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ibps-so 2021 · Question 154 of 269

Read the following information carefully and answer the following questions. A word/number arrangement machine when given an input line of word/numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangements. Input: pages 53 panther 56 pause 33 paper 37 painter 68 Step I: 66 pages 53 panther 56 pause 33 paper 37 painter e e Step II: 66 pause pages 53 panther 56 33 paper 37 painter Step III: 66 pause 54 pages 53 panther 33 paper 37 painter Step IV: 66 pause 54 paper pages 53 panther 33 37 painter Step V: 66 pause 54 paper 51 pages panther 33 37 painter Step VI: 66 pause 54 paper 51 panther pages 33 37 painter Step VII: 66 pause 54 paper 51 panther 35 pages 31 painter Step VIII: 66 paper 54 pause 51 panther 35 painter pages 33 Step IX: 66 pause 54 paper 51 panther 35 painter 31 pages Step IX is the last step of the rearrangements, Based on the following logic rearrange the given input. Input: monkey 67 layer 52 eager 77 animals 99 surprise 37 What is the position of ‘65’ from right end in Step VII?

  1. ASecond
  2. BThird
  3. CFourth
  4. DFifth
  5. EThere is no such stepCorrect

Answer: E. There is no such step

Explanation

In first step the highest number is arranged from the left side after subtracting 2 with it. And in the second step the word is arranged in the reverse alphabetical order after the number arranged in the first step. This process is repeated till the last step. Input: monkey 67 layer 52 eager 77 animals 99 surprise 37 Step I: 97 monkey 67 layer 52 eager 77 animals surprise 37 Step II: 97 surprise monkey 67 layer 52 eager 77 animals 37 w w Step III: 97 surprise 75 monkey 67 layer 52 eager animals 37 Step IV: 97 surprise 75 monkey 65 layer 52 eager animals 37 Step V: 97 surprise 75 monkey 65 layer 50 eager animals 37 Step VI: 97 surprise 75 monkey 65 layer 50 eager 35 animals

Source: IBPS SO Prelims Memory Based 2021 (RA/LO) - ixamBee (compilation B) · memory-based

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