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Question

Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in the English dictionary?
1 riddle
2 river
3 rightful
4 ring
5 risk

The correct answer is
1,3,4,5,2

Dictionary Order Explained

To find the correct dictionary order for the given words, we compare them letter by letter, starting from the beginning.

The words are:

  • 1 riddle
  • 2 river
  • 3 rightful
  • 4 ring
  • 5 risk

Step-by-Step Word Comparison

  1. First Letter: All words start with 'r'.
  2. Second Letter: All words have 'i' as the second letter.
  3. Third Letter Comparison: We now compare the third letter of each word:
    • riddle ('d')
    • river ('v')
    • rightful ('g')
    • ring ('n')
    • risk ('s')
  4. Alphabetical Order of Third Letters: Arranging these third letters alphabetically gives us: 'd', 'g', 'n', 's', 'v'.
  5. Ordering the Words: Based on the third letter order, the words are arranged as follows:
    • 'd' -> riddle (1)
    • 'g' -> rightful (3)
    • 'n' -> ring (4)
    • 's' -> risk (5)
    • 'v' -> river (2)

Final Correct Order

The correct sequence of the word numbers as they would appear in an English dictionary is 1, 3, 4, 5, 2.

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Important Questions from Dictionary or Alphabet Based

  1. Each vowel in the word BACHELOR is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order and each consonant is changed to the letter preceding it in the English alphabetical order. If each letter, thus formed is arranged in alphabetical order, which letter will be fourth from the Left?

  2. Write the following words in the order they appear in the dictionary.

    1. Wailer

    2. Wader

    3. Waking

    4. Waling

    5. Waggon

  3. Write the following words according to the order in which they appear in the dictionary.

    1. Lamellosities

    2. Lamellibranch

    3. Lamprophonies

    4. Lamprophonias

    5. Laminectomies

  4. If in the word "SPIRITUAL", position of second and fifth letter is interchanged, similarly position of fourth and sixth letter is interchanged with seventh and ninth letters respectively, then how many pair of letters in the new word have as many letters between them (either forward or backward) as they have in the English alphabet series?

  5. The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each letter in the word AMPLIFY is arranged in alphabetical order?

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