Practice Question and answers set 6 - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'CHILDREN' each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are between them in the English alphabet?
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Q-2) The letters in the word DANGEROUS are changed in such a way that the consonants are replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and the vowels are replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet. Which of the following will be the third letter from the left end of the new set of letters?
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| D | A | N | G | E | R | O | U | S |
| - 1↓ | + 1↓ | - 1↓ | - 1↓ | + 1↓ | - 1↓ | + 1↓ | + 1↓ | - 1↓ |
| C | B | M | F | F | Q | P | V | R |
Q-3) If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the third, the fifth, the seventh and the tenth letters of the word 'OUTRAGEOUS', which of the following will be the second letter of that word? It more than one such word can be formed, give 'X' as the answer and if no such word can be formed, give 'Y' as the answer.
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Meaningful words ⇒ EAST, SEAT
Q-4) The positions of the first and the second digits in the number 7986032451 are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the third and fourth digits are interchanged and so on. Which of the following will be the fifth digit from the right end after the rearrangement?
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New sequence
Q-5) If it is possible to form a word with the first, fourth, seventh and eleventh letters of the word 'SUPERFLOUS', write the first letter of that word. Otherwise, X is the answer.
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The letters selected are S, E, L and S respectively. The word formed is LESS. The first letter is L.
Q-6) If it is possible to form only one such number with the third, the sixth and the seventh digits of the number 7394261 which is the perfect square of a two-digit odd number, which of the following will be the first digit of that two-digit odd number?
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169, 196, and 961 which are the squares of 13, 14 and 31 respectively. Of these, 14 is ruled out because it is even. We are still left with two such numbers — 13 and 31.
Directions:
Each of the following questions is based on the following alphabet series.
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
Q-7) If the alphabet is written in the reverse order and every alternate letter starting with Y is dropped, which letter will be exactly in the middle of the remaining letters of the alphabet.
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Cancelling every second letter after reversing the alphabet the series becomes. Z X V T R P N L J H F D B
The middle letter is N.
Q-8) If the letters of the word 'PRINCE' are rearranged as they appear in the English alphabet, the position of how many letters will remain unchanged after the rearrangement?
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Arrangement according to english alphabet
Q-9) Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement?
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| A | D | J | E | C | T | I | V | E |
| +1↓ | -1↓ | - 1↓ | +1↓ | -1↓ | - 1↓ | + 1↓ | -1↓ | +1↓ |
| B | C | I | F | B | S | J | UF | F |
Q-10) How many such digits are there in the number 764528 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number?
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