Word Arrangement – Railway Reasoning (part – 2)

Total Questions: 50

31. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word FLAGSTONE is arranged in alphabetical order? [Group - D 28/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 2
Solution:

We can clearly see that 2 letters are unchanged.

32. In the word "BACKGROUND", 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 28/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) Two
Solution:

BACKGROUND
ATQ,
CBDLHSPVOE
We can clearly see that O and E i.e 2 vowel are in this new group of letters

33. If each of the letters in the word FATIGUE is arranged in alphabetical order, then after rearrangement how many letters will be there in the English alphabetical series between the letter that is fourth from the left and the one that is second from the right? [Group - D 29/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) Twelve
Solution:

Word = FATIGUE
On arranging in alphabetical order
Word = AEFGITU
Fourth letter from the left = G
Second letter from the right = T
Total alphabets between G and T = 12

34. Each vowel in the word HOCKEY 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 fourth from the right? [Group - D 29/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) G
Solution:

Word = HOCKEY
According to the question,
Word = GPBJFX
On arranging in alphabetical order,
Word = BFGJPX
So, fourth from the right letter = G

35. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word BRACKET is arranged in alphabetical order? [Group - D 29/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) Two
Solution:

Word = BRACKET
On arranging in alphabetical order,
Word = ABCEKRT
Position of letters will remain unchanged = 2

36. Each vowel in the word COMPLAINED 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 29/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) B
Solution:

Word = ‘COMPLAINED’
When all vowels are changed to the
following letter and consonant letters are
changed to preceding letter
Word = ‘BPLOKBJMFC’
So, ‘B’ appears twice in the newly formed letter.

37. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word PROUDLY is arranged in alphabetical order? [Group - D 30/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Two
Solution:

Word = PROUDLY
When arranged in alphabetical order,
PROUDLY = DLOPRUY
There are 2 letters which remain unchanged.

38. Each of the digits in the number 7639482 is arranged in ascending order from right to left. The position of how many digits will remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number? [Group - D 30/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Two
Solution:

Number = 7639482 On arranging in ascending order from right to left Number = 9876432
On comparing, 2 numbers remain unchanged as compared to that in the original number.

39. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word PLATE (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 06/10/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) None
Solution:

Word = PLATE
There is no such pair of letters in the given word.

40. The positions of the first and fourth letters in the word 'QUIRKY' are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the second and fifth letters are interchanged and in the same pattern the positions of the third and sixth letters are interchanged. If all letters are counted from left to right, then which letter will be the fourth letter from the right in the word so formed? [Group - D 06/10/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) Y
Solution:

When 1st and 4th, second and fifth and third and sixth letters are interchanged,
QUIRKY = RKYQUI
4th letter from the right in the word = Y