Directions (Q. 1-5): study the given information carefully and answer the given questions.
When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement:
Input: 24 down earn 16 8 found 9 tank owl 36
Step I: down 9 24 earn 16 8 found tank owl 36
Step II: down 9 earn 8 24 16 found tank owl 36
Step III: down 9 earn 8 found 16 24 tank owl 36
Step IV: down 9 earn 8 found 16 owl 24 tank 36
And Step IV is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.
As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.
1). How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Nine
e) None of these
2). What is the position of 'sweet' in Step IV?
a) Fifth from the left
b) Sixth from the left
c) Sixth from the right
d) Seventh from the left
e) None of these
3). How many elements are there between '49' and 'fire' in Step III?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) None
e) None of these
4). Which of the following elements is fifth to the right of ‘13’ in Step V?
a) 34
b) jug
c) queen
d) 17
e) None of these
5). Which of the following is third to the right of 10th from the left end in the second-last step?
a) 17
b) 64
c) jug
d) 81
e) None of these
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given 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 and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digit numbers.)
Input: 23 kinetic amount 64 nature 71 58 opium verdict 96 elderly 15
Step I: opium 23 kinetic amount 64 nature 71 verdict 96 elderly 15 58
Step II: elderly opium 23 kinetic amount nature 71 verdict 96 15 58 64
Step III: amount elderly opium 23 kinetic nature 71 verdict 15 58 64 96
Step IV: 15 amount elderly opium 23 kinetic nature 71 58 64 96 verdict
Step V: 23 15 amount elderly opium kinetic 71 58 64 96 verdict nature
Step VI: 71 23 15 amount elderly opium 58 64 96 verdict nature kinetic
And Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.
Input: adverb 59 36 salient 81 idioms bakery 14 launch 47 umpire 62
6). Which element(s) come exactly between '59' and `bakery' in Step II of the given input?
a) Only 'launch'
b) Only '62'
c) Only 'idioms'
d) Both '81' and 'salient'
e) Both 'adverb' and '36'
7). Which of the following combinations represents the first two and the last two elements of Step VI of the given input?
a) 81, 59, launch, bakery
b) 81, 62, salient, launch
c) 50, 47, bakery, salient
d) 62,14, idioms, umpire
e) 62, 81, umpire, launch
8). If in Step III, 'idioms' interchanges its position with `81' and 'salient' also interchanges its position with `14', then which element will be third to the left of '47'?
a) 14
b) salient
c) adverb
d) idioms
e) 81
9). In which step are the elements 'bakery launch 47 14' found in the same order?
a) Sixth
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) The given order of elements is not found in any step
e) Fifth
10). How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
d) Nine
e) None of these
Explanation:
Directions (Q. 1-5):
The machine rearranges one word and one number in each step. The words are arranged in alphabetical order while for numbers, perfect square and non-perfect squares come in each alternate step in ascending order.
Input: ice 17 sweet 81 burn 15 49 jug 25 queen 64 13 fire town
Step I. burn 25 ice 17 sweet 81 15 49 jug queen 64 13 fire town
Step II. burn 25 fire 13 ice 17 sweet 81 15 49 jug queen 64 town
Step III. burn 25 fire 13 ice 49 17 sweet 81 15 jug queen 64 town
Step IV. burn 25 fire 13 ice 49 jug 15 17 sweet 81 queen 64 town
Step V. burn 25 fire 13 ice 49 jug 15 queen 64 17 sweet 81 town
Step VI. burn 25 fire 13 ice 49 jug 15 queen 64 sweet 17 81 town
Step VII. burn 25 fire 13 ice 49 jug 15 queen 64 sweet 17 town 81
1).
Answer: b)
2).
Answer: e)
3).
Answer: a)
4).
Answer: c)
5).
Answer: d)
Directions (Q. 6-10): The machine rearranges a word and a number in each step. The words starting with vowels are arranged in reverse alphabetical order on the left end while the even numbers are arranged in ascending order on the right end. After this process is completed, the odd numbers are arranged on the left end in ascending order while the words starting with consonants are arranged in reverse alphabetical order on the right end.
Input: adverb 59 36 salient 81 idioms bakery 14 launch 47 umpire 62
Step I. umpire adverb 59 36 salient 81 idioms bakery launch 47 62 14
Step II. idioms umpire adverb 59 salient 81 bakery launch 47 62 14 36
Step III. adverb idioms umpire 59 salient 81 bakery launch 47 14 36 62
Step IV. 47 adverb idioms umpire 59 81 bakery launch 14 36 62 salient
Step V. 59 47 adverb idioms umpire 81 bakery 14 36 62 salient launch
Step VI. 81 59 47 adverb idioms umpire 14 36 62 salient launch bakery
6).
Answer: d)
7).
Answer: a)
8).
Answer: d)
9).
Answer: b)
10).
Answer: a)
