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Each vowel in the word ‘MOURNED’ is changed to the immediate second letter following it in the English alphabetical order and each consonant is changed to the letter immediately preceding it in the English alphabetical order. Which of the following letters will appear exactly twice in the new group of letters thus formed?

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The correct answer is

Q

Word: M O U R N E D. Vowels (O, U, E) move two letters forward; consonants (M, R, N, D) move one letter back.

M → L, O → Q, U → W, R → Q, N → M, E → G, D → C.

New group of letters: L Q W Q M G C.

Only Q appears twice (G, C and M each appear once).

Hence, the answer is Q.

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