Input-Output Questions for RRB PO and Clerk Exam 2017 |

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

A word and 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 rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digit numbers and all are arranged as per some logic based on the value of the number.)

Input: warm 56 32 93 box find 46 home 28 11 gate clear

Step I: 93 56 32 box find 46 home 28 11 gate clear warm

Step II: 11 93 56 32 box find 46 28 gate clear warm home

Step III: 56 11 93 32 box find 46 28 clear warm home gate

Step IV: 28 56 11 93 32 box 46 clear warm home gate find

Step V: 46 28 56 11 93 32 box warm home gate find clear

Step VI: 32 46 28 56 11 93 warm home gate find clear box

Step VI is the last step of the arrangement the above input.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: fox 89 and tiger 28 16 battle camp 36 53 held 68

Q1. Which of the following would be step II?

(a) 89 fox and 28 16 battle camp 36 53 held 68 tiger

(b) 36 53 28 68 16 89 tiger held fox camp battle and

(d) 53 28 68 16 89 36 tiger held fox camp battle and

(e) None of these

Q2. Which word/number would be at seventh position from the left end in step IV?

(a) battle

(b) and

(d) tiger

(e) 53

Q3. Which step number would be the following output?

‘53 28 68 16 89 and 36 tiger held fox camp battle’

(a) There will be no such step.

(b) III

(d) V

(e) IV

Q4. In which step the elements ‘36 tiger held’ found in the same order?

(a) Step V

(b) Step IV

(d) Step II

(e) Step III

Q5. Which element is exactly between ‘89’ and ‘battle’ in Step IV?

(a) and

(b) 28

(d) fox

(e) none of these

Directions (6-10): Study the given information and answer the 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 its rearrangement.

Input: magic 31 earth 36 old 47 unit 79 stress 82 talk 28

Step I: earth 31 magic 36 old 47 unit 79 stress 82 talk 28

Step II: old 47 earth 31 magic 36 unit 79 stress 82 talk 28

Step III: unit 79 old 47 earth 31 magic 36 stress 82 talk 28

Step IV: magic 28 unit 79 old 47 earth 31 36 stress 82 talk

Step V: stress 36 magic 28 unit 79 old 47 earth 31 82 talk

Step VI: talk 82 stress 36 magic 28 unit 79 old 47 earth 31

Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: field 97 in 16 green 19 all 67 tree 52 our 68

Q6. Which element is exactly between ‘67’ and ‘19’ in Step III?

(a) all

(b) our

(d) in

(e) None of these

Q7. What is the difference between the number which is second from left end in Step V and the number which is second from the right end in Step IV?

(a) 4

(b) 10

(d) 0

(e) None of these

Q8. How many steps are required to complete the above arrangements?

(a) four

(b) Seven

(d) six

(e) Five

Q9. In which step the elements “19 green tree” found in the same order?

(a) Step IV

(b) Step V

(d) Step I

(e) Step III

Q10. In step V, ‘green’ is related to ‘68’ and ‘52’ is related to ‘tree’. In the same way ‘field’ is related to?

(a) all

(b) 67

(d) 19

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Input : uniform 46 train 54 fire 26 done 68 box 32

Step I : box uniform 46 train 54 fire 26 done 32 68

Step II : done box uniform 46 train fire 26 32 68 54

Step III : fire done box uniform train 26 32 68 54 46

Step IV : train fire done box uniform 26 68 54 46 32

Step V : uniform train fire done box 68 54 46 32 26

Step V is the last step of the above arrangement.

As per the rules followed in the steps given above, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: motor 48 wood 36 share 64 has 52 got 18

Q11. Which of the following represents the position of ‘64’ in the fifth step?

(a) Eighth from the left end

(b) Sixth from the left end

(d) Sixth from the right end

(e) None of these

Q12. Which of the following would be fourth to the left of second to the right of “18” in Step IV ?

(a) got

(b)motor

(d) share

(e) None of these

Q13. In the last step of the rearrangement, ‘wood’ is related to ‘18’ and ‘share’ is related to ‘36’ in a certain way. Which of the following would ‘motor’ be related to, following the same pattern?

(a)48

(b) 52

(d) got

(e) None of these

Q14. How many elements (words or numbers) are there between ‘has’ and ‘18’ as they appear in the last but one of the outputs?

(a) One

(b) Three

(d) Five

(e) None of these

Q15. Which step number would be the following output?

motor has got wood 36 share 18 64 52 48

(a) Step IV

(b) Step V

(d) Step VII

(e) Step III

Input-Output Questions for RRB PO and Clerk Exam 2017(Solution)

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