Question : Directions: Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary?
1. Greed
2. Green
3. Grown
4. Grip
5. Granite
Option 1: 5, 2, 1, 4, 3
Option 2: 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
Option 3: 5, 1, 2, 4, 3
Option 4: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2
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Correct Answer: 5, 1, 2, 4, 3
Solution :
Given:
1. Greed 2. Green 3. Grown 4. Grip 5. Granite
Step 1:
The first and second letters of each word are the same, move on to the next letter.
Step 2:
The third letter of each word is
e, e, o, i, a
. Based on the alphabetical order of these letters, we can arrange them as –
Gr
a
nite, Gr
e
ed, Gr
e
en, Gr
i
p, Gr
o
wn
Step 3:
Compare the fifth letter of (
Gree
d
, Gree
n
). Greed will come before Green in the sequence as
d
comes before
n
in the alphabetical system.
So, the sequence is Granite, Greed, Green, Grip, Grown, or 51243. Hence, the third option is correct.
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