Word Arrangement (SSC REASONING) Part-2

Total Questions: 50

1. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word ‘DELIGHT’ is arranged in the English alphabetical order? [SSC CGL 24/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) Three
Solution:

2. The position(s) of how many letters will remain unchanged if all the letters in the word ‘ASTEROID’ are arranged in English alphabetical order? [SSC CGL 24/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) One
Solution:

3. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word ‘SIGNATURE’ is re-arranged in the English alphabetical order from left to right? [SSC CGL 24/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) One
Solution:

4. The position of how many letters will change if each of the letters in the word ‘CORNFLAKES’ is re-arranged in the English alphabetical order from left to right? [SSC CGL 25/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Eight
Solution:

5. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if all the letters in the word RICKET are arranged in English alphabetical order? [SSC CGL 25/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) Two
Solution:

6. All the alphabets in the word 'CARDBOARD' are arranged in the alphabetical order. How many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is fourth from the left end and the one which is second from the right end in the newly formed cluster of nine letters? [SSC CGL 25/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 14
Solution:Given : - C A R D B O A R D
After arranging alphabetically :-
A A B C D D O R R
Fourth alphabet from left end = C
Second alphabet from right end = R
No. of alphabet between C and R in
alphabetical order = 14

7. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word ‘DOWNSIZE’ is re-arranged in the English alphabetical order from left to right? [SSC CGL 25/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Two
Solution:

8. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if all the letters in the word MOLTEN are arranged in English alphabetical order? [SSC CGL 26/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) None
Solution:M O L T E N

E L M N O T
Hence, the position of all letters will be changed.

9. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word 'VIRTUAL' is arranged in English alphabetical order? [SSC CHSL 01/07/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) One
Solution:

10. The position of how many letters will change if each of the letters in the word TROUBLEMAKING is arranged from left to right in alphabetical order? [SSC CHSL 01/07/2024 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Twelve
Solution: