Word Arrangement – Railway Reasoning (part – 1)

Total Questions: 50

41. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word DUPLICATE is arranged in alphabetical order ? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 2
Solution:Only two letters (I ,T) do not change their position after the letters are arranged in alphabetical order.

42. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word AMBUSHED is arranged in the reverse alphabetical order? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) zero
Solution:After arranging in reverse alphabetical order, position of any letter does not remain unchanged.

43. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word ABDUCENT is arranged in alphabetical order ? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2
Solution:

The position of letters will remain the same in the word ABDUCENT after arranged in alphabetical order are as follows :-

44. Each of the letters in the word 'CONFIRM’ is arranged in alphabetical order. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the letter which is fourth from the left and the one which is second from the right in the new word thus formed ? [Group - D 05/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 1
Solution: ATQ, after arranging alphabetically, Fourth from the left is M ; Second from the right is O
Number of letters between them in alphabetical series is only 1.

45. If all the letters of the word BACKFIRE are arranged in the reverse alphabetical order, then the position of how many letters will remain unchanged? [Group - D 06/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) zero
Solution:

Given word: BACKFIRE
After arranging all the letters in reverse alphabetical order, we get
RKIFECBA
There is no letter whose position has remained unchanged.

46. Each vowel in the word 'EXACTLY' 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 08/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) B
Solution:

Given word “ EXACTLY “
By following instruction as per question we get, “ FW BB SKX “
From the above arrangements we can say that B is the letter which appears twice in the group of letters.

47. Each vowel in the word "EXACTLY' 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. If each letter, thus formed, is arranged in alphabetical order, which letter will be third from the right end ? [Group - D 09/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) S
Solution:

Given word, “ EXACTLY”
According to question, [ vowel + 1 and consonant -1 ] then we get,
“ FWBBSKX ” ⇒ “ BBFK S WX” Hence according to the question we can clearly see in the above arrangement that S is the letter which comes third from the right end.

48. Each vowel in the word HAPPILY 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 09/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) O
Solution:

Given word, “HAPPILY” According to question, logic used :-
[ vowel + 1 and consonant - 1 ] then we get, “GBOOJKX”
Hence according to the question we can clearly see in the above arrangement that O is the letter which appears twice in the group of letters.

49. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word REGULATION (in the forward direction) which have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order ? [Group - D 09/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 2
Solution: From the above diagram we can say that there are 2 letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order.

50. If each of the digits in the number 7349842 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 12/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Two
Solution:

Given, 7349842
By arranging in ascending order we get, 2 34 4789
From above series we can clearly see that only two numbers (3 and 4 ) remains unchanged