Identify the odd one out that does NOT satisfy the property: The letter next…
2018
Identify the odd one out that does NOT satisfy the property: The letter next to a vowel
- A.
P
- B.
B
- C.
K
- D.
V
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In this alphabet-adjacency classification, every letter other than the two endpoints A and Z has exactly two immediate neighbours in the standard A-Z sequence (all four given options fall in this interior range). A letter is said to have the property "next to a vowel" when at least one of those two neighbours is A, E, I, O, or U. The odd one out is the single letter among the given set whose BOTH neighbours are consonants — the one exception that breaks the shared vowel-adjacency pattern.
Application: check each letter's alphabet neighbours and test whether either one is a vowel.
Letter | Alphabet neighbours | Vowel neighbour? |
|---|---|---|
P | O, Q | Yes — O |
B | A, C | Yes — A |
K | J, L | No |
V | U, W | Yes — U |
Cross-check: P sits beside O, B sits beside A, and V sits beside U, so all three carry a vowel neighbour and satisfy the stated property. K's neighbours, J and L, are both consonants — K is the only letter whose neighbours are both non-vowels, so K is the letter that does NOT satisfy the property and is the odd one out.