Arrange the following words as they occur in the English dictionary.
(a) Explosive
(b) Explicit
(c) Exponent
(d) Exposition
(e) Explore
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (b), (e), (a), (c), (d)
In a dictionary, words are compared letter by letter, and the first letter that differs decides the order. All five words begin with EXP, so the order is fixed from the fourth letter on.
Fourth letter: Explicit, Explore, Explosive have L; Exponent, Exposition have O. L comes before O.
Among EXPL-: Explicit before Explore and Explosive (I before O); then Explore before Explosive (R before S)
Among EXPO-: Exponent before Exposition (N before S)
The order is Explicit (b), Explore (e), Explosive (a), Exponent (c), Exposition (d).