Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the
given questions.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearrange them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input : shop 17 table 20 53 oven desk 39
Step I : 17 shop table 20 53 oven desk 39
Step II : 17 table shop 20 53 oven desk 39
Step III : 17 table 20 shop 53 oven desk 39
Step IV : 17 table 20 shop 39 53 oven desk
Step V : 17 table 20 shop 39 oven 53 desk
and step V is the last step of the rearrangement.
As per the rule followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.
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Input : 89 bind 32 goal house 61 12 joy
How many steps will be required to complete the arrangement?
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- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- None of these
Correct Option: C
In the first step, the smallest number comes to the leftmost position and the remaining line shift rightward. In the next step the word that comes last in the alphabetical order occupies the second position from the left and the remaining line sift rightward. This goes alternately till all the number are ranged in ascending order and all the words in reverse alphabetical order at alternate positions.
Input : 89 bind 32 goal house 61 12 joy
Step I : 12 89 bind 32 goal house 61 joy
Step II : 12 joy 89 bind 32 goal house 61
Step III : 12 joy 32 89 bind goal house 61
Step IV : 12 joy 32 house 89 bind goal 61
Step V : 12 joy 32 house 61 89 bind goal
Step VI : 12 joy 32 house 61 goal 89 bind
