Verbal Ability

Directions (Q.9 & 10): In a code language any letter which is immediately after or before a vowel in the English alphabet is substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e. A, E, I, O and U is substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the English alphabet.

9. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code language?

(a) EDVDRJSI 

(b) EFUFRHSI

(c) EFUFRJSI

(d) EDUFRJSI

(e) None of these

Ans (c) 

10. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in that code language?

(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO

(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO

(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO

(d) CONFFDERATION

(e) None of these

Ans (b) 

11. If each of the vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to its right in the alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other in the same order followed by the remaining letters of the alphabet, which of the following will be 5th to the left of the 19th letter from the left in the new arrangement? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

(a) G

(b) H

(c) J

(d) W

(e) none of these

Ans (a) 

12. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS which have number of letters between them in the word one less than the number of letters between them in English alphabet?

(a) five

(b) one

(c) four

(d) Two

(e) Three

Ans (a)

13. Four of the following five have similar relationship and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(a) BROTHER : DORVEHT

(b) ENGLISH : GGNNSIJ

(c) ANOTHER : CONVEHT

(d) BETWEEN : DTEZEEP

(e) HUSBAND : JSUDNAF

 Ans (d) 

14.  Which pair of the letters in the word BEAUTIFUL has the same relationship between its letters with respect to their position in the English alphabet as the pair EA in that word has between its letters?

(a) IB

(b) LF

(c) IE

(d) FL

(e) TL

Ans (c)

15.  Which of the following relates to FLOWER in the same way as RTERBN relates to SECTOR?

(a) RWLGPF

(b) EOFKUQ

(c) EOFMXS

(d) RWLEPD

(e) RWLEND

Ans (e)