ALPHABET TEST
Positions
In English alphabet, each letter has its corresponding position. Such positions of letters are of two types
1. Forward Order Letter Position In such order, positions are counted from left to right. In other words, one starts counting from A and goes towards Z. Let us
see
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Left to Right
2. Backward or Reverse Order Letter Position In backward order position, counting is started from Z and is ended at A. In another words, counting is done
from right to left. Let us see
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Right to Left
Memory Add-ons
The place of English letters can be remembered by using the following two techniques
1. E J O T Y
↓↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Position in English alphabet = 5 10 15 20 25
2.
C F I L O R U X
↓↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Position in English alphabet = 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Note One can memorize the positions of letters shown here as table of 5 and 3
Is associated
After the positional values of English letters are known, we should learn about the position of opposite letters and Left and Right of a letter.
Opposite Letters
A letters is said to opposite of other when sum of their positional values is equal to 27.
e.g., Positional value of B = 2 Positional value of Y = 25 Required sum = 2 + 25 = 27
Hence, they are opposite letter pair.
If we have to find the opposite letter of any letter, then corresponding position of that letter is subtracted from 27. Let us see
Opposite letter of A = 27 – Position of A = 27 – 1 = 26th letter = Z
Opposite letter of B = 27 Position of B = 27 – 2 = 25th letter = Y and so on.
Left and Right of a Letter
Letters do not have their own left and right. We decide left and right of letters on the basis of ours left and right. In other words, the left of letters is towards our left
and the right of letters is towards our right. Let us see
Observer
ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Towards left towards right
Left hand Right hand
If you have to find out 4th letter to the left of T, then stand
in front of T like below.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
4th Towards
left
Clearly, 4 letter to the left of T is P.
th
And, if you have to find out 4th letter to the right of T, then stand in front of T and find required letter as below.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Towards
right 4th
Various types of problems are asked from this chapter, are as follow
Some terms related to ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ and as follows
(i) Just Left it means just before e.g., G is the letter just left of H.
(ii) Just Right it means just after e.g. Q is the letter just right of P.
(iii) From our Left it means ‘from out left to right’ or we can say it as ‘from letter A to Z’, i.e,
A B C ….. Y Z
(iv) From our Right it means ‘from our right to left’ or we can say it as ‘from letter Z to A’, i.e.
A B C ….. Y Z
(v) To the Left It means ‘from Z to A’, i.e.,
A B C ….. Y Z
(vi) To the Right it means ‘from A to Z’, i.e.
A B C ….. Y Z
