Logical Reasoning · Logical Reasoning
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'HISTORICAL' which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
- A
Four
- B
Six
- C
Five
- D
Eight
The correct answer is Six. The pairs that satisfy the condition are: HI, ST, IL, LS, CI, and RT. These pairs have the same number of letters between them in the word 'HISTORICAL' as they do in the English alphabet. For example, 'H' and 'I' have no letters between them in 'HISTORICAL' and none between them in the alphabet as well. Similarly, 'S' and 'T' also follow the same pattern. The other pairs can be verified similarly. Options with four, five, or eight pairs are incorrect because they do not account for all six pairs correctly.
Only four pairs meet the criteria, but this is incorrect as there are six such pairs.
Correct. There are six pairs where the letters have the same number of letters between them as in the word and the English alphabet.
Only five pairs meet the criteria, which is incorrect because there are six pairs.
Incorrect. There are not as many as eight pairs; the correct number is six.
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