ALPHABET TEST -- SIMPLE QUESTIONS. FOR SBI CLERKS/PO---REASONING.
ALPHABET TEST
Directions: Arrange
the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes at the second
place.
1. (a)
Scissors (b) Scorpion (c) Schedule
(d)
Semester (e) Sensitive
2. (a)
Livestock (b) Litter (c) Literary
(d)
Little (e) Livelihood
3. (a)
Manifest (b) Meticulous (c) Meridian
(d)
Merchant (e) Mercerise
4. (a)
Interview (b) Invent (c) Intestine
(d)
Interlude (e) Interfere
5. (a)
Converse (b) Current (c) Curator
(d)
Cutaneous (e) Cushion
6. (a)
Stipend (b) Stagger (c) Stabilise
(d)
Stimulus (e) Sterile
7. (a)
Dialogue (b) Diabolic (c) Diagonal
(d)
Diaphragm (e) Dialect
8. (a)
Mink (b) Multiple (c) Murder
(d)
Multitude (e) Music
9. (a)
Express (b) Extend (c) Expire
(d) Explode (e) Expand
10. (a) Revenue (b) Remind (c) Relish
(d) Remark (e)
Remorse
11. (a) Gourd (b) Gesture (c) Gentle
(d)
Genuine (e) Generous
12. (a) Rural (b) Romance (c) Rejoice
(d)
Reveal (e) Retain
13. (a) Shrub (b) Shudder (c) Shroud
(d)
Shuffle (e)
Shuttle
14. (a) Fault (b) Fantasy (c) Finger
(d)
Fascinate (e) Fanaticism
15. (a) Niger (b)
Narcotic (c) Ninth
(d)
Nemises (e) Never
16. If the first and second letters in the word
COMMUNICATIONS were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the
fifth and sixth letters and so on, which letter would be the tenth letter
counting from your right?
(a) N (b) O (c) R (d) T (e) None of these
17. How many pairs of letters are there in the
word ADEQUATELY which have as many letters between them in the word as in the
alphabet?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three
(d) Four (e) None of these
18. If the position of the first and the sixth
letters in the COMPROMISE are interchange, similarly the position of the second
and the seventh and so on, which of the following will be the seventh letter
from the right end?
(a) P (b) R (c) E (d) C (e) S
19. The letter of the word NUMKIPP are in
disorder. If they are arranged in proper order, the name of the vegetable is
formed. What is the last letter of the word so formed?
(a) N (b) M (c) K (d) U (e) P
20. If by arranging the letter of the word
NABMODINT, the name of a game is formed, what are the first and last letters of
the word so formed?
(a) B, T (b) B, N (c) N, D (d) A, T (e) M, T
21. If it is possible to make a meaningful word
with the second, the sixth, the ninth and the twelfth letters of the word
CONTRIBUTION, which of the following will be the last letter of that word? If
more than one such words can be made, given M as the answer and if no such word
is there, given X as the answer.
(a) T (b) O (c) N (d) M (e) X
22. How many pairs of letters are there in the
word PENCIL which have as many letters between them in the word as in the
alphabet?
(a) Nil (b) One (c) Two
(d) Three (e) None of these
23. How many independent words can STAINLESS be
divided into without changing the order of the letters and using each letter
only once?
(a) Nil (b) One (c) Two
(d) Three (e) None of these
24. If a meaningful word can be formed by
rearranging the letters USCALA, the first letter so formed is the answer. If no
such letter can be formed, the answer is X.
(a) C (b) S (c) A (d) L (e) U
25. How many pairs of letters are there in the
word LANGUISH which have as many letters between them in the word as in the
alphabet?
(a) Two (b) Three (c) One
(d) Nil (e) None of these
26. Number of letters skipped between adjacent
letters in the series is in the order 2, 5, 7, 10. Which of the following
series observes the rule given above?
(a) SYBE (b) FNKO (c) CEGL
(d) QTZHS (e) None of these
27. From the word ASTOUNDER, how many independent
words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each
letter only once?
(a) None (b) Two (c) Three
(d) Four (e) None of these
28. Two letters in the word COUPLE have as many
letters between them in the alphabet. The letter which appears first in the
alphabet is the answer. If there is no such pair of letters in the word, the
answer is X.
(a) O (b) U (c) P (d) L (e) X
29. A pair of letters is there in the word LEMON
which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet. Which
one of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet?
(a) E (b) L (c) M (d) N (e) O
30. How many pairs of letters are
there in the word NECESSARY which have as many letters between them in the word
as there are between them in the alphabet and in the same order?
a. one b.
two c. three d.
nil e. four
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ANSWERS
ALPHABET TEST
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (e) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6.
(b)
7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10.
(d) 11. (c) 12. (e)
13. (a) 14. (b) 15.
(d)
16. (a) : The new letter sequence is OCMMNUCITAOISN.
Counting from right, the tenth letter is N.
17. (c) : Such letter pairs are DE, QT and QL.
18. (e) : The new letter sequence is OMISECOMPR. The
seventh letter from the right is S.
19. (a) : The name of the vegetable is PUMPKIN. The
last letter is N.
20. (b) : The name of the game is BADMINTON. The first
and last letters are B and N respectively.
21. (b) : The second, sixth, ninth and twelfth letters
in the word CONTRIBUTION are O, I, T, N. The word formed is INTO.
22. (c) : Such letter pairs are PN, EC.
23. (c) : The words are STAIN and LESS.
24. (a) : The word is CASUAL. The first letter is C.
25. (b) : Such pairs are LN, GI and US.
26. (e) :
27. (c) : The words formed are AT, AND, UNDER.
28. (d) : Such a letter pair is OL. Of these, L comes
first in the alphabet.
29. (d) : Such a letter pair is ON. Of these, N comes first in the alphabet.
30. (a): N
and S.
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