How many A's are there in the following series which are immediately followed by B as well as immediately precedeed by Z ?
A M B Z A N A A B Z A B A Z B A P Z A B A Z A B
Answer: C
A M B Z A N A A B Z A B A Z B A P Z A B A Z A B
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In the following series, count each N which is immediately followed by X but X is not immediately followed by T. How many such N's are there ?
N X N T Q M N X T M X N X C N Q M N N X Q N X T X N A M X N X M
Answer: B
N X N T Q M N X T M X N X C N Q M
N N X Q N X T X N A M X N X M
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If the letters in the word RUTHENIUM are rearranged in the alphabatical order, which letter will be second to the right of middle letter?
Answer: B
Correct answer: T
Sort the letters of RUTHENIUM alphabetically:
E H I M N R T U U
There are nine letters, so the middle one is the 5th, N.
Two to the right of N gives the 7th letter, T. The word contains two U's, and keeping both in the sorted list matters - dropping the duplicate would give eight letters and no single middle.
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The following question is based on the following alphabet series.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Write the above English alphabet in reverse order. First cancel every second letter and then select that letter which divides the remaining letters of the alphabet in two equal parts. This letter is :
Answer: D
The new alphabet series is :
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
M L K J I H G F E D C B A
Canceling every second letter, the above series becomes
Z X V T R P N L J H F D B
The middle letter is N.
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If the letters are there in word BACKLASH each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word, as it is from the beginning of the English alphabet?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Two
The test is position in the word against position in the alphabet. Writing them out: B is 1st and 2nd, A is 2nd and 1st, C is 3rd and 3rd, K is 4th and 11th, L is 5th and 12th, A is 6th and 1st, S is 7th and 19th, H is 8th and 8th.
Two letters match: C and H. The near misses at the start - B and A, each out by one - are what make the word worth checking carefully rather than at a glance.
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The following question is based on the following alphabet series.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
If the alphabet is written in the reverse order and every alpternate letter starting with Y is dropped, which letter will be exactly in the middle of the remaining letters of the alphabet ?
Answer: B
The new alphabet series is :
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
M L K J I H G F E D C B A
Canceling every second letter, the above series becomes
Z X V T R P N L J H F D B
The middle letter is N.
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From the word 'CARRIAGE', how many independent words can be made without changing the order of the letter only once.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Two
Keeping the letters of CARRIAGE in their order and using each only once, two independent words can be formed: CAR from the first three letters, and RAGE from the R, A, G and E that follow.
Every letter is used at most once and no letter is moved out of sequence, which are the two conditions the question imposes. Attempting a third word requires either reusing a letter or reordering, and neither is permitted.
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How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'HORIZON' which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Four
Number the letters of HORIZON and their alphabet positions: H(8) O(15) R(18) I(9) Z(26) O(15) N(14). A pair qualifies when the count of letters between them in the word equals the count between them in the alphabet, and four pairs do. H and N have five letters between them in the word (O, R, I, Z, O) and five in the alphabet (I to M). R and the second O have two in the word (I, Z) and two in the alphabet (P, Q). R and N have three in the word (I, Z, O) and three in the alphabet (O, P, Q). And the second O and N are adjacent in both, with none between. Note that only H–N runs in the same direction in the word as in the alphabet, so a solver taught to count forward pairs alone would answer one.
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The following question is based on the following alphabet series.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
If the given alphabet is arranged in reverse order, which letter will be the eighth letter to the left of the seventh letter countingfrom the right end ?
Answer: B
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
M L K J I H G F E D C B A
Counting from the right, the seventh letter is G.
The eight letter to the left of G is O.
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If in the word 'DISTURBANCE', the first letter is interchanged with the last letter, the second letter is interchanged with the tenth letter and so on, which letter would come after the letter T in the newly formed word ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: S
DISTURBANCE has eleven letters, so the interchanges pair 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 4 with 8 and 5 with 7, leaving the 6th letter in place. The word is simply reversed:
E C N A B R U T S I D
T now stands at the 8th position, and the letter after it is S.
Recognising that pairing the ends inwards reverses the whole word saves working through the swaps one at a time.
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