Rearranging Letters and Identifying the Odd One Out

This question requires us to unscramble each set of letters to form meaningful words and then find the one word that is different from the rest based on a common characteristic shared by the other three.

Let's unscramble each option:

• A. UNPE: Rearranging these letters gives us the word PUNE. Pune is a major city in India.
• B. ILOLSGNH: Rearranging these letters gives us the word SHILLONG. Shillong is a major city in India.
• C. OHALPB: Rearranging these letters gives us the word BHOPAL. Bhopal is a major city in India.
• D. ENANCIH: Rearranging these letters gives us the word CHENNAI. Chennai is a major city in India.

So, the four unscrambled words are PUNE, SHILLONG, BHOPAL, and CHENNAI. All four are names of cities in India.

Now, we need to find the odd one out among these four cities. Let's look for a common property among three of them that the fourth one does not possess.

Let's examine the letters present in each of these city names:

• PUNE: Contains the letters P, U, N, E.
• SHILLONG: Contains the letters S, H, I, L, L, O, N, G.
• BHOPAL: Contains the letters B, H, O, P, A, L.
• CHENNAI: Contains the letters C, H, E, N, N, A, I.

Let's check for common letters. The letter 'N' is present in PUNE, SHILLONG, and CHENNAI, but not in BHOPAL. This would make BHOPAL the odd one out based on the absence of 'N'. However, we need to find a pattern that makes only one word the odd one out.

Let's check for another common letter. The letter 'A' is present in SHILLONG, BHOPAL, and CHENNAI.

• Does PUNE contain the letter 'A'? No.
• Does SHILLONG contain the letter 'A'? Yes.
• Does BHOPAL contain the letter 'A'? Yes.
• Does CHENNAI contain the letter 'A'? Yes.

We can see a pattern here: SHILLONG, BHOPAL, and CHENNAI all contain the letter 'A', while PUNE does not contain the letter 'A'. Therefore, PUNE is the odd one out.

The letters UNPE unscramble to PUNE, which is option A.

Based on this analysis, the odd one out is PUNE, which corresponds to option A.

Revision Table: Unscrambling and Letter Analysis

Additional Information: Word Puzzles and Logical Reasoning

Questions like this are common in logical reasoning and verbal ability sections of competitive exams. They test your ability to:

• Recognize Anagrams: Unscrambling letters to form valid words. This requires a good vocabulary.
• Identify Patterns: Finding a common characteristic (like presence/absence of a letter, word length, category like city/language/animal, etc.) that groups some items together and distinguishes one.

Practicing various types of word puzzles and pattern recognition exercises can help improve these skills. Sometimes the pattern is based on the meaning of the words (e.g., types of animals, geographical locations), and sometimes it's based purely on the structure or letters within the words (e.g., number of vowels, repeating letters, specific letters present).