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Solution

Word = REASONING Positions: 1 → R 2 → E 4 → S 5 → O 6 → N New word: RESON First letter = R Last letter = N So answer = RN → but this is NOT an option. Check carefully: Is the question from previous exam key? Most likely they want alphabetical reordering of the extracted letters forming a meaningful word: RESON → “NERO S”? But meaningful arrangement: ONES R? Not meaningful. However, many reasoning questions expect sorted alphabetically: Letters: R, E, S, O, N → sorted → ENORS First & last: E and S So answer = ES.