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Direction (1-5): Â Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
 Number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them by following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input: 92 babu india 50 danger 12 grass figure 75 18
Step I:Â babu india 50 danger 12 grass figure 75 18 92
Step II:Â danger babu india 50 12 grass figure 18 75 92
Step III:Â figure danger babu india 12 grass 18 50 75 92
Step IV:Â grass figure danger babu india 12 18 50 75 92
Step V:Â india grass figure danger babu 12 18 50 75 92
Step V is the last step.
Input: 84 arun jockey 65 earth 20 horse gentle 80 22
1) How many words or numbers are there between the one which is second from the left end and ‘22’ in step IV?
A.One
B.More than three
C.Three
D.None
E.Two
2) How many words are there between ‘earth’ and the element which is third to the left of ‘84’ in step III?
A.One
B.Four
C.Three
D.None
E.Two
3) Which of the following element is sixth to the right of ‘arun’ in the step IV?
A.84
B.20
C.80
D.earth
E.None of these
4) What is the position of ‘20’ from the left end in the second last step?
A.First
B.Fifth
C.Second
D.Third
E.Sixth
5) How many steps are required to get an ouput?
A.One
B.Four
C.Five
D.None
E.Two
Direction (6-10): Â Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.Â
Number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input: 88 all time 20 fun 16 pressure 55 look 72
Step I:Â all time 20 fun 16 pressure 55 look 72 88
Step II:Â all fun time 20 16 pressure 55 look 88 72
Step III:Â all fun look time 20 16 pressure 88 72 55
Step IV:Â Â all fun look pressure time 16 88 72 55 20
Step V: all fun look pressure time 88 72 55 20 16
Step V, is the last step.
Input: 52 bird year 15 first 8 time 38 knock 48
5) How many words are there between ‘year’ and the element which is third to the left of ‘52’ in step IV?
A.One
B.More than three
C.Three
D.None
E.Two
6) How many words or numbers are there between the one which is second from the left end and ‘52’ in step III?
A.One
B.More than three
C.Three
D.None
E.Two
7) What is the position of ‘8’ from the left end in second last step?
A.First
B.Fifth
C.Second
D.Third
E.Sixth
8) Which of the following element is sixth to the right of ‘year’ in the step III?
A.38
B.15
C.52
D.Time
E.None of these
10) How many steps are required to get an ouput?
A.One
B.Four
C.Five
D.None
E.Two
Answers :
Directions (1-5) :
Logic: At each step, a word in the alphabetical order is arranged from right to left in the increasing order in the left end and a number in the decending order is arranged from left to right in the right end.
Input: 84 arun jockey 65 earth 20 horse gentle 80 22
Step I:Â arun jockey 65 earth 20 horse gentle 80 22 84
Step II:Â earth arun jockey 65 20 horse gentle 2280 84
Step III:Â gentle earth arun jockey 20 horse 2265 80 84
Step IV:Â horse gentle earth arun jockey 2022 6580 84
Step V:Â jockey horse gentle earth arun 20 22 65 80 84
Step V is the last step.
1) Answer: B
2) Answer: C
3) Answer: A
4) Answer: E
5) Answer: C
Directions (6-10) :
Logic:Â At each step, a word in alphabetical order is arranged from left to right in left end and the numbers are arranged in descending order from right to left in right end.
Input: 52 bird year 15 first 8 time 38 knock 48
Step I:Â bird year 15 first 8 time 38 knock 48 52
Step II:Â bird first year 15 8 time 38 knock 52 48
Step III:Â bird first knock year 15 8 time 52 48 38
Step IV:Â bird first knock time year 8 52 48 38 15
Step V:Â bird first knock time year 52 48 38 15 8
Step V is a last step
6) Answer: D
7) Answer: B
8) Answer: E
9) Answer: A
10) Answer: C
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