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Question

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

1. Exacts

2. Exotic

3. Exactly

4. Exacerbate

5. Exhaust

This question was previously asked in
SSC CGL 2017 (Tier 1) Previous Year Paper (16-Aug-2017) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

43152

All five words share the prefix “Exa…”, so compare the next differing letters.

Among Exac- words: Exacerbate (e) precedes Exactly and Exacts (both have t at position 5). Between Exactly and Exacts, “l” (Exactly) precedes “s” (Exacts).

So the Exac- group orders as Exacerbate (4) → Exactly (3) → Exacts (1). Then by the 3rd letter, Exhaust precedes Exotic, giving Exhaust (5) → Exotic (2).

Full dictionary order: 4, 3, 1, 5, 2 → 43152.

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