This article will include miscellaneous questions of reasoning. It will help you in speeding up practice and improving concepts.
Q1. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th letters of the word “NOMINATION”, then which will be the 3rd letter of the word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) T
b) Y
c) I
d) S
e) X
Correct option – c
Analysis – 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th letters of the given word are N, M, A, I
So, the word formed is MAIN. Hence, the third letter of the word is I.
Q2. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 9th letters of the word “TRADEMARK”, then which will be the last letter of the word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) Y
b) L
c) V
d) E
e) X
Correct option – e
Analysis – 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 9th letters of the given word are R, E, M, K
So, no word can be formed. Hence, X is the correct answer.
Q3. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 2nd, 4th, 8th, 9th, and 13th letters of the word “DISADVANTAGES”, then which will be the 4th letter of the word from left? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) I
b) N
c) T
d) A
e) X
Correct option – b
Analysis – 2nd, 4th, 8th, 9th and13th letters of the given word are I, A, N, T, S.
So, the word formed is SAINT. Hence, the 4th letter of the word is N. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Q4. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 7th letters of the word “STADIOMETER”, then which will be the first letter of the word? Mark J if no such word can be formed, K if more than one such word can be formed.
a) O
b) M
c) K
d) D
e) J
Correct option – e
Analysis – 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 7th letters of the given word are T, D, O, M
So, no word can be formed. Therefore, J is the correct answer.
Q5. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th & 13th letters of the word “INTERNATIONAL”, then which will be the 5th letter of the word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) R
b) O
c) L
d) N
e) X
Correct option – e
Analysis – 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th & 13th letters of the given word are I, R, N, O, L
So, no meaningful word can be formed. Hence, X is the correct answer.
Q6. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th & 12th letters of the word “ASYMPTOMATIC”, then which will be the 1st letter of the word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) C
b) S
c) Y
d) A
e) X
Correct option – a
Analysis – 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th & 12th letters of the given word are A, S, P, M, C
So, the word formed is CAMPS. Hence, the first letter of the word will be C.
Q7. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th and 10th letters of the word “MANOEUVRING”, then which will be the 5th letter of the word? Mark J if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) N
b) V
c) A
d) E
e) J
Correct option – e
Analysis – 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th & 10th letters of the given word are A, E, V, R, N
So, no meaningful word can be formed. Hence, J is the correct answer.
Q8. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 11th letters of the word “ENVIRONMENTAL”, then which will be the 3rd letter of the word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) M
b) O
c) T
d) X
e) Y
Correct option – d
Analysis – 1st, 5th, 6th, 8th and11th letters of the given word are E, R, O, M, T
So, no meaningful word can be formed. Hence, X is the correct answer.
Q9. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, and 11th letters of the word “DELETERIOUS”, then which will be the 5th letter of the word from left? Mark J if no such word can be formed, K if more than one such word can be formed.
a) U
b) S
c) O
d) K
e) J
Correct option – b
Analysis – 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th & 11th letters of the given word are L, T, O, U, S
So, the word formed is LOTUS. Hence, the 5th letter of the word is S.
Q10. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th letters of the word “SUBSCRIPTIONS”, then which will be the 1st letter of the word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, Y if more than one such word can be formed.
a) R
b) I
c) T
d) Y
e) X
Correct option – Y
Analysis – 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th and10th letters of the given word are S, R, P, T, I
So, the word formed is TRIPS, SPIRT, and STRIP. More than one word is formed. hence answer is Y
Q11. How many such letters are there in the word ‘STUDIO’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Two
c) More than three
d) Three
e) One
Correct option – d
Analysis –
So, there are three forward pairs – ST, TU, and SU
Hence, option d) is the correct answer.
Q12. How many such letters are there in the word ‘NOURISHMENT’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Two
c) More than three
d) Three
e) One
Correct option – d
Analysis –
So, there are three forward pairs – NO, OS, and NS
Hence, option d) is the correct answer.
Q13. How many such letters are there in the word ‘KERATIN’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Three
c) Two
d) More than three
e) One
Correct option – b
Analysis –
So, there are two forward pairs – EI, RT
One backward pair – NR
Hence, option b) is the correct answer.
Q14. How many such letters are there in the word ‘DIVERSITY’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Three
c) Two
d) More than three
e) One
Correct option – c
Analysis –
So, there is one forward pair – RS
One backward pair – SV
Hence, option c) is the correct answer.
Q15. How many such letters are there in the word ‘CLONOGENIC’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) Five
b) Three
c) Four
d) More than six
e) Six
Correct option – d
Analysis –
So, there are three forward pairs – LN, NO, and LO
Four backward pairs – CG, IN, NO, and IO
Hence, option d) is the correct answer.
Q16. How many such letters are there in the word ‘MOTILITY’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Three
c) Two
d) More than three
e) One
Correct option – b
Analysis –
So, there are two forward pairs – OT, TY
One backward pair -LO
Hence, option b) is the correct answer.
Q17. How many such letters are there in the word ‘GESTATION’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Three
c) Two
d) More than three
e) One
Correct option – c
Analysis –
So, there is one forward pair – ST
One backward pair – NO
Hence, option c) is the correct answer.
Q18. How many such letters are there in the word ‘DISTENDED’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Two
c) More than three
d) Three
e) One
Correct option – c
Analysis –
So, there are two forward pairs – ST, DE
Two backward pairs – DE, DI
Hence, option c) is the correct answer.
Q19. How many such letters are there in the word ‘TRIDENT’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Two
c) More than three
d) Three
e) One
Correct option – b
Analysis –
So, there is one forward pair – DE
One backward pair – NR
Hence, option b) is the correct answer.
Q20. How many such letters are there in the word ‘RETRIEVE’ in which the letters are the same as in the English alphabet both from backward and forward directions?
a) None
b) Two
c) More than three
d) Three
e) One
Correct option – e
Analysis –
So, there is one forward pair – RT
Hence, option e) is the correct answer.
How many pairs of letter are there in the word ‘BUCKET’ which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?
Option :
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. More than four
Two letters in the word ‘PRESENCE’ have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet and in the same order. Which one of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet ?
(Hint : Do not count the pair EC, because as mentioned in the question, the letters should be in the same order. Which one of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet.)
Option :
A. C
B. E
C. R
D. P
E. None of these
How many letters are there in the word ‘CREATIVE’ which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?
Option :
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of these
In the word ‘PARADISE’, how many pairs of letters are there which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?
Option :
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. Four
How many pairs of letters in the word ‘DABBLE’ have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?
Option :
A. Nil
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More then three
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There are different types of Alphabet test reasoning questions which are asked in the competitive exams. Alphabet test topic has divided into some different types which I am sharing you with examples.
You should know the types of alphabet test to save your time and to obtain a better rank in the competitive exams. After knowing types of alphabet test reasoning, you can start your practice with Alphabet Series Questions and Answers.
Types of Alphabet Test Reasoning
Type 1: Alphabetical Order of Words
Alphabetical Order: Arranging words in alphabetical order implies ‘to arrange them in the order as they appear in a dictionary’, i.e., as per the order in which the beginning letters of these words appear in the English alphabet.
Ex.1. If the following five words are arranged in alphabetical order, which word will come in the middle?
(A) Draw
(B) Read
(C) Play
(D) Back
(E) Want
Solution
Arranging the words in alphabetical order, we have: Back, Draw, Play, Read, Want. Clearly, the word ‘Play’ comes in the middle. So, the answer is (c).
Ex.2. Which of the following words will come fourth in the English dictionary?
(A) False
(B) Follow
(C) Faithfully
(D) Fool
(E) Fallible
Solution
The given words can be arranged in the alphabetical order as:
Faithfully, Fallible, False, Follow, Fool
Clearly, ‘Follow’ comes fourth. So, the answer is (b).
Type 2: Letter-Word Problems
Ex.1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the words INSTRUCTION which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) None of these
Solution
Clearly, we have:
As depicted above, C and I have five letters between them in the given word as well as in English alphabet; N and T again have five letters between them and each of the pairs ( S and T) and (N and O) have no letter between them.
Thus, there are four such pairs. Hence, the answer is (d).
Ex.2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CORPORATE each of which has may letters in the same sequence between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Solution
Three pairs – (P, R), (R, T) and (P, O) have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet. But since the letters must be in the same sequence in the word as in the English alphabet, so the desired pairs are (P, R) and (R, T) only.
Hence the answer is (C)
Type 3: Rule – Detection
Direction (Question 1 to 24): In each of the following questions, find out which of the letter-series follows the given rule.
1. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is two.
(A) MPSVYBE
(B) QSVYZCF
(C) SVZCGJN
(D) ZCGKMPR
Solution
Hence the answer is (a)
2. The group of letters should not contain more than two vowels.
(A) BDEJOLY
(B) JKAPIXU
(C) PRAQEOS
(D) ZILERAM
Solution
B D E J O L Y has only two vowels – E and O.
Hence the answer is (a)
Type 4: Alphabetical Quibble
In this type of question, generally a letter – series is given, be it the English alphabets from. A to Z or a randomized sequence of letters. The candidate is then required to trace the letters satisfying certain given conditions as regards their position in the given sequence or the sequence obtained by performing certain given operation on the given sequence.
Ex.1. Answer the give question 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
1. Which letter is fifth to the right of the eighteenth letter from your right?
(A) C
(B) D
(C) E
(D) M
(E) N
Solution
Counting form, the right end of the given alphabet – series, i.e., form Z, the eighteenth letter is I. Counting from I towards the right, the fifth letter is N.
So, the answer is (e).
2. If all the vowels are removed from the alphabet, which letter will be the seventh to the right of the fifth letter from the left?
(A) L
(B) M
(C) N
(D) P
(E) None of these
Solution
Removing all the vowels, i.e., A, E, I, O, U, we obtain the following letters-series:
B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z.
Counting from the left in the above series, i.e., from B, the fifth letter is G. Counting from G towards the right, the seventh letter is P.
So, the answer is (e).