Direction: Suppose the following words Man, Men, Machine, Method, Methodical, Make, Mentor, Map are arranged according to the dictionary rule. Which of them will be at the start?
- AMan
- BMap
- CMake
- DMachine
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
To find the word that appears first, we arrange them step-by-step alphabetically according to standard dictionary rules:
1. All words begin with the letter 'M'.
2. Grouping by their second letter:
* Words with second letter 'a': Machine, Make, Man, Map
* Words with second letter 'e': Men, Mentor, Method, Methodical
Since 'a' comes before 'e', the word at the very start must belong to the first group.
3. Let us arrange the words containing 'a' by looking at their third letter:
* Machine (Third letter is 'c')
* Make (Third letter is 'k')
* Man (Third letter is 'n')
* Map (Third letter is 'p')
Comparing the third letters chronologically: 'c' comes before 'k', 'n', and 'p'.
Therefore, Machine will appear first in the dictionary arrangement.
1. All words begin with the letter 'M'.
2. Grouping by their second letter:
* Words with second letter 'a': Machine, Make, Man, Map
* Words with second letter 'e': Men, Mentor, Method, Methodical
Since 'a' comes before 'e', the word at the very start must belong to the first group.
3. Let us arrange the words containing 'a' by looking at their third letter:
* Machine (Third letter is 'c')
* Make (Third letter is 'k')
* Man (Third letter is 'n')
* Map (Third letter is 'p')
Comparing the third letters chronologically: 'c' comes before 'k', 'n', and 'p'.
Therefore, Machine will appear first in the dictionary arrangement.