Alphabet Questions for SSC CGL Exam

Direction(1-3): In the following questions, find out how many such pairs of letters are there in the given word each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet.

Q1. PRELIMINARY
(a) one
(b) two
(c) three
(d) four

Q2. DESCRIPTIVE
(a) three
(b) four
(c) five
(d) more than five

Q3. COMPREHENSION
(a) three
(b) four
(c) two
(d) more than four

Q4. Arrange these letters into a meaningful word.
R T C E L A I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(a) 6, 3, 1, 7, 5, 2, 4
(b) 7, 4, 1, 5, 3, 2, 6
(c) 6, 4, 1, 3, 7, 2, 5
(d) 6, 1, 2, 7, 3, 5, 4

Q5. Which letter in the word WRITING occupies the same position as it does in the English alphabet?
(a) T
(b) G
(c) I
(d) N

Q6. Which letter in the word COLLECTION occupies the same position as it does in the English alphabet?
(a) E
(b) O
(c) I
(d) C

Q7. In this questions, choose one word which can be formed from the letters of the given word.
GRADUATE
(a) educate
(b) dual
(c) react
(d) grade

Q8. In this question, if the first, third, fifth and eighth letters of the given word are used then which one of the three given words (a), (b) and (c) can be formed. If no word is formed then mark (d)?
DISCUSSION

(a) DOSE

(b) SAID
(c) DOES
(d) none of the above

Q9. How many meaningful words can be formed using the fourth, the seventh, the eighth and the tenth letters of the word CYBERSPACE using each letter only once in each word?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) none of the above

Q10. In this question, a word has been given, followed by four other words, one of which can be formed by using the letter of the given word. Find that word?
CIVILIZATION
(a) civility
(b) vacillation
(c) action
(d) culmination

Q11. If the letters in the word SUGGESTION are rearranged in the alphabetical order, which one will be in the middle in order after the rearrangement?
(a) G
(b) I
(c) S
(d) none of the above

Q12. If the letters in the word INTERNATIONAL are rearranged in the alphabetical order, which one will be in the middle in order after the rearrangement?
(a) L
(b) I
(c) O
(d) N

Directions (13-15): In each of the following questions, some letters are given. Arrange the letters properly to make a meaningful word and indicate the index of the letter, i.e., (a), (b), (c) or (d) that you have chosen to put last in the word, as your answer.

Q13. i r o p e d v
(a) r
(b) i
(c) e
(d) d

Q14. p e l a c u s
(a) e
(b) l
(c) a
(d) p

Q15. r p s c i e
(a) s
(b) c
(c) i
(d) r

Solutions

1.D

2.D

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.A