Question

If in English Alphabet `e` and every alternate letter from `e` onwards is written in Capitals, then how will sixth month from March be coded?

• A. SEPTEmbER
• B. SEptEMbEr
• C. SepTeMber
• D. SEPtEmbER

Hint:

In such alphabet coding questions, always list the alphabet sequence, mark the positions to be capitalised as per the rule, and then apply it to each letter of the target word carefully.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Identify the sixth month from March
We start counting from March:
March (1), April (2), May (3), June (4), July (5), August (6)
Therefore, the sixth month from March is September.
Step 2: Understand the capitalisation rule
The rule states: Starting from the letter `e` in the English alphabet, and taking every alternate letter thereafter, we write those letters in capital form. The English alphabet is:
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
Starting at `e` (capital), then `g` (capital), `i` (capital), `k` (capital), `m` (capital), `o` (capital), `q` (capital), `s` (capital), `u` (capital), `w` (capital), `y` (capital). The rest remain in lowercase.
Step 3: Apply rule to "September"
- S → capital (since `s` is in the capitalised list)
- e → capital (rule starts at `e`)
- p → lowercase (not in capitalised list)
- t → lowercase (not in capitalised list)
- e → capital
- m → capital
- b → lowercase
- e → capital
- r → lowercase
Thus, September becomes: SEptEMbEr.
Step 4: Verify with options
Comparing with the given options, this matches exactly with option (B).

Answer 2

This question has two parts: first find which month is the sixth month counted after March, then apply a letter-capitalisation rule to spell that month correctly. Counting forward from March, April is the first month, May the second, June the third, July the fourth, August the fifth, and September the sixth. So the word to encode is September.

The rule says: starting from the letter e and taking every alternate letter after it, write those letters in capitals. Walking through the alphabet from e: e, g, i, k, m, o, q, s, u, w, y are capitals, and every other letter, a, b, c, d, f, h, j, l, n, p, r, t, v, x, z, stays lowercase. Applying this to each letter of September (S, e, p, t, e, m, b, e, r): S is capital because s is on the capital list, e is capital because the rule starts at e, p stays lowercase, t stays lowercase, e is capital, m is capital, b stays lowercase, e is capital, and r stays lowercase. Putting these together gives S-E-p-t-E-M-b-E-r.

1. SEPTEmbER: This capitalises the whole first block SEPT and the whole last block ER instead of alternating letter by letter from e onward. It ignores that p and t must stay lowercase and that the m in the middle must be capital, so it does not follow the rule.
2. SEptEMbEr: This matches the letter-by-letter result worked out above: S, e, e, m, e all capital and p, t, b, r all lowercase, exactly as the rule requires.
3. SepTeMber: Here T and M are capitalised but the rule requires e, the second letter of the word, and the later e's to be capital too, while T should stay lowercase. This does not match the correct pattern of capitals.
4. SEPtEmbER: This again capitalises whole chunks (SEP and ER) rather than applying the rule letter by letter, so individual letters like the m, which should be capital, and the second e, are placed incorrectly.

Only spelling out the word letter by letter against the capital list gives the correct pattern, which is SEptEMbEr.

Therefore, the correct answer is SEptEMbEr.

Answer 3

Rather than writing out the whole alphabet and marking capitals one by one, notice that the letters that become capital, e, g, i, k, m, o, q, s, u, w and y, are exactly the letters sitting at an odd position count in the alphabet from position 5 onward: e is the 5th letter, g the 7th, i the 9th, and so on, always two positions apart. So a letter becomes capital only if its position number is 5 or more AND that position number is odd; everything before position 5, or at an even position, stays lowercase. First, count forward from March to find the target word: April is 1st, May 2nd, June 3rd, July 4th, August 5th, and September 6th, so September is the word to encode.

Assigning each letter of September its position number in the alphabet: S is 19, e is 5, p is 16, t is 20, e is 5, m is 13, b is 2, e is 5, r is 18. Checking each against the rule (odd and at least 5): 19 is odd and at least 5, so S is capital. 5 is odd and at least 5, so e is capital. 16 is even, so p stays lowercase. 20 is even, so t stays lowercase. 5 is odd and at least 5, so e is capital. 13 is odd and at least 5, so m is capital. 2 is below 5, so b stays lowercase regardless of parity. 5 is odd and at least 5, so e is capital. 18 is even, so r stays lowercase. Reading these off in order gives S, E, p, t, E, M, b, E, r.

1. SEPTEmbER: This capitalises T (position 20, even) and the whole ER block, both of which fail the odd-position-from-5 test, so it does not follow the rule.
2. SEptEMbEr: Checking every letter's position against the odd-and-at-least-5 rule gives exactly this pattern, capital S, E, E, M, E and lowercase p, t, b, r.
3. SepTeMber: This capitalises T (position 20, even, fails the test) while leaving some odd-position letters like the later e's in lowercase, so it does not match the rule.
4. SEPtEmbER: This again capitalises whole blocks (SEP, ER) instead of checking each letter's own position, capitalising p (position 16, even) incorrectly and missing m (position 13, odd, at least 5) which should be capital.

Checking every letter's alphabet position against the odd-and-at-least-5 rule confirms the correct spelling is SEptEMbEr.

Therefore, the correct answer is SEptEMbEr.