IBPS PO 2024 · Question 107 of 260

Directions (2-6): A word/number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and its rearrangement (elements not yet processed remain in the middle in their original left-to-right order until their turn comes): Rule: In each step, among the numbers still in the middle the SMALLEST one is increased by 1 and shifted out to the leftmost vacant position; simultaneously, among the words still in the middle, the one that comes LAST in alphabetical (dictionary) order has its own letters rearranged into alphabetical order and is shifted out to the rightmost vacant position. Elements placed in earlier steps do not move again. This repeats for 5 steps (5 numbers, 5 words). Input: harbor 34 meadow 71 cactus 12 yonder 58 biscuit 45 Step I: 13 harbor 34 meadow 71 cactus 58 biscuit 45 denory Step II: 13 35 harbor 71 cactus 58 biscuit 45 ademow denory Step III: 13 35 46 71 cactus 58 biscuit abhorr ademow denory Step IV: 13 35 46 59 71 biscuit accstu abhorr ademow denory Step V: 13 35 46 59 72 bciistu accstu abhorr ademow denory Based on the above example, rearrange the below input: Input: falcon 27 juniper 63 quartz 9 amber 48 windmill 84 Which element is third to the right of '49' in Step V of the given input?

Input-output arrangement

1. Aacflno
2. BabemrCorrect
3. Ceijnpru
4. D64
5. ENone of these