Refer to the following letter series and answer the question that follows.…
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Refer to the following letter series and answer the question that follows.
Count from left to right only.
(Left) E D U J Y H B V G T I O J U E D S A I B C A D E Y I O L B S M C (Right)
How many vowels are there that are each immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a consonant?
Answer: D. Three — ConceptA vowel qualifies only when both of its immediate neighbours are consonants. Check each vowel as a three-letter window: consonant–vowel–consonant. An…
- A.
Two
- B.
None
- C.
One
- D.
Three
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Correct answer: D
Concept
A vowel qualifies only when both of its immediate neighbours are consonants.
Check each vowel as a three-letter window: consonant–vowel–consonant. An endpoint cannot qualify because it lacks one neighbour.
Application
Scan the series from left to right and inspect every vowel with a letter on both sides.
U occurs in D–U–J, so both neighbours are consonants.
The adjacent vowel runs I–O, U–E, A–I, and I–O do not form consonant–vowel–consonant windows.
A occurs in C–A–D, so both neighbours are consonants.
E occurs in D–E–Y, so both neighbours are consonants.
Cross-check
Marking the complete series leaves exactly the three windows D–U–J, C–A–D, and D–E–Y; no other vowel has consonants on both sides.
Therefore, the required count is three.