In the word ‘CHAIRMAN’, how many pairs of the letters have the same number of…
2022
In the word ‘CHAIRMAN’, how many pairs of the letters have the same number of letters between them (both forward and backward direction) in the word as in the alphabet?
- A.
Four
- B.
Two
- C.
One
- D.
Three
- E.
More than four
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Correct answer: B
In CHAIRMAN, count letter pairs whose gap in the word matches the gap in the alphabet in either direction. The valid pairs are C-A and A-N, so there are two such pairs.