Word Arrangement – Railway Reasoning (part – 1)

Total Questions: 50

31. How many pairs of letters are there in the word TOMORROW (in both forward and backward direction) each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabetical order ? [Group - D 26/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 1
Solution:

When the letters of the given word are read from the left, the following pairs are formed.
_ O _ _ R _ _ (i)
When the letters of the given word are read from the right, no pairs are formed.
Hence, the total number of pairs is 1.

32. If each of the digits in the number 243978615 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 29/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 1
Solution:

we can see from above figure that only 1 number not change his position

33. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘DABSTER’ (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 29/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) More than three
Solution:So, there are 6 letters that have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order.

34. If each of the digits in the number given below is arranged in the 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 30/08/2022 (Morning)]

(Left) 6352897 (Right)

Correct Answer: (b) Two
Solution:

Ascending order - after arranging ascending order Only two numbers(3 and 5) have not changed their positions

35. Each vowel in the word PACKED is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order and each consonant 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 30/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) B
Solution:

36. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word 'CONFIRM" is arranged in alphabetical order? [Group - D 30/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) One
Solution:

After arranging the letters of word in alphabetical order, the word becomes C FIMNOR POsition of only one letter (C) remains unchanged .

37. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word COMPUTE is arranged in alphabetical order ? [Group - D 30/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Three
Solution:

by arranging in alphabetical order .
C E M O P T U
From above fig., we can say that the position of only three letters remains same .

38. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FHANCK (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 01/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Two
Solution:

Hence, two such pairs each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabetical series.

39. If each vowel in the word RUBAL is changed to the next vowel in the English alphabetical order and each consonant is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical order, which letter will be present in the newly formed word ? [Group - D 02/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) A
Solution:In RUBAL,
As per given instructions,
Vowels U and A should be changed into next vowel i.e. U → A and A → E
Consonants R, B and L should be changed into next letter i.e. R → S, B →  C  and L → M
After arranging it we get,
RUBAL → S A CEM
Letter A is present in the newly formed word.

40. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word LOVABLE (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 02/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 1
Solution: From the above fig we can see that there is only one pair (AB) of letters which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order.