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Q80·CSAT · Prelims 2023

Reverse alphabetical sorting of a word

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Question

The letters of the word "INCOMPREHENSIBILITIES" are arranged alphabetically in reverse order. How many positions of the letter/letters will remain unchanged?

Options

a

None

b

One

c

Two

Answer
d

Three

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to count the frequency of each letter in the word "INCOMPREHENSIBILITIES" and then arrange them in reverse alphabetical order. The original word has the following letters and their counts:

I: 5
E: 3
S: 2
N: 2
C: 1
O: 1
M: 1
P: 1
R: 1
H: 1
T: 1
L: 1
B: 1

Arranging these letters in reverse alphabetical order gives us:

S: 2
R: 1
P: 1
O: 1
N: 2
M: 1
L: 1
I: 5
H: 1
E: 3
C: 1
B: 1

Now we can compare the original positions of the letters with their new positions in the reverse-sorted order to find any unchanged positions. After analyzing the positions, we find that there are two letters that remain in the same position: the two 'I's in the original word are still in the same position in the reverse-sorted order.

Therefore, the answer is (c).

Question details

Year

2023

Paper

CSAT

Question

Q80

Section

Logical & Analytical Reasoning

Sub-topic

Alphabet Test

Type

Coding-decoding

Difficulty

Medium

Source hint

Coding pattern

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