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 : joy far 35 27 16 96 height star
Step I: 96 joy far 35 27 16 height star
Step II: 96 far joy 35 27 16 height star
Step III: 96 far 35 joy 27 16 height star
Step IV: 96 far 35 height joy 27 16 star
Step V: 96 far 35 height 27 joy 16 star
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 : always go there 39 62 47 time 24
Which of the following steps will be the last but one ?
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- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- None of these
Correct Option: E
In the first step, the largest number goes on the leftmost position pushing the rest line rightward. In the next step the word that comes last in the alphabetical order occupies the second position from the left pushing the rest line rightward. Thus the number and words get arranged alternately till the numbers are place in the descending order and the words in the alphabetical order.
Input : always go there 39 62 47 time 24
Step I : 62 always go there 39 47 time 24
Step II : 62 always 47 go there 39 time 24
Step III : 62 always 47 go 39 there time 24
Step IV : 62 always 47 go 39 there 24 time
Hence steps III will be the last but one.
