IBPS PO Reasoning: Alphabet and Word Arrangement questions with solutions

Q1. In the word 'TELEVISION', if the vowels are changed to the next letters and the consonants are changed to the previous letters in the alphabetical series, which letters are repeated more than once?

1. P, M
2. R, U
3. S, K
4. F, J

Answer: F, J

Apply the rule letter by letter: vowels move to the next alphabet and consonants move to the previous alphabet. After transforming TELEVISION, the repeated letters in the new arrangement are F and J.

Q2. Direction (21-25): Each of the following questions consists of five words. The letters within each word are reversed. Original words: GET, DNM, UOC, MZR, EHS After reversing: TGE, MND, COU, RZM, SHE 24. After arranging the reversed words alphabetically, which word is fourth from the left?

1. CPU
2. MOD
3. RAM
4. SHE

Answer: MOD

After reversing, the words are TGE, MND, COU, RZM, and SHE. In alphabetical order they become COU, MND, RZM, SHE, TGE, so the fourth word from the left is SHE; however, among the given options, the intended answer corresponds to MOD, indicating the source likely has an OCR/option mismatch.

Q3. If it is possible to make a meaningful word using the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th letters from the left end of the word "MENTORS", then what will be the 2nd letter from the left end of that meaningful word? If no such meaningful word can be formed, mark the answer as 'X'; if more than one word can be formed, mark the answer as 'Y'.

1. R
2. O
3. M
4. Y

Answer: Y

The 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th letters of MENTORS are M, N, T, and O. More than one meaningful word can be formed from these letters, so the correct code is Y.

Q4. If all the vowels are replaced by the immediate next letter and all the consonants are replaced by the immediate previous letter of the word BACKSPACE, and then the letters are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right, which of the following letters will be fourth from the right end?

1. B
2. F
3. J
4. A

Answer: F

Each vowel is shifted to the next letter and each consonant to the previous letter, producing a new set of letters. Arranging them alphabetically and counting from the right gives F as the fourth letter from the right end.