Alphabet Test

Alphabet Test for competitive exams

Alphabet test analyze your mental ability to identify the position of letters in English alphabets and their applications.

Alphabet Test can be of three type.

1. Find out letter with reference to the position of another letter.
2. Arrangement of words in alphabetic/ dictionary order.
3. Number of letters in a word ", which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet.
4. Find out missing letter/combinations of letters in a series.
5. How many meaningful word can be formed from the given word.

Alphabet Test Examples:

Alphabet Test Type1:Find out letter with reference to the position of another letter

1.In English Alphabet Which letter is the eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet?

i)X

ii)W

iii)I

iv)H

Ans:(ii)

To solve the above question ,let us start from the last  part of question and go in reverse order. 

• last but one letter of the alphabet = Y
• tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet=tenth letter to the left of Y=O
• eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet=eighth letter to the right of O = W

So answer is 'W'.

Alphabet Test Type 2:Arrangement of words in alphabetic/ dictionary order

1.Sort the following words into alphabetical order and mark the last one. 

Abandon 2. Actuate 3. Accumulate 4. Accept 5. Accomplish.

i) Actuate

ii) Accumulate
iii) Acquit
iv) Achieve

Ans: Option (i) .Since First letters of all words are same ,take the second letter. But, second letters are also same. So take third letters t,c,c,c. Here it is clear that 't' comes last. 

Alphabet Test Type 3:Number of letters in a word ", which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet.

1.How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'INFORMATION' which have as many letters between in the word as in alphabet?

i) 4

ii) 3
iii) 2
iv) more than 4

Ans:(i)

To solve these kind of questions, write down the position of letters as  in English alphabet. 

Take each number and start counting towards right and then left. If your count and number corresponding to letter matches,then it is a hit. For example pair N and T. Start counting from 14 towards right,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 . Since 20 and number corresponding to T is same, there is a  pair(N,T)
Similarly F&N, M&O,N&O form a pair. 

Alphabet Test Type 4:Find out missing letter/combinations of letters in a series.

Find out the missing element

1.SAB, ?, QCD, PDD, OEF, NFF
i).   CBT
ii).  ABR
iii). BCT
iv). RBB

First letter in every group is in reverse alphabetical order i.e. SRQPON. The middle letter is in alphabetical order i.e ABCDEF and the last letter has pairs, BB, DD & FF

2.A, Z, Y, B, C, ?, W, D
i) E 

ii) Z

iii) X

iv) F

Ans: iii) X

first letter A , last letter Z, similarly 2nd last letter Y with 2nd letter B
,3rd letter C with 3rd last letter X, 4th last letter W with 4th letter D
and so on....
Therefore the missing letter is X

Alphabet Test Type 5:How many meaningful word can be formed from the given word.

1.How many meaningful word can be formed from the word 'COMPASSIONATE' ,with out changing the order of letters. ?

i)3

ii)2

iii)4

iv)1

v)More than 4

Ans:v

PASS,PASSIONATE,PASSION,ON,ATE,AT &ASS

2.How many meaningful words can be formed from the word 'SOMETHING' without changing the order of letters ?

i)3

ii)2

iii)4

iv)1

v)More than 4

Ans:v

SO,ME,SOME,THIN,IN and THING