Alphabet Test Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The word that cannot be made is TRUCK.

DESTRUCTION contains the letters D, E, S, T, R, U, C, T, I, O, N. TRUCK needs a K, which the word does not have.

RUIN (R, U, I, N), TRUE (T, R, U, E) and DIET (D, I, E, T) can all be made from its letters.

Checking letter by letter settles it: every letter of RUIN, TRUE and DIET appears in DESTRUCTION, which even has two Ts, while TRUCK fails only at its last letter, K.

Answer: D

The word that cannot be formed is MANTLE.

MEASUREMENT contains the letters M (twice), E (three times), A, S, U, R, N and T. MANTLE needs an L, and there is no L in MEASUREMENT.

The other three can be formed: MASTER uses M, A, S, T, E, R; TEAM uses T, E, A, M; and REST uses R, E, S, T, all available in the required numbers.

Answer: B

The letter is N.

The letters of CENTRIFUGAL in alphabetical order are:

A C E F G I L N R T U

Counting from the right, U is 1st, T 2nd, R 3rd, N 4th, L 5th, I 6th and G 7th. Moving three places to the right of G gives I, then L, then N.

F is one place to the left of G and I only one place to its right, while U is simply the last letter of the arrangement. Counting the seventh letter from the left (L) instead would lead to T, which is not offered.

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