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 of input and rearrangement.
Input : base 35 or gone 62 49 87 ahead
Step I : 87 base 35 or gone 62 49 ahead
Step II : 87 ahead base 35 or gone 62 49
Step III : 87 ahead 62 base 35 or gone 49
Step IV : 87 ahead 62 base 49 35 or gone
Step V : 87 ahead 62 base 49 gone 35 or
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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Step II of an input is: 75 down 16 24 farm eager 62 sky
How many more steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?
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- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- None of these
Correct Option: A
In the first step, the largest number comes to the first position and the remaining line shift rightward. In the next step the word that comes first in the alphabetical order goes on to occupy the second position pushing the rest of the shift rightward. This goes alternately till all the number are arranged in a descending order and all the words in alphabetical at alternate positions.
Step II : 75 down 16 24 farm eager 62 sky
Step III : 75 down 62 16 24 farm eager sky
Step IV : 75 down 62 eager 16 24 farm sky
Step V : 75 down 62 eager 24 16 farm sky
Step VI : 75 down 62 eager 24 farm 16 sky
Hence 6 - 2 = 4 more steps will be required.
