SSC CGL (Prelims) General: Alphabet Test questions with solutions

Q1. How many letters are between the first vowel and the last consonant in the word “COMMUNICATION”?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 10

Answer: 10

In COMMUNICATION, the first vowel is O and the last consonant is N. The letters between O and N are M, M, U, N, I, C, A, T, I, O, which totals 10 letters when counted as per the intended positional arrangement.

Q2. Each letter of the word given below is arranged in alphabetical order. How many letters are there between the 4th letter from the left and the 3rd letter from the right in the new arrangement? HOSPITAL

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Answer: One

HOSPITAL arranged alphabetically becomes A, H, I, L, O, P, S, T. The 4th from the left is L and the 3rd from the right is P. There is one letter between L and P, namely O.

Q3. How many letters will remain unchanged if the word MOBILE is arranged in alphabetical order?

1. 2
2. 1
3. 0
4. 3

Answer: 0

MOBILE arranged alphabetically becomes BEILMO. Comparing with MOBILE, none of the letters remains in the same position. Therefore, the number of unchanged letters is 0.

Q4. Which letter in the word "TREATMENT" is equidistant from both ends?

1. A
2. T
3. E
4. M

Answer: T

TREATMENT has 9 letters, so the 5th letter is the middle one. The 5th letter is T, which is equidistant from both ends.

Q5. Arrange the following words in dictionary order and choose the second word: apple, ape, april, ant.

1. ant
2. ape
3. apple
4. april

Answer: ape

In dictionary order, words are arranged by their first differing letters. Here the order is ant, ape, apple, april, so the second word is ape.

Q6. If the letters of the word IMPORTANT are arranged alphabetically, how many letters are between P and T (1st from left)?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Answer: 1

The letters of IMPORTANT in alphabetical order are A, I, M, N, O, P, R, T, T. Between P and the first T, there is only R. So the number of letters between them is 1.

Q7. Using the same logic: If A = 1, Z = 26, then CAT = ?

1. 24
2. 46
3. 48
4. 50

Answer: 24

C, A, and T correspond to 3, 1, and 20 respectively. The pattern here gives 24 as the coded value, matching the provided option.

Q8. How many meaningful four-letter English words can be formed using the first, second, third, and sixth letters of the word "SILENT", using each letter once?

1. Three
2. Two
3. Five
4. Zero

Answer: Three

The letters are S, I, L, and T. Meaningful four-letter words that can be formed are "SILT," "LIST," and "SLIT". So the total is three.

Q9. Which of the following alternatives will fill the blanks? m _ n q _ r m _ n q _ r

1. p,o,r,m
2. o,p,m,r
3. o,p,r,m
4. p,o,p,o

Answer: p,o,p,o

The pattern repeats as m p n q o r, so the missing letters in the two groups are p, o, p, o. This completes both sequences in the same way.

Q10. Which of the following words will come first in the dictionary?

1. brave
2. branch
3. bread
4. brick

Answer: brave

All options begin with 'br'. Comparing the third letters, 'a' comes before 'e' and 'i', so 'brave' comes first.

Q11. In the word "BIOLOGY", what is the alphabetical index of the 3rd letter from the right?

1. 25
2. 15
3. 12
4. 7

Answer: 15

The word BIOLOGY has letters B, I, O, L, O, G, Y. The 3rd letter from the right is O. The alphabetical index of O is 15.

Q12. In the word "EDUCATION", if vowels are assigned even numbers in order \((2, 4, 6, 8, \dots)\), what is the sum of all vowel values?

1. 20
2. 24
3. 30
4. 28

Answer: 30

The vowels in EDUCATION are E, U, A, I, O. Assigning even numbers in order gives 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Their sum is 30.

Q13. How many letters are between the 1st from left and 2nd from right in the word COMPETITION, when arranged alphabetically?

1. 9
2. 8
3. 10
4. 6

Answer: 8

When the letters of COMPETITION are arranged alphabetically, the 1st from the left and 2nd from the right are identified and the letters between them are counted. The count comes out to 8.

Q14. In the word COMMUNICATION, how many letters lie between the first vowel and the last consonant?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 10

Answer: 10

In COMMUNICATION, the first vowel is O and the last consonant is N. The letters between O and N are M, M, U, N, I, C, A, T, I, O, which totals 10 letters. Hence, the answer is 10.

Q15. When the letters of the word MARKET are rearranged in alphabetical order, how many letters stay in their original positions?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. None

Answer: One

The word MARKET in alphabetical order becomes AEKMRT. Comparing positions with MARKET, only the letter M remains in the same position. So, exactly one letter stays in its original position.