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Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary?
1. Brochure
2. Brine
3. Bright
4. Brief
5. Brocade

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

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

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

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


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


Solution : Given:
1. Brochure 2. Brine 3. Bright 4. Brief 5. Brocade

Step 1: Compare the first and second letters of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter B and are followed by r, then move on to the next letter.
Step 2: The third letter of each word is either or o. Based on the alphabetical order of these letters, we can arrange them – Brine, Bright, Brief, Brochure, Brocade.
Step 3: Compare the fourth letter of (Brine, Bright, Brief). Brief comes before Bright and Bright will come before Brine in the sequence as e comes before g and g comes before n in the alphabetical system. 
Step 4: Compare the fifth letter of (Brochure, Brocade). Brocade will come before Brochure in the sequence as a comes before h in the alphabetical system.

So, the sequence is Brief, Bright, Brine, Brocade, Brochure, or 4, 3, 2, 5, 1. Hence, the third option is correct.

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