NIMCET 2024 — Reasoning PYQ

Step 1: Understand the Rules of Dictionary Order

In a dictionary, words are arranged alphabetically from left to right based on their letters.

• We compare the words letter by letter starting from the first position.

• The moment a letter differs, the word with the alphabetically smaller letter comes first, and the word with the larger letter comes later.

Step 2: Compare the Words Letter by Letter

Let's align the given words to analyze their common prefixes:

1. complicit

2. compline

3. compliment

4. complete

All four words share the exact same first five letters: c o m p l.

Step 3: Analyze the 6th Letter of Each Word

Since the first five letters are identical, we determine the sequence by looking closely at the 6th letter of each option:

• A) complicit $\to$ The 6th letter is i

• B) compline $\to$ The 6th letter is i

• C) compliment $\to$ The 6th letter is i

• D) complete $\to$ The 6th letter is e

According to the standard English alphabet, e comes before i (e < i).

• Therefore, complete appears first among these four options and can be eliminated since we are looking for the word that appears last.

Step 4: Compare the Remaining Words

Now we compare the remaining three choices (complicit, compline, and compliment) by looking at their 7th letter:

• A) complici... $\to$ The 7th letter is c

• B) compline... $\to$ The 7th letter is n

• C) complime... $\to$ The 7th letter is m

Comparing the letters c, n, and m in alphabetical order:

$$c\to m\to n$$

• c comes earliest, so complicit is eliminated.

• m comes next, so compliment is eliminated.

• n comes latest in the alphabet. Hence, compline will appear last.

Conclusion

The word that will appear last in the dictionary is compline.

Therefore, the correct option is B.