Question

How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each immediately preceded and also immediately followed by a consonant?

• A. One
• B. Two
• C. Three
• D. Four

Hint:

Symbols must have consonants on both sides—ignore cases where a number or vowel neighbors the symbol.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The qualifying triplets are: \[ D\ \$\ V,\quad V\ @\ B,\quad C\ \%\ P,\quad M\ *\ Z. \] Thus there are \(\boxed{4}\) such symbols.

Answer 2

Let's scan every symbol in the arrangement individually, checking whether a consonant sits directly on both sides of it, then compare the tally to each option.

Checking each symbol in turn: \(\#\) has a vowel on one side, so it fails; \(\$\) sits between D and V, both consonants, so it qualifies; @ sits between V and B, both consonants, so it qualifies; © has a vowel on one side, so it fails; \(\%\) sits between C and P, both consonants, so it qualifies; \(*\) sits between M and Z, both consonants, so it qualifies. That gives four qualifying symbols in total: \(\$\), @, \(\%\), and \(*\).

1. Option One: This undercounts — more than a single symbol was found to satisfy the condition above.
2. Option Two: Still short of the four qualifying symbols identified by the neighbour-by-neighbour scan.
3. Option Three: Also one short of the actual count found above.
4. Option Four: This matches exactly the four symbols — \(\$\), @, \(\%\), and \(*\) — each flanked by consonants on both sides.

The symbol-by-symbol neighbour check confirms four qualifying cases.

Hence, the correct answer is Four.