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Each letter of the word DISTANT is arranged in English alphabetical order. In this newly formed letter-group, how many letters lie (in English alphabetical order) between the 4th letter from the left and the 3rd letter from the right?

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RRB Group D 2025 Question Paper (9-Aug-2026) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

4

The word DISTANT has letters D, I, S, T, A, N, T. Arranging them alphabetically gives: A, D, I, N, S, T, T.

The 4th letter from the left is N, and the 3rd letter from the right (5th from the left) is S.

Letters lying between N and S in the English alphabet: O, P, Q, R - 4 letters.

Hence, this is the correct answer.(4) is correct.

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