PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

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PREPARATORY SET-73

Directions (Qs.1 to 5): The following questions are based on the five words given below:

NEST   TRAM   COME   GIFT   LONG

(The new words formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not necessarily be meaningful English words).

Question No : 1

How many such pair of letters are there in the word highlighted in bold, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical order?

(1) One

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) Four

(5) None

Question No : 2

If the first alphabet of each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical series, how many meaningful English words will be formed?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) Four

Question No : 3

If in each of the given words, each consonant is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed have the consonants changed to vowels?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) Four

           

Question No : 4

If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in the dictionary from left to right, which of the following would be fourth from the left?

(1) COME

(2) GIFT

(3) LONG

(4) NEST 

(5) TRAM

Question No : 5

If in each of the given words, the first and the third alphabets are changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series, while the second and the fourth alphabets remain unchanged, in how many words thus formed will the letters of the alphabet appear twice?

(1) One

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) Four

(5) Five