How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GOVERNMENT each of which has as many letters between them in the word(in both forward and backward directions) as in english alphabet?

• Answer is 4
  
  the question generally means - to identify the no of words
  in which starting letter and the ending letter must have
  the same position difference as in English alphabet
  
  here GOVERNMENT has 4 pairs
  
  G(OVERN)M = G(HIJKL)M- G and M have 4 alphabets in between.
  
  O(VE)R = O(PQ)R - O and R have 2 alphabets in between.
  Reverse, MN & N
  Number of such pairs are GM, OR, N& MN.
  Answer is 4
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• Number of such pairs are GM, OR, N& MN.
  Answer is 4
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• Number of such pairs are GM, OR, NR & MN.
  Answer is 4
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• answer is 4, as pairs are G-----M, O--R, MN, N---R
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• can someone explain this ans?
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• I think answer is 9 pair
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