Comments | fildoo: 2 IQ Qns for Discussion

fildoo

2 IQ Qns for Discussion

Dec 08, 2009 03:33

Q1: What is the fifth alphabet left of H?

Q2: What is the fifth alphabet left from H?

Let see if anyone has any answer.. A few friends attempted the qns, but we have quite different answers.

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jinfreaks December 8 2009, 01:20:23 UTC

urm... either does not make any sense since the alphabet consists of all 26 letters.

So trick question?

twozerofoursix December 8 2009, 04:50:55 UTC

in colloquial Singaporean/Malaysian English there's a tendency to use the word 'alphabet' when in British/American English they would say 'letters'.

Q1 = C? For Q2, I don't know if there can be a 'left from' something.

jinfreaks December 8 2009, 06:10:03 UTC

additionally, you have to state the assumption that the letters are lined up sequentially from left to right.

fildoo December 8 2009, 07:57:38 UTC

IS 'letters' in the qns.. I took the test like in June. hehee. Then I was not sure abt the qns. My ans. Q1 C and Q2 D

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seaweeds December 8 2009, 06:39:34 UTC

I guess one would be u dun count H as the "first" and the other u do count H as the "first" so u will have two different results.

but the thing is, which is which? is like a 50/50 gamble as there is no one right answer.

yes, I was the one who gave u the answer "M" .. HAHAHAHHAHA .. sorry I was not paying attention .. lollll

fildoo December 8 2009, 08:04:44 UTC

YOu are not the only one who has M as answer. My UK grad friends.. Imperial, Princeton, UMIST and LSE said the answer is "M, M"

If ignoring the backward or forward direction.
Im not too sure abt the Q2,from H, and H will be the first position? thus D is the answer?

A B C D E F G H
5 4 3 2 1

seaweeds December 8 2009, 08:10:28 UTC

hahahahah .. must be our british training which dun teach us to pay attention .. HAHAHHAAHHAHHAA

I would choose as follows:

5th left OF H: "D"

A B C D E F G H
# # # 5 4 3 2 1

5th left FROM H: "C"

A B C D E F G H
# # 5 4 3 2 1 0

jinfreaks December 8 2009, 09:17:50 UTC

lawyer must have good engrish. I is think lawyer correct.

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tckl December 8 2009, 15:16:55 UTC

in the first sentence, editing the sentence, to only the last 6 alphabets, ......eft of H, answer is E

in the second sentence, editing to just last 6 alphabets, .....t from H, answer is T

vinny82 December 8 2009, 15:27:15 UTC

this may be problematic as alphabets aren't the same as letters

I know I know... vinny82 December 8 2009, 15:30:49 UTC

It is a linguistic problem!

Left of H means as long as it's on the left side of H and not counting from H at all.
So naturally the first answer is the 5th alphabet E

Left from H means counting 5 positions from H,
so C is the second answer.

Re: I know I know... seaweeds December 9 2009, 14:44:48 UTC

ohhh I must say .. this is quite a clever answer! 5th letter of the alphabet[which is on the] left of" H .. very cleverr indeed !!

Re: I know I know... xiangwei279 December 10 2009, 11:43:50 UTC

i was almost tempted to say "t" for the second question.. maybe i've been doing too many puzzles

Re: I know I know... fildoo December 10 2009, 16:34:10 UTC

abish.. today the test is tediou la.. shall write out the quiz tmr..