Reasoning For SBI and IBPS Exams |

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully answers the given questions:

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: nine pure 19 34 12 69 hear call

Step I: call nine pure 19 34 12 69 hear

Step II: call 12 nine pure 19 34 69 hear

Step III:call 12 hear nine pure 19 34 69

Step IV: call 12 hear 19 nine pure 34 69

Step V: call 12 hear 19 nine 34 pure 69

Step V is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input As per the rules followed in the above steps, ﬁnd out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Q1. Step II of an input is ’bold 15 will cash 46 53 29 tree’ How many more steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?

(a) Five

(b) Three

(d) Six

(e) None of the above

Q2. Input: lemon 62 clean orange 41 37 apple 56

Which of the following steps will be the last but one?

(a) VIII

(b) IX

(d) VI

(e) None of the above

Q3. Step II of an input is “dear 12 year vamp 86 71 store 65”.

Which of the following will be step VII?

(a) dear 12 store 65 year 7 1 vamp 86.

(b) dear 12 store 65 71 year vamp 86.

(d) There will be no such step.

(e) None of the above

Q4. Input: even 39 23 48 steam 19 best dirty

How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?

(a) Five

(b) Seven

(d) Six

(e) None of the above

Q5. Step III of an input is “arm 25 jumble 93 84 king money 36”

Which of the following is definitely the input?

(a) 93 84 king money arm 36 25 jumble

(b) 93 84 arm 25 king jumble money 36

(d) Cannot be determined.

(e) None of the above

Directions (Q.6-10): Study the given information and answer the following questions:

When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input its rearrangement. (All the numbers are two digit numbers.)

Input: hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 89 glow 33 century 81 23 goal.

Step I: glow hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 33 century 81 23 goal 89

Step II: glow goal hearing 18 integrity 50 xenon 33 century 23 81 89

Step III:glow goal xenon hearing 18 integrity 33 century 23 50 81 89

Step IV: glow goal xenon century hearing 18 integrity 23 33 50 81 89

Step V: glow goal xenon century hearing integrity 18 23 33 50 81 89

Step V is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input:

Input: 19 numerology 48 global 88 xylem 25 telling 79 59 fabricate torcher

Q6. Which step number would be the following output?

Xylem global telling torcher 19 numerology 25 fabricate 48 59 79 88

(a) Step III

(b) Step IV

(d) There will be no such step

(e) None of the above

Q7. Which of the following would be the last step of the rearrangement?

(a) IV

(b) V

(d) VII

(e) None of the above

Q8. If in the last step all of the words get rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the following words would retain its original position?

(a) Fabricate

(b) Xylem

(d) Global

(e) None of the above

Q9. Which of the following would be at the 7th position from the left in step III?

(a) 25

(b) Fabricate

(d) Telling

(e) None of the above

Q10. In step IV, if ‘xylem’ is related to ‘88’ and ‘global’ is related to ‘79’ than ‘19’ is related to which of the following, if the same pattern is followed?

(a) 48

(b) 59

(d) 25

(e) None of the above