Directions (Q. 1-5): Following questions are based on the five words given below:
LAP BUT CAR SON HID
(The new words formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not be meaningful English words.)
1. If the positions of the first and the third alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following would form a meaningful word in the new arrangement? (3)
(1) HID (2) SON (3) Both LAP and BUT (4) CAR (5) Both CAR and LAP
2. If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be fourth from the left? (1)
(1) LAP (2) BUT (3) CAR (4) SON (5) HID
3. If in each of the given words, each of the consonants is changed to its previous letter and each vowel is changed to its next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will at least one vowel appear? (4)
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
4. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the third letter of the word which is third from the right and the first letter of the word which is first from the left of the given words? (2)
(1) Two (2) Five (3) Six (4) Nine (5) Three
5. If the second alphabet in each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in die English alphabetical order, how many words having no vowels will be formed? (5)
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three