Word Arrangement – Railway Reasoning (part – 2)

Total Questions: 50

41. Each of the digits in the number 56137428 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 06/10/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) One
Solution:

Number = 56137428
On arranging in ascending order,
Number = 12345678
So, only 1 number whose position is remain unchanged.

42. If counted from the left. How many letters in the word 'HYDROMAGNETIC' holds the same position in the word as its position in the English alphabetical order? [Group - D 07/10/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) None
Solution:

'HYDROMAGNETIC'
None letter holds the same position in the word as its position in the English alphabetical order.

43. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DOLPHIN (in both the forward and backward directions) which have as many letters between them in the world as there are in the English alphabetical order? [Level 6 (09/05/2022) Shift 2 ]

Correct Answer: (b) Four
Solution:

44. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CLUSTERS’ (in both the forward and backward directions) which have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order? [Level 4 (10/05/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 3
Solution:

Here there are 3 pairs

45. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word UNIVERSAL.( in both forward and backward directions) each of which has as many letters between them in the world as there are in English alphabetical order? [Level 2 (13/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 4
Solution:

46. If letters of the English alphabet are written in reverse order then which letter is 5ᵗʰ to the right of 12ᵗʰ letter from the right? [Level 2 (13/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (b) G
Solution:

When order is reversed
12th letter from Right = L
Again, 5th to right of L = G

47. How many such pairs of letters are there in the world HABITS (is both the forward and backward directions) which have as many letters between them in the world as there are in the English alphabetical order? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (c) Two
Solution:

HABITS
When we read from left to right we get one pair Pair (i) AB
When we read from right to left we get one pair Pair(ii) ST
Hence, we get total 2 pairs which have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English alphabetical order.

48. If all the letters of the english alphabet are divided into two equal halves and second half is written first followed by the first half, than which letter would appear at the fifth place to the right of the 11ᵗʰ letter from the left? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 3 ]

Correct Answer: (a) C
Solution:

According to the question we have to arrange all the letters of the English alphabet in this type of series.
NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM
So we can clearly see in the above series that C is fifth place to the right of 11 th letter from the left.

49. From among the given options, select the word which CANNOT be formed using the letters of the given words. LAUGHTER [RRB NTPC 28/12/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) GRUNT
Solution:

In the given word, ‘LAUGHTER’, the letter ‘N’ is missing. So, the word ‘GRUNT’ cannot be formed.

50. From among the given options. select the word which CANNOT be formed using the letters of the given word. DAUGHTER [RRB NTPC 28/12/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) TOUGH
Solution:

The letter ‘O’ is not there in the given word ‘DAUGHTER’.
So the word ‘TOUGH’ cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.