Directions (1-5): 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: soul 63 bag 51 92 66 dancer light 86 read
Step I: bag soul 63 51 66 dancer light 86 read 92
Step II: dancer bag soul 63 51 66 light read 92 86
Step III: light dancer bag soul 63 51 read 92 86 66
Step IV: read light dancer bag soul 51 92 86 66 63
Step V: soul read light dancer bag 92 86 66 63 51
Step VI: 36 6 9 6 1 2 5 3 9 6
And step V is the last step of the arrangement. As per the above rule followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the input given below;
Input: 41 do provoke 21 79 mouth cat loud 29 apple 83 44
Q1. How many steps would be needed to complete the arrangement?
(a) IV
(b) V
(c) VI
(d) VII
(e) None of these
Q2. Which Step number would be the following output?
loud do cat apple provoke 21 mouth 29 83 79 44 41
(a) III
(b) II
(c) VII
(d) IV
(e) There will be no such step
Q3. Which of the following would be the step I?
(a) apple 41 do cat provoke 21 mouth loud 79 29 83 44
(b) apple cat 21 provoke do 41 mouth loud 29 83 44 79
(c) apple 41 do provoke 21 44 mouth cat loud 79 83 29
(d) apple 41 do provoke 44 21 cat mouth loud 29 79 83
(e) None of these
Q4. In step V, which of the following word/number would be on the 6th position (from the right)?
(a) 44
(b) 21
(c) 79
(d) provoke
(e) apple
Q5. Which of the following would be the final arrangement?
(a) 35 36 36 15 1 6 2 7 8 5 1 3
(b) 35 35 36 15 1 6 2 7 4 5 2 3
(c) 35 36 36 15 1 6 2 7 8 5 2 3
(d) 36 36 36 15 1 6 2 7 8 5 2 3
(e) None of these
Solutions
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