Alphabet Test Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The middle letter is B. The letters at the given places are: 2nd B, 5th E, 12th L, 13th M, 15th O, 16th P and 18th R. These seven letters can be arranged into the meaningful word PROBLEM, in which the fourth letter, the middle one of seven, is B. E, O and L are all in the word, but they sit at the 6th, 3rd and 5th places of PROBLEM, not in the middle, so they are not the answer. As a check, P-R-O-B-L-E-M uses exactly the seven chosen letters once each, and a seven-letter word has its fourth letter in the middle, which is B.

Answer: B

Correct answer: 2

Keeping the letters of ASTOUNDER in order and using each only once, two words can be formed: AS from the first two letters, and UNDER from the last five.

The T and O between them are not used, which the question permits - the conditions are that order is preserved and no letter is used twice, not that every letter must appear. A third word would require reusing a letter or reordering.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Shrill

Comparing letter by letter, the alphabetical order of the five words is:

Shrill → Shrine → Shrink → Sight → Signature

The second letter divides them: h before i, so the three Shr- words precede the two Si- ones. Among the Shr- words the fifth letter decides: l, n, n, so Shrill leads, and Shrine then precedes Shrink on the sixth letter, e before k.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Narrate

Comparing letter by letter, the alphabetical order of the five words is:

Narrate → Nascent → Native → Nature → Naughty

All five share Na, so the third letter orders them: r, s, t, t, u. Narrate leads on its r. The two Nat- words then need the fourth letter, where i precedes u, putting Native before Nature.

Answer: D

The new series is :
A  3  C  5  E  7  G  9  I  11  K  13  M
15  O  17  Q  19  S  21  U  23  W  25  Y  27
Counting from the right, the tenth character is Q.
The third character to the right of Q is 21.

Answer: B

Correct answer: T

The thirteenth letter from the left is M.

Counting seven to the right of M, and not counting M itself: N, O, P, Q, R, S, T. The answer is T.

The convention matters and is used consistently in this set: "seventh to the right" means seven steps beyond the letter named, so the count begins with the next letter rather than with the letter itself.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Diastole

Comparing letter by letter, the alphabetical order of the five words is:

Diastole → Dictate → Dictionary → Dictum → Didactic

All five share Di, so the third letter divides them: a, c, c, c, d. Diastole leads. The three Dict- words are then separated by the fifth letter - a, i, u - giving Dictate, Dictionary, Dictum in that order.

Answer: B

The new alphabet series is :
J  I  H  G  F  E  D  C  B  A  K  L  M
N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
The twelfth letter from the right is O.
The seventh letter to the left of O is C

Answer: A

Correct answer: QH

Work with positions in the given series S L U A Y J V E I O N Q G Z B D R H.

The first letters are L, U, Y, E at positions 2, 3, 5, 8 - gaps of 1, 2, 3, so the next is position 12, which is Q.

The second letters are A, J, I, G at positions 4, 6, 9, 13 - gaps of 2, 3, 4, so the next is position 18, which is H. The answer is QH.

Answer: B

Correct answer: E

Counting from the left extreme, the sixth letter is F.

The letter immediately before it is E. The question has two steps and each is simple, but they must be taken in order - finding the sixth letter first, and only then stepping back one. Answering F would be to stop after the first step.