Arrange the given words in the order in which they occur in a dictionary and choose the correct sequence.
1. Page 2. Pagan 3. Palisade 4. Pageant 5. Palate
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → 2, 1, 4, 5, 3
In a dictionary, words are compared letter by letter from the left. When one word is the start of a longer word (Page and Pageant), the shorter word comes first.
All five begin with P-a. The third letters are g (Page, Pagan, Pageant) and l (Palisade, Palate); g comes before l, so the three P-a-g words come first
Among P-a-g words, the fourth letters are a (Pagan) and e (Page, Pageant), so Pagan is first
Page is the start of Pageant, so Page comes before Pageant
Palate and Palisade share P-a-l; the fourth letters are a and i, so Palate comes before Palisade
The order is Pagan, Page, Pageant, Palate, Palisade, that is 2, 1, 4, 5, 3.