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Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary?
1. Groin
2. Groove
3. Grouch
4. Grocery
5. Gross

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SSC Selection Post 2024 Question Paper (26-Jun-2024) (Shift-4)
The correct answer is
4, 1, 2, 5, 3

Dictionary Order Explained

To determine the correct order of words as they appear in an English dictionary, we compare them letter by letter from left to right. The word that has an alphabetically earlier letter at the first point of difference comes first. If one word is a prefix of another (e.g., 'apple' and 'apples'), the shorter word comes first.

Comparing the Words

Let's look at the words provided:

  1. Groin
  2. Groove
  3. Grouch
  4. Grocery
  5. Gross

All words begin with the letters 'Gro'. We need to compare the fourth letter of each word:

  • Word 1: Groin
  • Word 2: Groove
  • Word 3: Grouch
  • Word 4: Grocery
  • Word 5: Gross

The fourth letters are: i, o, u, c, s.

Let's arrange these letters in alphabetical order:

c, i, o, s, u

Now, we match these letters back to the original words:

  • c corresponds to Grocery (Word 4)
  • i corresponds to Groin (Word 1)
  • o corresponds to Groove (Word 2)
  • s corresponds to Gross (Word 5)
  • u corresponds to Grouch (Word 3)

Final Word Order

Based on the alphabetical comparison of the fourth letter, the correct dictionary order is:

  1. Grocery (4)
  2. Groin (1)
  3. Groove (2)
  4. Gross (5)
  5. Grouch (3)

Therefore, the sequence of the numbers representing the words in dictionary order is 4, 1, 2, 5, 3.

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