Word Arrangement – Railway Reasoning (part – 1)

Total Questions: 50

1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DAUGHTER (in both forward and backward directions) which have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order ? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 4
Solution:Hence, It is clear from the above figure that the total no. of such pairs = 4.

2. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word 'LAMENT’ is arranged in alphabetical order ? [Group - D 18/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Two
Solution:On arranging the letters according to the English alphabetical order, Number of letters whose position remains unchanged = 2 (N,T)

3. Each of the digits in the number 813924765 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. The position of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number ? [Group - D 23/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Two
Solution:

On arranging the digits of number 813924765 in ascending order we get = 123456789
No. of digits whose position has remained unchanged are two (digits are 3 and 7)

4. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word ABDUCT is arranged in alphabetical order ? [Group - D 29/08/2022 ( Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 2
Solution:Two letter remain unchanged (A,B) after arranged alphabetically order

5. Each consonant in the word 'COMPARE' is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order, and each vowel is changed to the letter preceding it in the English alphabetical order. Which of the following letters will appear twice in the group of letters thus formed ? [Group - D 29/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) D and N
Solution:

As per given instructions in the question each consonant increases by 1 and each vowel decreases by 1.

6. Each of the digits in the number 8759236 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. The position of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number ? [Group - D 13/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) One
Solution:

7. Each of the digits in the number 5384972 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. The position of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number ? [Group - D 18/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) One
Solution:

Given number = 5384972 After arranging in ascending order = 2345789 We can see that only one digit (3) remains unchanged.

8. If each vowel in the word 'SCIENCE' is changed to the letter preceding it in the English alphabetical order and each consonant is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order, which letter will occur maximum times in the newly formed word ? [Group - D 20/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) D
Solution:

Given word : SCIENCE
As per the instruction, + 1 In consonant and - 1 in vowel .
New word : TDHDODD Here, letter D occurs maximum times.

9. In the word 'DECORATING", if each vowel is changed to the letter immediately following it and each consonant is changed to the letter immediately following it in the English alphabetical order, then how many vowels will be there in the group of letters thus formed ? [Group - D 06/10/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) Three
Solution:

Word = DECORATING According to question,
DECORATING = EFDPSBUJOH
So, there are 3 vowels in the group of letters.

10. If letter of the English alphabet are written in reverse order then which letter is 2ⁿᵈ to the right of 9ᵗʰ letter form the left ? [NTPC CBT II Level 2 (13/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) P
Solution:

If letters are written in reversed order, then Z = 1, Y = 2……..So,
9th letter = R
So, 2nd to the right of R = P