If the characters of each word below are flipped in order (for example, Mother would change to Rehtom) and the words are then arranged in alphabetic order, which of the following words would be placed fifth?

Easy, Broad, Handy, Eliminate, Fork, Ridiculous, Bottle, Cup, Pen, Mouse, Pad, Spoon

Since the words would be flipped, we need to look at their ending rather than their start

We see that pad and broad would be the first two, in some order (starting with d)

The next word would be ending with e: Bottle, Mouse, Eliminate; since we want to find the fifth one, we will have to check for them. 

Bottle would be first, starting with l

Mouse would be second, starting with s
and finally, Eliminate would be third, starting with t

Therefore, Option D is the correct answer.