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Arrangement and Pattern Question 1:

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

Arrangement and Pattern Question 1 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'.

Arrangement and Pattern Question 2:

If the first four and last four letters of MENTORSHIP are reversed, which letter will be sixth from the right in the new word?

  1. T
  2. O
  3. R
  4. N

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : O

Arrangement and Pattern Question 2 Detailed Solution

Given word: 'MENTORSHIP'

First four letters: M E N T

Last four letters: S H I P

Middle letters (not reversed): O R

Reversing the first four letters: T N E M

Reversing the last four letters: P I H S

New word after reversal:

T N E M O R P I H S
        6 5 4 3 2 1

Now, counting from the right:

The sixth letter from the right is O.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Arrangement and Pattern Question 3:

Refer to the following series of letters and symbols and answer the question.
(Left) M@R X Z $ I Q & D E A + C E # H O & T Y % E F S P G K(Right)
How many vowels are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a vowel?

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

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : 1

Arrangement and Pattern Question 3 Detailed Solution

Given series:

M@R X Z $ I Q & D E A + C E # H O & T Y % E F S P G K

Condition to be checked:

Vowels immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a vowel.

Consonant → Vowel → Vowel

Let's analyze the series for this pattern:

M@R X Z $ I Q & D E A + C E # H O & T Y % E F S P G K

  • D E A + (Yes, 'E' is a vowel, preceded by consonant 'D' and followed by vowel 'A')

Thus, there is 1 vowel that is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a vowel.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Arrangement and Pattern Question 4:

A set of letters are given in each column, you have to first arrange each alphabet according to alphabetical series from left to right in each row and  then club the letters of each column and check in which column alphabets are alphabetically arranged?

I

II

III

IV

V

F

T

M

L

P

X

Q

D

H

O

W

R

K

G

S

 

  1. Only I and III
  2. Only II, III and V
  3. Only I, II and IV
  4. Only III and IV
  5. All of these

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Only III and IV

Arrangement and Pattern Question 4 Detailed Solution

According to the given direction, the final arrangement is as follows

I

II

III

IV

V

F

L

M

P

T

D

H

O

Q

X

G

K

R

S

W

 

Hence, only column III and IV are alphabetically arranged.

Arrangement and Pattern Question 5:

In the given words, all the consonants are changed to its next letter and all the vowels are changed to its previous letter as per the alphabetical series then all the repeated letters and those come after P are eliminated separately. How many letters remain after this?

EXCURSION

MANIFEST 

  1. Four
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. None
  5. More than four

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : More than four

Arrangement and Pattern Question 5 Detailed Solution

According to the given direction, EXCURSION changes to DYDTSTHNO and MANIFEST changes to NZOHGDTU.

Now eliminate the repeated letters and those letters which comes after P then the letters which are remained as H, N, O, G, D, H, N, O.

Hence, more than four letters remained.  

Top Arrangement and Pattern 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

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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 are there in the given word which have as many letters between them in the word (in both the forward and backward directions), as in the English alphabet?

CORPORATION

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 3

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 5

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The logic follows here is:

Given word:

CORPORATION

The given word can be represented as shown below:

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In the forward direction → "PR", "RT" and "PT" 

In the backward direction → "NO" and "OP".  

Thus there are 5 pairs of a letter in the word 'CORPORATION' each of which has as many letters between them in word as they have between them in the English alphabetical series.

Hence, the correct answer is "5".

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]

Comprehension:

Directions: Answer the questions based on the sequence of numbers and alphabets given below.

S 4 5 4 S S 4 5 4 S 7 S W 7 5 7 5 W 4 4 4 W C C 5 5 7 C C 7

How many numbers lie between the identical numbers?

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

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : Five

Arrangement and Pattern Question 9 Detailed Solution

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Consider the following series: _____

S 4 5 4 S S 4 5 4 S 7 S W 7 5 7 5 W 4 4 4 W C C 5 5 7 C C 7

Numbers are 454, 454, 757, 575, 444

Hence, five is the correct answer.

If it is possible to make a meaningful English word with the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th letters of the word AMENDMENT, which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be made give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made give ‘Y’ as the answer.

  1. E
  2. D
  3. M
  4. X
  5. Y

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 5 : Y

Arrangement and Pattern Question 10 Detailed Solution

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Given Word

A M E N D M E N T

Chosen letters

A, E, M, N

 possible word

NAME, AMEN, MANE, MEAN, NEMA


Hence, as more than one word can be formed from the chosen letters, the answer will be ‘Y’.

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

Arrangement and Pattern Question 11 Detailed Solution

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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 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

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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 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

Arrangement and Pattern Question 13 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 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’.

If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the second, the fourth, the fifth and the tenth letters of the word COMPROMISE, which of the following will be the second letter of the word from the right side? If no such word can be made give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made give ‘Y’ as the answer.

  1. O
  2. E
  3. P
  4. Y
  5. X

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Y

Arrangement and Pattern Question 15 Detailed Solution

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Given Word

COMPROMISE

Chosen Letters

O P R E

Only Possible Word

ROPE, PORE, REPO


Hence, the correct answer is Y.
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