In the word ‘SUPERBLY’, how many pairs of the letters have the same number of letters between them (both forward and backward direction) in the word as in the alphabet?

The correct option is Three.

To find the pairs of letters in the word SUPERBLY that have the same number of letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (in both forward and backward directions), let us first analyze the word and its letters with their corresponding alphabetical positions:

• S = 19
• U = 21
• P = 16
• E = 5
• R = 18
• B = 2
• L = 12
• Y = 25

Now, let us check each pair step-by-step:

1. Forward Direction:

• Starting from P (16) to R (18):
Letters between P and R in the word: 1 ('E')
Letters between P and R in the alphabet: 1 ('Q')
Pair 1: (P, R)

2. Backward Direction:

• Starting from U (21) to Y (25) (looking backwards from Y to U):
Letters between U and Y in the word: 3 ('P', 'E', 'R')
Letters between U and Y in the alphabet: 3 ('V', 'W', 'X')
Pair 2: (U, Y)

• Starting from S (19) to Y (25) (looking backwards from Y to S):
Letters between S and Y in the word: 5 ('U', 'P', 'E', 'R', 'B')
Letters between S and Y in the alphabet: 5 ('T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X')
Pair 3: (S, Y)

Thus, there are a total of 3 such pairs: (P, R), (U, Y), and (S, Y).