ALPHABET TEST(General Mental Ability) UPSC EPFO

Total Questions: 25

1. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the second, fourth, fifth, seventh and eleventh letters of the word ‘Distribution’, third letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed your answer is ‘M’and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘X’

Correct Answer: (a) B
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2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘IDEAL’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ?

Correct Answer: (b) One
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3. If in the English Alphabet each consonant is substituted by the immediate preceding letter and each vowel is substituted by the immediate following letter, then the word CAPITALISE will be written as:

Correct Answer: (d) BBOJSBKJRF
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4. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the third, seventh, eighth and tenth letters of the word PREDICAMENT, 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

Correct Answer: (d) X
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Third, the seventh, eighth and tenth letters of the word PREDICAMENT are E, A, M and N respectively. Meaningful words are: Mean, Name and Mane.

5. The serial order of how many letters in the word CLIENT will not differ than their serial order in the arrangement when the letters of the word are arranged alphabetically?

Correct Answer: (a) Four
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6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXCURSION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?

Correct Answer: (d) More than three
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7. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the second, third, sixth and eighth letters of the word DEVIATION, the first letter of the meaningful word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed your answer is ‘A’ and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘B’.

Correct Answer: (d) A
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
D E V I A T I O N
Second, Third, Sixth and Eighth letters are E, V, T and O.
Meaningful words are : VETO, VOTE

8. If each alternate letter beginning with the first in the word WORKING is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each of the remaining letters is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet, which of the following will be the fourth from the right end after the replacement?

Correct Answer: (c) J
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9. How many three - letter meaningful words can be formed from the word TEAR beginning with ‘A’ without repeating any letter within that word?

Correct Answer: (b) Three
Solution:Meaningful words are : ARE, ART, ATE

10. In the word FLOURISH, all the vowels are first arranged alphabetically and then all the consonants are arranged alphabetically and then all the vowels are replaced by the previous letter and all the consonants are replaced by the next letter from the English alphabet. Which letter will be third from the right end?

Correct Answer: (c) M
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