Question : Directions: Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the given words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary.
1. Doctor
2. Doctorate
3. Docile
4. Documentary
5. Dock
6. Doctrine
Option 1: 3, 5, 1, 2, 6, 4
Option 2: 3, 5, 1, 6, 2, 4
Option 3: 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4
Option 4: 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 6
Correct Answer: 3, 5, 1, 2, 6, 4
Solution :
Given:
1. Doctor 2. Doctorate 3. Docile 4. Documentary 5. Dock 6. Doctrine
Step 1:
The first, second, and third letters of each word are the same, so move on to the next letter.
Step 2:
The fourth letter of each word is:
t, t, i, u, k, t
. Based on the alphabetical order of these letters, we can arrange them: Docile, Dock, Doctor, Doctorate, Doctrine, and Documentary.
Step 3:
Compare the fifth letter of (Doct
o
r, Doct
o
rate, Doct
r
ine). (Doctor, Doctorate) will come before Doctrine in the sequence as
o
comes before
r
in the alphabetical system.
Step 4:
Compare the sixth letter of (Docto
r
, Docto
r
ate). The sixth letter of these words is the same. Doctor will come before Doctorate in the sequence as the doctor is a six–letter word and doctorate is a nine–letter word.
So, the sequence is Docile, Dock, Doctor, Doctorate, Doctrine, Documentary, or 351264. Hence, the first option is correct.
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