If a meaningful word is formed using the first, fourth, seventh, and eighth letters (from the left end) of the word “HOUSEWIFE”, which of the following will be the third letter from the left end of the meaningful word formed? If more than one such word can be formed, mark Z as your answer. If no meaningful word is formed, mark X as your answer.

To find the correct letter, let us first identify the letters of the word “HOUSEWIFE” at the specified positions from the left end:

- 1st letter = H
- 2nd letter = O
- 3rd letter = U
- 4th letter = S
- 5th letter = E
- 6th letter = W
- 7th letter = I
- 8th letter = F
- 9th letter = E

According to the given conditions, we need to select the first, fourth, seventh, and eighth letters:

- 1st letter: H
- 4th letter: S
- 7th letter: I
- 8th letter: F

The selected letters are H, S, I, and F.

Now, we form a meaningful English word using each of these letters exactly once. The only meaningful word that can be formed is FISH.

Next, we determine the third letter from the left end of the newly formed word “FISH”:

- 1st letter from left: F
- 2nd letter from left: I
- 3rd letter from left: S
- 4th letter from left: H

The third letter from the left end is S.

Therefore, the correct answer is S.