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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JOURNEY (in forward direction), each of which has as many letters in the same sequence between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
Three
One
Four
Two
Two
Write down the alphabetical positions of each letter in the word and compare forward sequential pairs by checking if the difference in their position values matches their difference in indices.
Write down the alphabetical positions of each letter in the word and compare forward sequential pairs by checking if the difference in their position values matches their difference in indices.
Step 1: Write alphabetical positions
Assign standard 1-26 positions to the letters in JOURNEY: J=10, O=15, U=21, R=18, N=14, E=5, Y=25.
Step 2: Check forward pairs
Compare each letter with subsequent letters in forward direction: Between J(10) and U(21) there are 10 letters in alphabet and 10 letters between them in the word (Valid pair 1: J-U). Between O(15) and R(18) there are 2 letters in alphabet and 2 between them in word (Valid pair 2: O-R). Between N(14) and Y(25) there are 10 letters in alphabet and 10 between them in word (Valid pair 3: N-Y).
Step 3: Count total valid pairs
The total number of such forward pairs is 3 (Three: J-U, O-R, N-Y).
A: 'One' is incorrect because there are 3 valid pairs, not 1. B: 'Two' is incorrect because exactly 3 pairs are found. C: 'Four' is incorrect since there are only 3 valid pairs.
D is correct because there are exactly three pairs of letters (J-U, O-R, N-Y) in the word JOURNEY that have the same number of letters between them as in the English alphabet.
Always test both forward and backward directions unless the question specifically restricts it to the forward direction as given here.
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