REASONING ALPHABET Handout 0821

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REASONING
ALPHABET
1. If the letters of English alphabet are written in many letters between them as in the English
reverse order, then find the the 10th letter to alphabet?
the left of 10th letter from right ? A) Four b) One c) Two d) Three
A) S B) V C) T D) G 12. How many such pairs of letters are there in the
2. 2. If the English alphabet is written in reverse word ‘STREAMING’ each of which has as many
order, then which letter is 7th to the left of letters between them as in the English
11th letter from right ? alphabet?
A) W B) H C) R D) D a) None b) One c) Two d) Three
3. If English alphabet is written in backward order, 13. How many 7’s immediately preceded by 6 but
then find the 7th letter to the left of 11th letter not immediately followed by 4 are there in the
from left ? following series?
A) W B) H C) I D) D 74276436753578437672406743
4. If 1st half of the English alphabet is written in a) One b) Two c) Four d)Six
reverse order, then find the 15th letter from 14. In the following series, how many Ks are there
right? which are immediately preceded by N and
A) A B) B C) C D) D immediately followed by U?
5. If the 2nd half of the English alphabet is written ABCDKNLJMNKSTRZNKUANKUBWXNKLS
in the reverse order, then find the 15th letter a) 6 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
from right ? 15. F4©T2E%MP5W9@LQR6UH3Z7*ATB8V#G$YD
A) M B) L C) K D) J What Should Come in place of question mark
6. Which letter comes in the middle of 20th letter (?) in the following series based on the above
from left and 21st letter from right? arrangements?
A) L B) M C) N D) O TEM 59L RU3 ?
7. If the letters of the word ‘CATEGORY’ are A) 7AB B) 7AT C) *78 D) ABV
arranged in alphabetical order, how many 16. F4©T2E%MP5W9@LQR6UH3Z7*ATB8V#G$YD
letters will remain at the same position? How many such consonants are there in the
A) None B) One C) Two D) Three above arrangements, each of which is
8. How many such letters are there in the word immediately preceded by a number but not
‘MONKEY’ which remain the same in its immediately followed by a number?
position, if the letters are arranged in A) None B) One C) Two D) Three
descending order alphabetically ? 17. F4©T2E%MP5W9@LQR6UH3Z7*ATW8V#G$YD
A) None B) One C) Two D) Three Which of the following is the 10th to the right
9. How many such letters are there in the word of the 19th from the right end of the above
‘MARTINA’ . Which remain same in its position, arrangements?
if they are arranged in alphabetical order ? A) M B) T C) # D) 2
A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four 18. F4©T2E%MP5W9@LQR6UH3Z7*ATW8V#G$YD
10.How many such pairs of letters are there in the How many such symbols are there in the above
word ‘SOUTHERN’ each of which has as many arrangements,each of which is immediately
letters between them as in the English preceded by a number and immediately
alphabet? followed by a Letter?
a) None b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 A) None B) One C) Two D) Three
11. How many such pairs of letters are there in
the word ‘DELIBERATE’ each of which has as

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REASONING ALPHABET Handout 0821
19. F4©T2E%MP5W9@LQR6UH3Z7*ATW8V#G$YD which letter will be sixth to the left of
three of the following four are alike in a certain seventeenth letter from left ?
way based on their positions in the above A) D B) B C) V
arrangements and so form a group.which is D) U E) None of these
one that does not belong to that group? 26.If it is possible to make a meaningful word
A) M24 B) PWM C)Q6L D) RUQ from the second, fourth, fifth, eleventh and
20. F4©J2E%MP5W9@LQR6UH3Z7*ATW8V#G$YD thirteenth letters of the word ESTABLISHMENT
If all the symbols are dropped from the above Using each letter only once, write second letter
arrangement, which of the following will be of that word as your answer. If more than one
the 14th from the left end? such word can be formed, write "M" as your
A) R B) Q C) U D) 3 answer and if no such word can be formed,
21.If all the vowels in the word SAINTLY' are write 'X' as your answer.
rearranged in the alphabetical order from left A) B B) A C) E D) M E) X
to right, followed by the consonants in the 27.If it is possible to make only one meaningful
alphabetical order from left to right,the word with the first, the third, the fifth and the
position of which of the following five eighth letters of the word SHAREHOLDING.
alphabets will remain unchaged ? Which of the following will be the second letter
A) S B) T C) L D) A E) Y of that word ? If no such word can be made,
22. Each vowel in the word CONQUER is replaced give 'X' as the answer and if more than one
by the previous letter in the English alphabet. such word can be made, give "Y'' as the answer.
Each consonant is replaced by the next letter A) L B) E C) S D) X E) Y
in the English alphabet. The letters so obtained 28.Suppose the first and the second letters of
are arranged alphabetically. Which of the the English alphabet changed places, also the
following will be the fourth letter from the left third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth,
end ? and so on. In the new alphabet series that
A) O B) N C) R formed, which letter would be the 14th from
D) S E) None of these left and 6th from right ? (SI MAINS 2012)
23.How many such pairs of letters are there in the A) H,U B) I,V C) M,V D) K,U
word HORIZONTAL, each of which has as many 29. If the first and second letters of the word
letters between them in the word (in both 'CORRESPONDENCE" were interchanged, as
forward and backward directions) as they have well as the third and fourth letters, the fifth
between them in English alphabetical series ? and the sixth and so on, then which of the
A) None B) One C) Two following shall be the tenth letter counting
from right ? (SI MAINS 2011)
D) Three E) More than three.
A) O B) P C) R
24.If the letters of the word PRODUCTIVE Which
are at the odd numbered position in the English D) N E) S
alphabet are picked up and are arranged in 30. B 8 4 C R M 9 N P D K W B 5 F A 2 E J 7 X U Q H
alphabetical order from left and if they are now LTY6GS
substituted by Z,Y,X..... respectively and now If the first half of the above arrangement is
which letter get substituted by W ? written in reverse order followed by the
A) No letter will get substituted by W second half written in reverse order which
B) O C) E letter/number will be eighteenth from the
D) C E) None of these left? (SI MAINS 2007)
25. If in the English alphabet all the letters at odd A) Y B) K C) P D) None of these
numbered positions are written in serial order
from left to right followed by the letters at even
numbered positions written in reverse order,

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