How many meaningful four-letter English words can be formed using the first, second, fourth, and fifth letters of the word "ELEVA…

Question

How many meaningful four-letter English words can be formed using the first, second, fourth, and fifth letters of the word "ELEVATE" (when counted from left to right), using each letter only once in each word?

1. A. 1
2. B. 2
3. C. 3
4. D. 4 (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — 4

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is 4.

Key Points

• Number the letters of ELEVATE: E(1) L(2) E(3) V(4) A(5) T(6) E(7).
• The first, second, fourth and fifth letters are E, L, V, A.
• Meaningful four-letter words using each exactly once: VALE (a valley), VEAL (calf meat), LAVE (to wash, literary) and VELA (plural of velum) — four in total.

Additional Information

• Read the instruction precisely: it asks for letters at given positions, not the first four letters of the word, and each letter may be used only once per word.
• Where a word contains repeated letters, as ELEVATE does with three Es, careful position-numbering matters — only the E at position 1 is selected here.
• These questions reward a systematic approach: fix each letter in turn as the opening letter and run through the possible arrangements, rather than trying to recall words at random.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

"ELEVATE" शब्द के पहले, दूसरे, चौथे और पाँचवें अक्षरों का उपयोग करके (बाएँ से दाएँ गिनने पर) कितने सार्थक चार-अक्षर वाले अंग्रेजी शब्द बनाए जा सकते हैं, जिनमें प्रत्येक शब्द में प्रत्येक अक्षर का केवल एक बार उपयोग किया गया हो?

1. A. 1
2. B. 2
3. C. 3
4. D. 4