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Question : Directions: Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in a dictionary.
1. Dillydallying
2. Dillydallied
3. Dillydally
4. Dilled
5. Dillydallies

Option 1: 4, 2, 3, 5, 1

Option 2: 4, 2, 5, 3, 1

Option 3: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2

Option 4: 4, 5, 3, 2, 1


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Correct Answer: 4, 2, 5, 3, 1


Solution : Given:
1. Dillydallying  2. Dillydallied  3. Dillydally  4. Dilled  5. Dillydallies

Step 1: The first four letters of each word are the same: d, i, l, l, move to the next letter.
Step 2: The fifth letter of each word is: e, y. Based on the alphabetical order of these letters, we can arrange them: Dilled, Dillydallying, Dillydallied, Dillydally, Dillydallies.
Step 3: Compare the tenth letter of (Dillydallying, Dillydallied, Dillydally, Dillydallies). (Dillydallied, Dillydallies) will come before (Dillydallying, Dillydally) in the sequence as i comes before y in the alphabetical system.
Step 4: Compare the twelfth letter of (Dillydallied, Dillydallies). Dillydallied will come before Dillydallies in the sequence as d comes before s in the alphabetical system. Similarly, Dillydally(10-letter
 word) will come before Dillydallying(13-letter word).

The sequence is Dilled, Dillydallied, Dillydallies, Dillydally, Dillydallying, or 4, 2, 5, 3, 1. Hence, the second option is correct.

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