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 : win 92 task 73 59 house range 34
Which of the following will be step IV of the above input?
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- 34 win 59 task 73 range 92 house
- 34 win 92 59 task 73 house range
- 34 win 92 task 73 59 house range
- There will be no such step
- None of these
Correct Option: E
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 : win 92 task 73 59 house range 34
Step I : 34 win 92 task 73 59 house range
Step II : 34 win 59 92 task 73 house range
Step III : 34 win 59 task 92 73 house range
Step IV : 34 win 59 task 73 92 house range
