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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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Answer (1)
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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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