Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.
(a) Leprosy
(b) Lessen
(c) Lesson
(d) Language
(e) Languid
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (d), (e), (a), (b), (c)
In a dictionary, words are compared letter by letter from the left; the first letter that differs decides the order.
(d) Language and (e) Languid come first, since ‘a’ comes before ‘e’ in the second place. Both begin ‘Langu’, and then ‘a’ comes before ‘i’, so Language is first.
(a) Leprosy comes next: among the ‘Le’ words, ‘p’ comes before ‘s’.
(b) Lessen and (c) Lesson come last. Both begin ‘Less’, and then ‘e’ comes before ‘o’, so Lessen comes before Lesson.