Directions (Q. No. 1-10): In each of the following Questions, four words are given which of them will come in the third it all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?

1. (a) Bishop
(b) Bifocal
(c) Bicycle
(d) Bitter

2. (a) Parasite
(b) Party
(c) Petal
(d) Paste

3. (a) Research
(b) Rational
(c) Round
(d) Rustic

4. (a) Nature
(b) Native
(c) Narrate
(d) Diastole

5. (a) Didactic
(b) Dictum
(c) Dictionary
(d) Diastole

6. (a) Outrage
(b) Outcase
(c) Overture
(d) Ovary

7. (a) Gradine
(b) Gradient
(c) Graduate
(d) Grading

8. (a) Nozzle
(b) Nausea
(c) Nostril
(d) Normal

9. (a) Prominent
(b) Prohibit
(c) Promise
(d) Prolong

10. (a) Descant
(b) Descent
(c) Derive
(d) Derrick

11. Two letters in the word COUPLE have as many letters between themas in the alphabet. The letter which appears first in the alphabet is the answer. If there is no such pair of letters in the work, then mark your answer as X.
(a) L
(b) O
(c) P
(d) X

12. The position of how many letters in the word BRAKES remains unchanged when they are arranged in alphabetical order?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three

13. If the letters of the word TRANSFORM are rearranged as they appear in the English alphabet, then the position of how many letters will remain unchanged after such rearrangement?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three

14. The positions of how many letters in the word WONDERFUL will remain unchanged when the letters within the word are arranged alphabetically?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three

15. If the order of letters of each of the following words is reversed, then which of the following will be the meaningful word? If more than one such word can be formed, mark 'S' as the answer and if no such word can be formed, mark 'X' as the answer. NAIL, PAIL, RAIL, MADAM, REST
(a) PAIL
(b) RAIL
(c) MADAM
(d) S

16. If the letters in the word UNDERTAKING are rearranged in the alphabetical order, which one will be in the middle in order after the rearrangement?
(a) G
(b) I
(c) K
(d) N

17. Which letter in the word CYBERNETICS occupies the same position as it does in the English alphabet?
(a) C
(b) E
(c) I
(d) T

18. If the first and second letters in the word DEPRESSION were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and the sixth letters and so on, which of the following would be the seventh letter from the right?
(a) R
(b) O
(c) S
(d) I

19. If the positions of the first and the sixth letters in the word DISTRIBUTE are interchanged; similarly the positions of the second and the seventh, the third and the eighth and so on, which of the following letters will be the fifth from left after interchanging the positions?
(a) E
(b) I
(c) S
(d) T

20. The positions of the first and the eighth letters in the word WORKINGS are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the second and the seventh letters are interchanged and the positions of the third letter and the sixth letter are interchanged and the positions of the remaining two letters are interchanged with each other, which of the following will be the third letter to the left of R after rearrangement?
(a) G
(b) I
(c) N
(d) S

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