Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary. 1. Rhetorical 2. Regretfully 3. Resign 4. Recording 5. Rat?

Option 2 : 5, 4, 2, 3, 1

First letter for all words is ‘R’, so neglect the first letter and look for second letter.

As per second letter, ‘A’ comes first, then comes ‘E’ and then lastly ‘H’ comes, so Rat will be first and Rhetorical will be last. Since, Regretfully, Resign and Recording all have second letter common, hence we will have to look for their third letter in order to arrange them in dictionary order.

As per third letter, ‘C’ comes first, then comes ‘G’ and then lastly ‘S’ comes. So, Recording comes initially then comes Regretfully and lastly comes Resign.

The correct dictionary order is Rat, Recording, Regretfully, Resign, Rhetorical.