In each of the following questions, a specific rearrangement pattern is applied to the first word to form the second. Identify th…

General Intelligence & Reasoning ·Previously asked in SSC CGL 2025

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Question

In each of the following questions, a specific rearrangement pattern is applied to the first word to form the second. Identify the same pattern and apply it to the third word to determine the correct answer from the given alternatives.

AROUND : RAUODN :: GROUND : ?

  1. A. RGUODN (Correct answer)
  2. B. NDOOGR
  3. C. OUNDGR
  4. D. DNUURG

Correct Answer

Option A — RGUODN

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is RGUODN.

Key Points

  • Compare AROUND with RAUODN in pairs:
    • A R → R A, O U → U O, N D → D N
  • The rule is to swap each adjacent pair of letters, working left to right.
  • Applying it to GROUND:
    • G R → R G, O U → U O, N D → D N
  • The result is R G U O D N.

Additional Information

  • The letters themselves are unchanged — only their positions move — so first confirm that the coded word uses exactly the same letter set before hunting for an alphabetical shift.
  • The position map here is 2,1,4,3,6,5. Writing that map down and applying it mechanically is far safer than rearranging by eye.
  • Note how similar the source words are: AROUND and GROUND share five letters, so the answer differs from the worked example in only its first pair — a detail the distractors exploit.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

निम्नलिखित प्रत्येक प्रश्न में, पहले शब्द को दूसरे शब्द में बदलने के लिए एक विशिष्ट पुनर्व्यवस्था पैटर्न का उपयोग किया गया है। दिए गए विकल्पों में से सही उत्तर निर्धारित करने के लिए उसी पैटर्न को पहचानिए और इसे तीसरे शब्द पर लागू कीजिए।

AROUND : RAUODN :: GROUND : ?

  1. A. RGUODN
  2. B. NDOOGR
  3. C. OUNDGR
  4. D. DNUURG

Topics covered: Coding-Decoding Letter Rearrangement