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Question

Arrange the given words in alphabetical order:
1. EXOTIC
2. EXEMPLIFY
3. EXERCISE
4. EXHAUST
5. EXCHANGE

The correct answer is
5, 2, 3, 4, 1

Ordering Words Alphabetically

To arrange the given words in alphabetical order, we compare them letter by letter starting from the first letter.

Comparing the Words

  • All words begin with "EX".
  • We compare the third letter: O, E, E, H, C.
  • The alphabetical order of the third letters is C, E, E, H, O.
  • This gives us the initial order based on the third letter: EXCHANGE (5), EXEMPLIFY (2), EXERCISE (3), EXHAUST (4), EXOTIC (1).

Resolving Ties

Words 2 (EXEMPLIFY) and 3 (EXERCISE) both start with "EXE". We compare their fourth letters:

  • EXEMPLIFY has 'M' as the fourth letter.
  • EXERCISE has 'R' as the fourth letter.
  • Since 'M' comes before 'R' alphabetically, EXEMPLIFY (2) comes before EXERCISE (3).

Final Alphabetical Order

Combining the comparisons, the final alphabetical order of the words is:

  1. EXCHANGE (5)
  2. EXEMPLIFY (2)
  3. EXERCISE (3)
  4. EXHAUST (4)
  5. EXOTIC (1)

The sequence of numbers representing this order is 5, 2, 3, 4, 1.

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Important Questions from Order of Words

  1. Arrange the sentence parts:
    (A) every week (B) we (C) play (D) cricket
  2. Arrange the sentence parts:
    (A) met (B) his friend (C) at the station (D) Rohit
  3. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

    1. Biter

    2. Bit

    3. Bitcoin

    4. Bite

    5. Birth

  4. After arranging the given words according to dictionary order, which word will come at 'Fourth' position?

    1. Weep

    2. Ween

    3. Weed

    4. Weight

    5. Week

  5. Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in the English dictionary?
    1 Jacket
    2 Japanese
    3 Jabbed
    4 Jackpot
    5 Janitor

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