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Position of Letters When Word is Arranged Alphabetically deals with the concept of finding the same position of the letters in a given word. This is when all letters in the word are arranged in alphabetic order. For any government exam, the position of letters in a word is an important topic in Dictionary or alphabet based. This is a scoring subject. Arrangement and Pattern Logical Reasoning is a much-awaited topic in IBPS Bank PO & Clerk, SSC, Railway, LIC (ADO & AAO), State Government Exams as well as Police Exams. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. These letters are divided into two parts - vowels and consonants. There is a total of 5 vowels and 21 consonant letters in the English alphabet. Under the alphabetical test, the position of letters is reviewed based on the place value of letters located in the English alphabet. Before solving the questions based on the English alphabet, it is very important to know the following facts like the Concept of EJOTY(A-1, E-5, I-9, O- 15, U-21), Positions of letters from Right Hand Side (RHS).

Latest Position of Letters in a Word MCQ Objective Questions

Position of Letters in a Word Question 1:

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'OBLIGATE', each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet?

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four
  5. None

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : One

Position of Letters in a Word Question 1 Detailed Solution

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One pair is there in the word 'OBLIGATE', each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet.

Mistake Points In this type of question we have to count from A to Z, reverse counting Z to A is not considered. Therefore Y- A is not the correct pair

Position of Letters in a Word Question 2:

How many pairs of letters are there in the word ABRAHAM that have as many letters as there are in the word (both forward and backward) in English alphabetical order?

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 1

Position of Letters in a Word Question 2 Detailed Solution

The logic follows here is :-

The alphabets are positioned as in the following order :

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Given word : ABRAHAM 

The given can be represented as follows :

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There is one pair in the forward direction : AB

There is no pair in the backward direction.

Total number of pairs in both forward and backward direction is 'one'.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Option 1'.

Position of Letters in a Word Question 3:

How many such pairs of digits are there in the number '9863512', each of which has as many digits between them in the number (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the Number Series?

  1. Two
  2. Four
  3. Three
  4. Five
  5. Si×

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : Si×

Position of Letters in a Word Question 3 Detailed Solution

Given word: 9863512

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Since, si× such pairs are there in the number '9863512', each of which has as many digits between them in the number (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the Number Series.

Hence, the correct answer is Si×.

Position of Letters in a Word Question 4:

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'PREDICAMENT', each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet?

  1. One
  2. None
  3. Two
  4. Three
  5. More than three

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : More than three

Position of Letters in a Word Question 4 Detailed Solution

Given word: PREDICAMENT

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Since, more than three such pairs are formed in the word 'PREDICAMENT', each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet. 

Hence, the correct answer is more than three.

Position of Letters in a Word Question 5:

How many pairs of letter are in the given word “APTITUDE” which contains as many letters between them as contains in standard version of English Alphabet? Counting from both sides.

  1. Two
  2. Three
  3. Four
  4. Five

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : Three

Position of Letters in a Word Question 5 Detailed Solution

Given word:

"APTITUDE”

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Thus, there are three letter which contains as many letters between them as contains in standard version of English Alphabet.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Top Position of Letters in a Word MCQ Objective Questions

If the positions of the first and last letters of the word MYTHOLOGICAL are interchanged; similarly the positions of the second and second last letters are interchanged and so on, then which of the following letters will be 8th from the left end after arrangement?

  1. G
  2. H
  3. L
  4. O
  5. None of these

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : O

Position of Letters in a Word Question 6 Detailed Solution

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Word: MYTHOLOGICAL

Word

M

Y

T

H

O

L

O

G

I

C

A

L

After Interchanging

L

A

C

I

G

O

L

O

H

T

Y

M

 

Word formed after interchanging: (left end) LACIGOLOHTYM (right end)

Clearly, ‘O’ is 8th from the left end of the new word.

How many such pairs of letters (in both forward and backward direction) are there in the word 'STARTEW' which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabets?

  1. One
  2. None
  3. Two
  4. More than two

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : Two

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Given word:  'STARTEW' 

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So, there are two such pairs i.e. ST and RT.

Hence, the correct answer is "Two".

Mistake Points

Here, in both forward and backward directions, means that in the given word we can make pairs in both forward and backward directions.

Thus, only S → T in the forward direction and R → T in the backward direction are possible cases.

Alphabet series ranges from A to Z, and there it stops. So, we can't apply the rule on W and A, as after Z, the series ends.

[Consider the example of LINEAR ARRANGEMENT of A to Z in a line and NOT CIRCULAR ARRANGEMENT]

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'CLUSTERS' (in both the forward and backward directions) which have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order?

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 0
  4. 3

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 3

Position of Letters in a Word Question 8 Detailed Solution

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The alphabets are positioned as in the following order:

Given word → CLUSTERS

The given word can be represented as follows,

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So, In the forward direction → "ST" and "RS".

In the backward direction → "RT".

∴ Here, three pairs are there in word 'CLUSTERS', each of which has many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet.

Hence, the correct answer is "3".

If the positions of the first and second letters of the word DESPERATELY are interchanged; similarly the positions of the third and fourth letters are interchanged and so on, then which of the following letters will be 8th from the left end after arrangement?

  1. R
  2. S
  3. E
  4. T
  5. A

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : A

Position of Letters in a Word Question 9 Detailed Solution

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Word: DESPERATELY

Word

D

E

S

P

E

R

A

T

E

L

Y

After Interchanging

E

D

P

S

R

E

T

A

L

E

Y

 

Word formed after interchanging: (left end) EDPSRETALEY (right end)

Clearly, ‘A’ is 8th from the left end of the new word.

How many pairs of letters in the word “MANIPULATIVE” 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?

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 0
  5. More than 5

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : More than 5

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Given Word: MANIPULATIVE

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Thus, there are More than 5 such pairs → Forward: IL, AE, AI, NP, NT, TV, NV, PT, PV; Backward: NE, LI

Hence, ‘More than 5’ is the correct answer.

If in the given number 86352876, every even digit is replaced with the digit immediately preceding it and every odd digit is replaced with the digit immediately following it in natural number series, then what will be the product of 2nd digit from the left end and 5th digit from the right end?

  1. 12
  2. 80
  3. 30
  4. 25
  5. 45

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 30

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Given number – 86352876

8 6 3 5 2 8 7 6
Even Even Odd Odd Even Even Odd Even
-1 -1 +1 +1 -1 -1 +1 -1
7 5 4 6 1 7 8 5
 

 

By replacing the digits as mentioned in the question, we get 75461785

2nd digit from the left end is 5

5th digit from the right end is 6

5 × 6 = 30

Hence, the correct answer is ‘30’.

Each of the letters in the word JOURNAL are arranged in alphabetical order. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the letter which is fourth from the left and the one which is second from the right in the new letter - cluster thus formed?

  1. Six
  2. Three
  3. Five
  4. Four

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : Three

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Given word: JOURNAL 

Now, arranging the word in alphabetical order:

Word J O U R N A L
Alphabetical order A J L N O R U

 

Now, after arranged in alphabetical order the letter which is fourth from the left is: 'N',

and, the one which is second from the right is: R.

In the English alphabetical series there are three letter between 'N' and 'R' i.e: 'O', 'P', 'Q'.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each letter in the word AMPLIFY is arranged in alphabetical order?

  1. Three
  2. Two
  3. Four
  4. One

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : Three

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Given word: AMPLIFY 

Now, arranging in alphabetical order:

we get, 

Given Word A M P L I F Y
Alphabetical order A F I L M P Y

 

Here, the letter 'A', 'L', and 'Y' will remain unchanged after arranged in alphabetical order.

Hence, the correct answer is "Three".

How many pairs of digits are there in the given number, that have as many numbers between them as in the series of natural numbers both in backward and forward direction?

87534651

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four
  5. More than four

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : More than four

Position of Letters in a Word Question 14 Detailed Solution

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Given number – 87534651

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Thus, we get eight pairs,

Forward → (3,4)

Backward → (5,6), (4,7), (4,8), (1,4), (1,7), (1,8), (7,8)

Hence, the correct answer is ‘more than four’.

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘MEDICINE’, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet?

  1. None
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four
  5. Five

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : Three

Position of Letters in a Word Question 15 Detailed Solution

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Hence, three pairs are there in the word ‘MEDICINE’, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English Alphabet.

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