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How many meaningful words can be formed using fourth, eighth, tenth and twelfth letters of the word “PREPARATIONS”, using each letter only once in eac
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How many meaningful words can be formed using fourth, eighth, tenth and twelfth letters of the word “PREPARATIONS”, using each letter only once in each word?

A.

Three

B.

Two

C.

Five

D.

Four

Correct option is C

Given:
P R E P A R A T I O N S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Required letters:
4th = P
8th = T
10th = O
12th = S
So, letters are P, T, O, S
Meaningful words formed using all four letters once are:
STOP
TOPS
POST
SPOT
POTS
Total meaningful words = 5
Thus, correct option is (C) Five.

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