Input-Output Quiz For IBPS PO: Part 6

Directions (Q.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of Input and rearrangement.(All the numbers are two digit numbers.)

• Input: Monkey 21 Carrot 78 Eagle 56 Donkey 43 Apple 34 India 87

• Step I: 21 Monkey Carrot 78 Eagle 56 Donkey 43 Apple 34 India 87

• Step II: 21 Monkey Carrot 78 Eagle 56 Donkey 43 Apple India 87 34

• Step III: 43 21 Monkey Carrot 78 Eagle 56 Donkey Apple India 87 34

• Step IV: 43 21 Monkey Carrot 78 Eagle Donkey Apple India 87 34 56

• Step V: 87 43 21 Monkey Carrot 78 Eagle Donkey Apple India 34 56

• Step VI: 87 43 21 Monkey Carrot Eagle Donkey Apple India 34 56 78

• Step VII: Apple 87 43 21 Monkey Eagle Donkey India 34 56 78 Carrot

• Step VIII: Eagle Apple 87 43 21 Monkey India 34 56 78 Carrot Donkey

• Step IX: India Eagle Apple 87 43 21 34 56 78 Carrot Donkey Monkey

And Step VII is the last step of the rearrangement as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input : Eat 11 Key 68 Lock 35 Owl 32 Unique 57 Them 46

Q1. Which of the following is eighth from the left end of Step VIII in the above arrangement?
A. 11
B. Owl
C. Lock
D. 32
E. 46

Q2. How many steps are needed to complete this arrangement?
A. V
B. VII
C. IX
D. X
E. VIII

Q3. Which step are the elements ’11 Unique Them’ found in the same order?
A. VII
B. VIII
C. IX
D. III
E. None of these

Q4. What is the position of ‘ Lock' in Step V?
A. Seventh from the left end
B. Fifth from the right end
C. Third from the right end
D. Eighth from the left end
E. None of these

Q5. How many steps are required after the step III?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. 2
E. 6

Solution & Answers

1. D

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. E

Solution:

• Input: Eat 11 Key 68 Lock 35 Owl 32 Unique 57 Them 46
• Step I: 11 Eat Key 68 Lock 35 Owl 32 Unique 57 Them 46
• Step II: 11 Eat Key 68 Lock 35 Owl Unique 57 Them 46 32
• Step III: 35 11 Eat Key 68 Lock Owl Unique 57 Them 46 32
• Step IV: 35 11 Eat Key 68 Lock Owl Unique 57 Them 32 46
• Step V: 57 35 11 Eat Key 68 Lock Owl Unique Them 32 46
• Step VI: 57 35 11 Eat Key Lock Owl Unique Them 32 46 68
• Step VII: Eat 57 35 11 Lock Owl Unique Them 32 46 68 Key
• Step VIII: Owl Eat 57 35 11Unique Them 32 46 68 Key Lock
• Step IX: Unique Owl Eat 57 35 11 32 46 68 Key Lock Them