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Select the triad which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. BEST - SBET - TSEBROLE - LROE - ELOR
RATE - ARTE - EATR
WEST - WSET - TSEW
DIVE - VDIE - EVID
TANG - NTAG - ANGT
DIVE - VDIE - EVID
Observe the positional shift: in a 4-letter word (1-2-3-4), the pattern is 1-2-3-4 тЖТ 4-1-2-3 тЖТ 3-4-1-2, or simply a cyclic rotation of the characters.
Observe the positional shift: in a 4-letter word (1-2-3-4), the pattern is 1-2-3-4 тЖТ 4-1-2-3 тЖТ 3-4-1-2, or simply a cyclic rotation of the characters.
Analyze the pattern
Take the word BEST: positions are B(1), E(2), S(3), T(4). Transformation 1: SBET moves the last letter T to the front (or rearranges to 3-1-2-4). Wait, let's look closer: BEST тЖТ SBET (S-B-E-T) тЖТ T-S-E-B. Actually, it is a cyclic shift. BEST: B-E-S-T. SBET: Shift T to front? No. Let's look at the letters: BEST, SBET, TSEB. All use the same 4 letters. The pattern is a cyclic rotation: BEST (1-2-3-4), then move the last letter to the front to get SBET (4-1-2-3), then move the last letter of that (T) to the front to get TSEB (3-4-1-2) is not correct. Let's re-examine: B-E-S-T тЖТ S-B-E-T (T moved, but order changed). Actually, it is a rotation: BEST тЖТ (S-B-E-T) тЖТ (T-S-E-B). The pattern is: take the last letter and move it to the front, then repeat.
Verify with second example
ROLE: R-O-L-E. Move E to front: EROL (Wait, the example says LROE). Let's re-verify: BEST тЖТ SBET (move S, T), ROLE тЖТ LROE (move L, O). The pattern is actually moving the letters to specific indices. BEST (1234) тЖТ SBET (3124) тЖТ TSEB (4312). ROLE (1234) тЖТ LROE (3124) тЖТ ELOR (4312). The logic is: Take 3rd letter, 1st letter, 2nd letter, 4th letter, then 4th letter, 3rd letter, 1st letter, 2nd letter.
Apply to DIVE
Word: DIVE (D=1, I=2, V=3, E=4). Pattern: 3-1-2-4 gives V-D-I-E. Pattern: 4-3-1-2 gives E-V-D-I. The option DIVE - VDIE - EVID is provided in the images, let's check DIVE-VDIE-EVID. Yes, DIVE (1234) тЖТ VDIE (3124) тЖТ EVID (4312). This matches the pattern.
A: RATE-ARTE-EATR follows a different cyclic shift (2-1-3-4). B: WEST-WSET-TSEW does not follow the 3-1-2-4, 4-3-1-2 sequence. D: TANG-NTAG-ANGT does not follow the specific 3rd-letter-first shift identified.
C is correct because DIVE, VDIE, and EVID follow the cyclic transformation sequence identified in the reference triads.
In letter-based coding questions, always write the numerical positions (1, 2, 3, 4) above the letters to quickly identify if the change is a simple shift or a complex transposition.