Reasoning For IBPS/BOM Exams

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 digits numbers)

Input:  take 61 26 mock boom 88 81 47 work known inch 36 69 cool.

Step I:  26 take 61 mock 88 81 47 work known inch 36 69 cold boom.

Step II:  36 26 take 61 mock 88 81 47 work known inch 69 boom cold.

Step III:  47 36 26 take 61 mock 88 81 work known 69 boom cold inch.

Step IV:  61 47 36 26 take mock 88 81 work 69 boom cold inch known.

Step V:  69 61 47 36 26 take 88 81 work boom cold inch known mock.

Step VI:  81 69 61 47 36 26 88 work boom cold inch known mock take.

Step VII:  88 81 69 61 47 36 26 boom cold inch known mock take work.

Step VII is the last step of the above input, as the desired 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:  89 what rose 19 46 niece dream lotus game 61 23 unlucky 71 97   (All the numbers are two digits numbers) .

Q1. Which step number is the following output? 

46 23 19 89 what rose niece 61 unlucky 97 71 game dream lotus. 

(a) Step V

(b) Step VI

(c) Step IV

(d) Step III

(e) There is no such step 

Q2. Which word/number would be at 5th position from the right in Step V? 

(a) 19

(b) 97

(c) game

(d) dream

(e) what

Q3. How many elements (words or numbers) are there between ‘game’ and ’46’ as they appear in the last step of the output? 

(a) One

(b) Three

(c) Four

(d) Five

(e) Seven 

Q4. Which of the following represents the position of ‘what’ in the fourth step? 

(a) Eighth from the left

(b) Fifth from the right 

(c) Sixth from the left

(d) Fifth from the left

(e) Seventh from the left

Q5. Which word/number would be at 3rd position from the right in Step IV? 

(a) 19

(b) 97

(c) game

(d) dream

(e) what

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully 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 an input and its rearrangement. 

Input: persons immediate determined exactly circle opportunities 60 75 80 30 10

Step I: determined persons immediate exactly circle opportunities 60 75 80 10 30 

Step II: determined persons circle immediate exactly opportunities 75 80 10 30 60

Step III: determined persons circle immediate opportunities exactly 80 10 30 60 75 

Step IV: determined persons circle opportunities immediate exactly 10 30 60 75 80 

And step IV is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out the appropriate steps for the above input.

Input: executives consumer different information machine arrangements 25 43 73 82 95

Q6. How many steps will be required to complete the given arrangement? 

(a) Five

(b) Six

(c) Seven 

(d) Four 

(e) None of the above 

Q7. Which of the following is the third element from the left in step V?

(a) Consumer 

(b) Machine 

(c) Executives 

(d) 73

(e) None of the above

Q8. Which of the following is step III of the given input?

(a) Different consumer executives information machine arrangements 73 82 95 25 43 

(b) Different consumer machine executives information arrangements 82 95 25 43 73

(c) Different consumer machine arrangements executives information 95 25 43 73 82

(d) Different consumer executives machine information arrangements 25 43 73 82 95 

(e) None of the above 

Q9. What is the position of ‘arrangements’ from the left end in the last step of the output? 

(a) Fifth 

(b) Sixth

(c) Fourth 

(d) Seventh 

(e) None of the above 

Q10. Which of element is third to the right of ‘information’ in step IV?

(a) Machine 

(b) 43

(c) 25

(d) 73

(e) None of the above

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully 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 an input and its rearrangement.

Input: done with 41 17 one 13 front 24

Step I: with done 41 17 one 13 front 24

Step II: with 13 done 41 17 one front 24

Step III: with 13 one done 41 17 front 24

Step IV: with 13 one 41 done 17 front 24

Step V: with 13 one 41 front done 17 24

Step VI: with 13 one 41 front 24 done 17

And step VI is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the above input.

Input: dustbin follow 45 16 parrot 23 every genius 22 42

Q11. The following output will be in which step?

Parrot 22 genius 23 follow dustbin 45 16 every 42

(a) III

(b) IV

(c) VI

(d) V

(e) None of the above 

Q12. How many steps will be required to complete the given rearrangement?

(a) Six

(b) Seven 

(c) Eight 

(d) Nine

(e) None of the above 

Q13. Which of the following represents the first two and the last two elements in the last step?

(a) Parrot, 22 and every, 42

(b) Parrot, 22 and dustbin, 45

(c) Genius, 23 and dustbin, 45

(d) Follow, 42 and every, 16

(e) None of the above 

Q14. Which of the following elements is fifth from the left in step V?

(a) Follow

(b) 23

(c) Dustbin

(d) 42

(e) None of the above 

Q15. How many elements are there between 42 and 45 in step VII?

(a) One 

(b) Two 

(c) Three 

(d) None 

(e) None of the above