Arrange the following words according to English dictionary arrangement: (A)…
2022
Arrange the following words according to English dictionary arrangement:
(A) Epitaxy
(B) Episode
(C) Epigene
(D) Epitome
(E) Epilogue
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer: A. (C), (E), (B), (A), (D) — ConceptDictionary order compares words from left to right. At the first position where two words differ, the word with the alphabetically earlier letter comes…
- A.
(C), (E), (B), (A), (D)
- B.
(C), (E), (A), (B), (D)
- C.
(C), (A), (E), (B), (D)
- D.
(C), (E), (B), (D), (A)
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Correct answer: A
Concept
Dictionary order compares words from left to right. At the first position where two words differ, the word with the alphabetically earlier letter comes first.
A shared prefix does not decide the order; skip it and continue comparing the next letters until a difference appears.
Application
All five words begin with Epi. Their fourth letters are g in Epigene, l in Epilogue, s in Episode, and t in both Epitaxy and Epitome; hence g < l < s < t.
Epitaxy and Epitome share Epit. Their next letters are a and o respectively, so Epitaxy comes before Epitome.
Combining the comparisons gives Epigene, Epilogue, Episode, Epitaxy, Epitome, which corresponds to (C), (E), (B), (A), (D).
Cross-check
Reading the ordered words character by character confirms that the fourth letters increase as g, l, s, t; within the t-group, the first differing letters a and o place Epitaxy before Epitome.
Therefore, the dictionary order is (C), (E), (B), (A), (D).