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How many pairs of letters in the word “MANIPULATIVE” have the same number of letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions), as they have in the English alphabetical series?

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  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 0
  5. More than 5

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Option 5 : More than 5
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Given Word: MANIPULATIVE

F1 ReshamR Madhuri 28.01.2022 D1 Corr

Thus, there are More than 5 such pairs → Forward: IL, AE, AI, NP, NT, TV, NV, PT, PV; Backward: NE, LI

Hence, ‘More than 5’ is the correct answer.
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