Q1-5. Directions: Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and choose the one that comes first.
1.
(A) Wasp
(B) Waste
(C) War
(D) Wrinkle
(E) Wrist
- CABDE
- ABCDE
- CBDAE
- BDACE
- BCDEA
EXPLANATION
Answer: A
2.
(A) Science
(B) Scramble
(C) Script
(D) Scripture
(E) Scrutiny
- ABCDE
- BCDAE
- CDAEB
- BEACD
- DAECB
EXPLANATION
Answer: A
3.
(A) Intense
(B) Intellect
(C) Intend
(D) Intelligent
(E) Integument
- DCABE
- ABCDE
- EBDCA
- BAECD
- CABED
EXPLANATION
Answer: 3
4.
(A) Nature
(B) Native
(C) Narrate
(D) Nascent
(E) Naughty
- BCADE
- ABCDE
- DECAB
- CDBAE
- DABCE
EXPLANATION
Answer: 4
5.
(A) Didactic
(B) Dictum
(C) Dictionary
(D) Diastole
(E) Dictate
- BCADE
- CABDE
- ABCDE
- DCABE
- DECBA
EXPLANATION
Answer: 5
Q6-Q7. Directions: Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes in the middle.
6.
(a) Nozzle
(b) Nausea
(c) Nostril
(d) Nomenclature
(e) Normal
EXPLANATION
E
7.
(a) Amphibian
(b) Amorphous
(c) Amphidextrous
(d) Ambiguous
(e) Ambivalent
EXPLANATION
B
Q8. If the first and second letters in the word ‘MISFORTUNE’ were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and the sixth letters, and so on, which letter would then be the eighth letter counting to your left?
(a) O
(b) F
(c) S
(d) T
(e) U
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
Q9. In the word, ‘CREATIVE’ there are how many letters which are in the same order as in the original sequence of the English alphabet?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
