ALPHABET TEST(General Mental Ability) UPSC EPFO

Total Questions: 25

21. If each of the vowels in the word HONESTLY is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series, and then the alphabets so formed are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right, which of the following will be fifth from the left of the new arrangement thus formed?

Correct Answer: (d) P
Solution:

22. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, second, fifth and sixth letters of the word PYGMALION, which of the following would be the second letter of that word from the right end? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give your answer as ‘Z’

Correct Answer: (d) A
Solution:

23. How many meaningful English words can be formed, starting with S, with the second, the fourth, the fifth and the eighth letters of the word PERISHED, using each letter only once in each word? (To be counted from left)

Correct Answer: (b) One
Solution:

Specified letters are E, I, S and D respectively. The meaningful word that can be formed using these letters once is SIDE.

24. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STREAMING each of which has as many letters between them in the word, as in the English alphabet ? (In both forward and backward directions)

Correct Answer: (d) Three
Solution:

25. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the second, the third, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word STEADFAST, which of the following will be the second letter of that word? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.

Correct Answer: (d) Y
Solution:The specified letters are T, E A and S respectively, Meaningful words are SEAT and EAST