £
Y 1 O does not belong to the group.

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