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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Step III of an input is : 86 box 63 18 gear card 51 new How many more step will be required to complete the arrangement ?
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- Three
- Two
- Four
- Five
- None of these
Correct Option: A
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.
Step III: 86 box 63 18 gear card 51 new
Step IV: 86 box 63 card 18 gear 51 new
Step V: 86 box 63 card 51 18 gear new. Step VI: 86 box 63 card 51 gear 18 new. Hence 6 – 3 = 3 more steps will be required.
