Read the row of letters below from left to right.
X L G S W K G Y X U E C A Z H U D I B E N S H S S
How many vowels in this row have a consonant directly before them and a consonant directly after them?
(A, E, I, O and U are the vowels; every other letter, Y included, is a consonant.)
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 4
Check every vowel in the row: the letter before it and the letter after it must both be consonants. A consonant is any letter other than A, E, I, O and U.
Place 10: X U E — does not count (followed by E, a vowel)
Place 11: U E C — does not count (preceded by U, a vowel)
Place 13: C A Z — counts
Place 16: H U D — counts
Place 18: D I B — counts
Place 20: B E N — counts
So the answer is 4.