Tricks to learn Ranks of Alphabets for Reasoning Section
We all know that there are 26 letters in the alphabet series.
Letters | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Now let us have a look at the tricks to learn the ranks of alphabets.
- First 4 letters A to D's, rank is 1 to 4 and no trick is required to learn them.
- Now comes the letter E. For this, you have to learn one-word "EJOTY".
E | J | O | T | Y |
5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
- Learning this word helps you to learn the rank of 5 letters which are multiple of 5.
- Coming to the next letter it is "F". You know F for Fix and synonym of Fix is "Six". You can also learn it as "F" for "FRIEND". FRIEND is of 6 letters. So, the rank of "F" is "6".
- Then it is "G". Everybody knows G-7 Nations. Rank of letter G is 7.
- After that, it is "H". Now if we join the 2 lines of H, it will become 8 or you can say H looks like 8. Thus Rank of letter "H" is 8.
- Coming to next letter, it is "I", if you write "I" in cursive writing, it looks like 9. Hence, Rank of the letter "I" is 9.
- Then, the letter is "J". Remember the term "EJOTY". Rank of J is 10.
- Here it comes the letter "K". K for Kelvin and which is similar to "Eleven" in pronunciation or K's rank is 11.
- Now, the letter is L. Speak together "L Twelve" Sounds like Homonyms. Rank of L is 12.
- Next letter is "M". Total letters in Alphabet series is 26. Half of 26 is 13 or the middle most letter in the series is "M". Rank of letter "M" is 13.
- After letter M, it is "N", N for November and November 14 is Children`s Day. Thus, Rank of Letter "N" is 14.
- Here it comes "O", again the term "EJOTY". Rank of O is 15.
- Next two letters are P and Q. Learn them together as P16 and Q17. Also, you can learn them with the help of reverse method which will be explained later.
- Here the turn of R and S comes, pronounce "ATTARRAHH" and "UNISSSS" they are the ranks of R and S respectively.
- Again, it is "EJOTY" the letter is T. Rank of the letter T is 20. You can also remember it as T-20 matches.
- Coming to the next letter, it is "U". From U, the country is USA which stands for "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". Counting all the letters of "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", it is 21. Rank of U is 21. You can also remember it as "U are a graduate (21)". Usually, a person completes his/her graduation at the age of 21.
- Next letter is V. V for Victory. A person requires two fingers to represent Victory. Rank of letter "V" is 22.
- Now, if we reverse letter "W", it looks like 3, its rank is "23".
- In X, it is being divided into four parts. Rank of letter "X" is 24.
- Coming to "Y", it is again "EJOTY". Rank of letter "Y" is 25.
- The last letter is Z or its rank is 26.
Let's have a quick look at the trick to learn the rank of letters
| Letters | Rank | Trick |
| 1 | A | 1 to 4 ranks are easy to remember |
| 2 | B | |
| 3 | C | |
| 4 | D | |
| 5 | E | "EJOTY" |
| 6 | F | Fix-Six (6), FRIENDS - 6 letters |
| 7 | G | G-7 Nations |
| 8 | H | H looks like 8 |
| 9 | I | I look like 9 |
| 10 | J | "EJOTY" |
| 11 | K | Kelvin-Eleven (Same Pronunciation) |
| 12 | L | L Twelve (Same Pronunciation) |
| 13 | M | Middle letter |
| 14 | N | November 14 |
| 15 | O | "EJOTY" |
| 16 | P | P16 |
| 17 | Q | Q17 |
| 18 | R | "ATHARAHHH" |
| 19 | S | "UNISSSSS" |
| 20 | T | "EJOTY" |
| 21 | U | In the USA, there are 21 letters |
| 22 | V | For Victory, two fingers are required. |
| 23 | W | On reverse, it looks like 3. |
| 24 | X | It has 4 legs |
| 25 | Y | "EJOTY" |
| 26 | Z | Last letter |
Important Rank-based Examples
Here are some questions which are asked in UGC NET exam and requires the use of ranks of letters.
Q1. If "TEACHER" is coded as "WHDFKHU", then how the word "MANAGER" will be coded?
Sol. At first, let us write the ranks of all the letters of word and code.
T (20) | E (5) | A (1) | C (3) | H (8) | E (5) | R (18) |
W (23) | H (8) | D (4) | F (6) | K (11) | H (8) | U (21) |
Here we can see that from word to code there is an increase of 3.
This way, MANAGER will be coded as
M (13) | A (1) | N (14) | A (1) | G (7) | E (5) | R (18) |
(16) P | (4) D | (17) Q | (4) D | (10) J | (8) H | (21) U |
Q2. If "TO" is coded as 35 and "COMB" is coded as 33. What is the code of "BLUE"?
Sol. From the term "EJOTY" we know T`s rank is 20 and O`s rank is 15. So, (T + O) rank = 35
Then, in COMB, C is 3, O is 15, M is 13 and B is 2. Adding them, 3 + 15 + 13+ 2 = 33.
So, code of "BLUE" will be the sum of the rank of B, L, U and E i.e, 2 + 12 + 21+ 5 = 40.
Q3. Fill the series: TAI, UCL, VEO, _____, XIU
Here if we see the series, the first letter is incremented by 1, the second letter is incremented by 2 and the third letter is incremented by 3. You can easily analyze the pattern by just knowing their ranks.
The answer is WGR.
Q4. If ADVERSITY is coded as XACUOGAQK, then how would "GENERATOR" be coded as?
Sol. If we analyze the pattern:
A (1) | D (4) | V(22) | E(5) | R(18) | S(19) | I(9) | T(20) | Y(25) |
| X (24) | A (1) | C (3) | U (21) | O (15) | G (7) | A (1) | Q (17) | K (11) |
Thus, the answer is PBICOGTLV.
There can be several questions like this where ranks of letters play a major role. You can remember it in any way which seems easier to you.
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