Chapter1

AlphabetTest(TestofVerbalReasoning)
Type1 Alphabetical order of Words
Directions(Q. Nos. 1to 5): Answerthegiven questionsbased on the followingEnglish alphabet
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1. Which letteris5th to theright of the18th letter from your right?
(1)C
(2)D
(3)E
(4)M
(5)N
th

2. If allthe vowelsare removed from thealphabet,which letter willbe 7 to the right of the5
letterfromtheleft?
(1)L
(2)M
(3)N
(4)P
(5)None of these
3. If theeveryalternate letter,startingwith A,isremoved fromthealphabet,which letter
amongthe remaining letterswould be3 rd to the right of the5th letterfrom theright?
(1)X
(2)V
(3)L
(4)J
(5)None of these
4. If Aand B are written orB and A, Cand D asD and C, Eand FasF and E So on till theend of
the alphabet,what willbethepositionsof M fromYourright?
(1)11

th

(2)12th

th

(3)13

th

(4)14th
(5)None of these
th

5. If theabove alphabet isarranged in reverse order,which letterwillbe 12 to theleft of the

16th letter fromyourleft?
(1)D
(2)V
(3)W
(4)X
(5)None of these
Type2 Letterword Problem
6. How manypairs of lettersin theword are asfar from each other astheyare in thealphabets
in theword RELATIONSHIP?
(1)None
(2)1
(3)2
(4)3
(5)4
7. How manysets of two lettershaveas many lettersbetween them astheyhavein the
alphabetical orderin the word PRUDENT?
(1)None
(2)1
(3)2
(4)3
(5)4
8. How manysuch pairs of lettersaretherein theword KINDNESSeach of which have asmany
lettersbetween them in word asin the alphabet?
(1)None
(2)One
(3)Two

(4)Three
(5)More than Three
9. Two lettersin the word PRESENCEhaveasmanyletters between them in the word asthere
are between them in the alphabet and in thesameorder.Which oneof thetwo letters comes
earlier in the alphabet?
(1)C
(2)E
(3)R
(4)P
(5)None of these
10. How manysuch pairsof lettersare there in theword ADVERTISEMENTwhich haveas
manyletters between them in theword asin the alphabet?
(1)1
(2)2
(3)3
(4)4
(5)More than three
Type3Alphabetical Quibble
11. If the letters in theword 'UNDERTAKING are rearranged in the alphabeticalorder which
onewillbein themiddle in orderafter thearrangement?
(1) G
(2) 1
(3) K
(4) N
(5)None of these
12. A meaningful word starting with 'Aismade fromthefirst, thesecond, the third, thefifth
and sixth letersof the word 'CONTRACT which of thefollowingisthe middleletterof theword?
(1) C
(2) T
(3) O

(4) R
(5)None of these
13.If the first and secondletterin theword 'COMMUNICATIONS were interchanged.also the
third and thefourth letters,thefifth and thesixth lettersand so on.Which letterwould bethe
tenth letter counting fromyourright?
(1) N
(2) A
(3) T
(4) U
(5)None of these
14. If it ispossibleto makeameaningfulword with thefourth, theeighth and thetenth letters
of the word 'COUNTERACT.Which of thefollowingwillbethelast letterof that word?If no
such word can bemade, giveXastheanswer.Ifmore than onesuch word can be made, give
Mastheanswer
(1) A
(2) N
(3) T
(4) X
(5) M
15. If the positions of the first and sixth, second and seventh,third and eighth and so on letters
of the word BENEFICIAL are interchanged.Which letterwillbe third fromthe right end after
rearrangement?
(1) E
(2) N
(3) C
(4) F
(5)None of these
Type4word Formation using Letters of a Given Word
16. If it ispossibleto makeonly onemeaningfulword with thefourth, thefifth, the seventh and
the eleventh lettersof theword PREDICTABLEwhich of the followingwillbethe first letterof
that word?If only two such wordscan be formed, giveWas theanswer; if three or more such
wordscan beformed, giveZastheanswerand if no such word can beformed,give Xas the
answer.

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

youranswer.Ifno such word can beformed, mark Masyouranswer,and if morethan one

such words can heformed,mark Dasyouranswer.
(1) I
(2)S
(3)T
(4)D
(5)M

AnswerswithSolutions
1. (5)5th to the right of 18th fromright
=(18 5) th fromright =13th fromright
=N
2. (4) Newsequenceafterarrangement
BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ
How, 7th to theright of the5th fromleft
= (7+5)th from left
=12th fromleft =P
3. (1)Newsequenceafterarrangement
B D F H J L N P R T V X Z
Now, 3rd to the right of the5th fromright
=(5 3)nd from right
=2ndfrom right =X
4.(3) Newsequenceafterarrangement
B A D C F E H G J I L K N M P O R Q T S V U X WZ Y
13th fromright
5.(3) Newsequenceafterarrangement
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
Now,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 P
There isno such pair.
7. (3) P R U D E N T
Hence,there are two such pairs.
8.(3) KI N DN E SS
Hence, there are two such pairs
9. (4) P RES EN CE
Hence,P comesearlier in thisgroup
10.(5) AD V E R T I S EMEN T
Hence,there are six such pairs.
11. (3) U N D E RT A K I N G
A D EGI K N N RT U
Kisin middle
12.(3) Desired letters are C,O, N, R,A
Now meaningfulword
=ACORN
Hence, middle digit = 0
13. (1) C O M M U N I C A T I O N S O C M M N U C I T A O I SN
th

10 fromright
14.(5) Desired letters are=N,A and T
Now,meaningfulwordsare
=AN T, T A N
15.(2) I C I A L B E N E F Arrangement
3rd from flght end
16.(4) Desired letters areD, I,T and E.
Now fourmeaningfulwordscan be formedas
EDIT,TIED,DIET and TIDE
17.(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: POET
and TOPE.
20.(5) Desired letters areR,I, Sand T respectively. No meaningful word can beformed using
these letters.