UPSC Prelims 2019·CSAT·Logical Reasoning·Coding Decoding

If every alternative letter of the English alphabet from B onwards (including B) is written in lower case (small letters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then how is the first month of the second half of the year written?

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  1. AJuLY
  2. BjULy
  3. CjUly
  4. DjUlYCorrect

Explanation

The rule: every alternate letter from B onwards (B, D, F, H, J, L, N, P, R, T, V, X, Z) is written in lowercase. Remaining letters (A, C, E, G, I, K, M, O, Q, S, U, W, Y) are capitalized. JULY: - J is the 10th letter (in B-onwards set) -> lowercase: j - U is the 21st letter (not in B-onwards set) -> UPPERCASE: U - L is the 12th letter (in B-onwards set) -> lowercase: l - Y is the 25th letter (not in B-onwards set) -> UPPERCASE: Y Result: jUlY = option D.
Logical Reasoning: If every alternative letter of the English alphabet from B onwards (including B) is written in lower case (small letters
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