DSSSB TGT CS 2023 Shift 2 – Question 007

Study the following (English alphabetical) series and answer the question that follows.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

If the \(2^{\text{nd}}\), \(5^{\text{th}}\), \(12^{\text{th}}\), \(13^{\text{th}}\), \(15^{\text{th}}\), \(16^{\text{th}}\) and \(18^{\text{th}}\) letters from the series are chosen to form a meaningful word, which letter will come in the middle of that word? Each letter must be used and only once.

• E
• O
• B
• L

1. Identify the letters at the given positions in the alphabetical series:
– \(2^{\text{nd}}\) letter: B
– \(5^{\text{th}}\) letter: E
– \(12^{\text{th}}\) letter: L
– \(13^{\text{th}}\) letter: M
– \(15^{\text{th}}\) letter: O
– \(16^{\text{th}}\) letter: P
– \(18^{\text{th}}\) letter: R

2. The set of letters is {B, E, L, M, O, P, R}.
3. Rearranging these 7 letters to form a meaningful English word gives PROBLEM.
4. In the 7-letter word P – R – O – B – L – E – M, the middle (\(4^{\text{th}}\)) letter is B.
Hence, option c) is correct.