Which letter of the English Alphabet is the seventh from left of sixteenth from right? || ADRE 1.0 SLRC 2022 PAPER-III SOLVED QUESTIONS

Question 

Which letter of the English Alphabet is the seventh from left of sixteenth from right? 

    (A) D 

    (B) W 

    (C) R 

    (D) E


Solution

  1. Determine the position of the sixteenth letter from the right:

    • The English alphabet has 26 letters.
    • Counting from the right, the 16th letter would be: 

      26−16+1=11

    • So, the 16th letter from the right is the 11th letter from the left.
    • The 11th letter of the alphabet is KK.
  2. Determine the seventh letter from the left of :

    • Now we need to find the seventh letter from the left of .
    • The position of K is 11.
    • Counting back 7 letters from K:
      11 - 7 = 4
    • The 4th letter of the alphabet is D

So, the letter that is seventh from the left of the sixteenth from the right is D.

Answer:

(A) D

Comments

  1. 26-16+1 where is the 1 come from

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    1. When counting letters from the right in the English alphabet, we still consider 26 letters, starting with 'Z'. If we are asked to find the 7th letter from the right of 'K', we don't include 'K' itself in the count. Starting from 'J' and counting 7 letters to the left, we land on 'D'.

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