Reasoning - Input and Output Test 11

Directions : 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 rear-ranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digit numbers.)

Input:  76 pink 83 colour 79 each 65 owl ice 81

Step I:  each 76 pink 83 color 79 65 owl ice 81

Step II:  each 65 76 pink 83 color 79 owl ice 81

Step III: each 65 ice 76 pink 83 color 79 owl 81

Step IV: each 65 ice 76 owl pink 83 color 79 81

Step V:  each 65 ice 76 owl 79 pink 83 color 81

Step VI: each 65 ice 76 owl 79 color pink 83 81

Step VII:each 65 ice 76 owl 79 color 81 pink 83

Step VII is the last step of the above input as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed above, find the appropriate te step for the given input.

Input:  magazine 14 desire 21 input 13 28 expire activate 25 30

1. Which step numb r is the following output?

           activate  13    expire    14     input     magazine     desire     21    28    25    30

A. STEP IV

B. STEP V

C. STEP VII

D. There is no such step

E. None of the above

2. How many elements (words or numbers) are there

A. 2 

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5 

E. 6

3.  Which word / number would be at the fifth posi-tion from the right in Step III?

A.  desire

B. 14

C. input

D. 21

E. none of the above

4. Which of the following represents the position of ‘input’ in the sixth step? 

A.  Seventh from the left

B. Fifth from the right

C. Fifth from the left

D. Sixth from the right

E. None of the above

5. How many steps would be required to get the final output?

A. 6

B.7

C.5

D.9

E.8

Answers:

1. 2
2. 4
3. 4
4. 3
5. 5