Input Output for IBPS RRB Prelims: 29th July 2018

Directions (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.
Input: 29 auto 26 diagnose 67 months 16
Step I: auto 26 diagnose 67 months 16 29
Step II: auto diagnose 26 67 months 29 16
Step III: auto diagnose months 67 29 16 26
Step IV: auto diagnose months 29 16 26 67
Step V: 16 9 32 841 256 676 4489
And step V is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.
INPUT: Sumeet 68 eat 27 Rome 19 flute 26

Q1. Which element is exactly between the fourth from left and third from right in step 4?
(a) 68
(b) 26
(c) 27
(d) 19
(e) None of these

Q2. Which step number would be the following output?
“Sumeet flute Rome 68 eat 19 27 26”
(a) Step III
(b) Step IV
(c) Step I
(d) Step II
(e) None of the Above

Q3.  What is the position of ‘eat’ in the step III?
(a) Seventh from the right
(b) Sixth from the left
(c) Fourth from the right
(d) Fourth from the left
(e) None of these

Q4. In step III, what is the sum of 4th element and 6th element from left end?
(a) 84
(b) 89
(c) 87
(d) 88
(e) None of these

Q5. Which of the following would be at the third position from the left end in step V?
(a) 23
(b) 68
(c) Rome
(d) 26
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): 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.
Input: Owl 26 Ballia 53 Fox 92 Mango 17 Apple 34
Step 1: Apple 92 Owl 26 Ballia 53 Fox Mango 17 34
Step 2: Apple 92 Owl 34 26 Ballia 53 Fox Mango 17
Step 3: Apple 92 Owl 34 Mango 26 Ballia 53 Fox 17
Step 4: Apple 92 Owl 34 Mango 26 Fox 53 Ballia 17
And step 4 is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.
Input: Ferrari 2 Toy 68 UP 78 Eye 73 Rose 93

Q6. Which step is penultimate step?
(a) Step 4
(b) Step 2
(c) Step 5
(d) Step 3
(e) None of these

Q7. What is exactly between 68 and 2, in step 2?
(a) Rose
(b) Ferrari
(c) Toy
(d) 93
(e) 2

Q8. What is the position of ‘Toy’ in Step 4?
(a) 4th from left end
(b) 3rd from Right end
(c) 2nd from left end
(d) 5th from left end
(e) None of these

Q9. Which step number would be the following output?
‘Eye 78 Toy 93 UP 68 Ferrari 2 73 Rose’
(a) Step 3rd
(b) Step 4th
(c) Step 2nd
(d) No such Step
(e) None of these

Q10. In Step 3, what is the sum of the elements which are 3rd and 2nd from right end?
(a) 75
(b) 67
(c) 89
(d) 45
(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): 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.
Input:11 comb 19 kolkata 25 copper 90 but
Step 1: But 11 comb kolkata 25 copper 90 19
Step 2: But copper comb kolkata 25 90 19 11
Step 3: But copper kolkata comb 25 19 11 90
Step 4: But copper kolkata comb 19 11 90 25
Step 5: 40 54 11 6 10 2 9 7
And step 5 is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.
INPUT: 2 small 37 come 55 bus 33 some

Q11. Which element is exactly between the third from left and fourth from right in step 4?
(a) come
(b) 2
(c) 55
(d) 37
(e) None of these

Q12. Which step number would be the following output?
“Small some bus come 33 37 2 55”
(a) Step 3
(b) Step 4
(c) Step 1
(d) Step 2
(e) None of the Above

Q13. What is the position of ‘2’ in the step 4?
(a) Seventh from the right
(b) Fifth from the left
(c) Third from the right
(d) Fourth from the left
(e) None of these

Q14. In step 2, what is the sum of 6th element and 7th element from left end?
(a) 87
(b) 78
(c) 70
(d) 60
(e) 49

Q15. Which of the following would be at the third position from the left end in step 5?
(a) 33
(b) come
(c) bus
(d) 38
(e) some

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