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Dictionary Order MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Which of the following words comes first when arranged in dictionary order?
All four words begin with stat. Station and Stationary continue with i-o, Statistic continues with i-s, and Statue continues with u, so the two station words come before Statistic and Statue. Between Station and Stationary, the shorter word ends first and comes earlier. The order is Station, Stationary, Statistic, Statue; hence Station comes first.
Q2Identify the option in which the five closely spelt words appear in dictionary order.
All five words share compl. Among the comple- words, the next differing letters put Complement before Complete and Complete before Complex because m comes before t, which comes before x. The compli- words follow the comple- group because e comes before i; within compli-, a in Compliance comes before c in Complicate. The order is Complement, Complete, Complex, Compliance, Complicate.
Q3Arrange the following words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary: 1. velvet 2. basket 3. lemon 4. anchor 5. tunnel
Compare the first letters: a comes before b, followed by l, t and v. Therefore, anchor comes first, followed by basket, lemon, tunnel and velvet. The order is 4, 2, 3, 5, 1.
Q4Arrange the following words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary: 1. rabbit 2. eagle 3. yacht 4. cabin 5. mango
Compare the first letters: c comes before e, followed by m, r and y. Therefore, cabin comes first, followed by eagle, mango, rabbit and yacht. The order is 4, 2, 5, 1, 3.
Q5Which word comes second when the following words are arranged in English dictionary order? Ticket, Temple, Timber, Tulip, Tavern
All five words begin with T, so compare the second letters: a, e, i, i and u. Tavern comes first and Temple second. Between Ticket and Timber, c precedes m at the third letter, and Tulip comes last. The order is Tavern, Temple, Ticket, Timber, Tulip, so Temple is second.
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6Select the correctly alphabetised arrangement of the five words.
7Which word comes fifth when the following words are arranged in English dictionary order? Confirm, Confetti, Conference, Confine, Confess, Confide, Confer
8Which option arranges the following five words in dictionary order? Parrot, Parent, Parcel, Parade, Parched
9Which of the following words comes first when the four options are arranged in dictionary order?
10After arranging these words in English dictionary order, which one occupies the first position? Boutique, Boundary, Bouquet, Boulder, Bounty
11Which of the following words comes last when arranged in dictionary order?
12Which word comes fifth when the following words are arranged in English dictionary order? Mortgage, Morale, Morning, Mortal, Morbid, Moral
13Arrange the following words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary: 1. commendation 2. commensurate 3. commercial 4. commemorate 5. commencement
14Which of the following words comes last when arranged in dictionary order?
15Which option arranges the following five words in dictionary order? Clause, Clasp, Clay, Clatter, Claw