Question 21

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.
1. Heinous
2. Heavy
3. Herted
4. Heaven
5. Hefty

First two letters of all the words are same so verifying the third letter.

The alphabetical order of third letter of words are a, f, i, r. So Hefty is placed third, Heinous is placed fourth, Herted is placed fifth.

Among Heavy and Heaven, the fifth letter of Heaven comes before Heavy in alphabetical order. So Heaven is placed first and Heavy is placed second.

$$\therefore\ $$The order of the givens words according to dictionary is Heaven, Heavy, Hefty, Heinous, Herted

Hence, the correct answer is Option C

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