Reasoning Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2015 – Set 14

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A word and number
arrangement machine when given an Input line of words and numbers rearranges
them following a particular rule. The
following is an illustration of Input and rearrangement.

Input: tea at
road 2 9 based 4 25 sooner 6 nearest 49 8 torture.

Step I: at 2 tea
road 9 based 4 25 sooner 6 nearest 49 8 tortures.

Step II: at 2
based 25 tea road 9 4 sooner 6 nearest 49 8 tortures.

Step III: at 2
based 25 nearest 49 tea road 9 4 sooner 6 8 tortures.

Step IV: at 2
based 25 nearest 49 road 4 tea 9 sooner 6 8 tortures

Step V: at 2
based 25 nearest 49 road 4 sooner 6 tea 8 tortures.

Step VI: at 2
based 25 nearest 49 road 4 sooner 6 tea 9 tortures 8

Step VI is the last
step of the rearrangement.

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

Input: bus 9 a
joints rose 1 6 4 toe 49 9 princes managements 121 tight 25.

1. Which step number
will be the following output?

“a 1 bus 9
joints 6 managements 121 princes 49 rose 4 toe 9 tight 25”

(a) Step I

(b) Step II

(d) Step VII

(e) None of these

2. How many steps are
needed to complete this arrangement?

(a) four

(b) five

(d) seven

(e) None of these

3. What is the
position of ‘4’ in step II?

(a) fifth from the right

(b) fourth from the right

(d) seventh from the right

(e) None of these

4. Which of the
following is 5th from the left of step IV in the above arrangement?

(a) bus

(b) 1

(d) joints

(e) None of these

5. Which of the
following is the last step of the given Input?

(a) a 1 bus 9 joints 6 managements 121 rose 4 toe 49, 9
princes tight 25

(b) a 1 bus 9 joints 6 tighty 25 121 rose managements 4 toe
49 9 princes

(d) a 1 bus 9 joints 6 managements 121 princes 49 rose 4
tight 25 toe 9

(e) None of these

Solutions:

The word and number rearrangement machine rearranges
one word and one number in each step from left to right
end. It rearranges words in an alphabetical order, and
numbers in such a way that if the number of alphabet
present in
word is even the number is even comes along with word
and if the number of
alphabet is odd the number is square of total number of
alphabet present in that odd word.

For the given Input:

Input: bus 9 a joints rose 1 6 4 toe 49 9 princes
managements 121 tight 25
Step I: a 1 bus 9 joints rose 6 4 toe 49 9 princes
managements 121 tight 25
Step II: a 1 bus 9 joints 6 rose 4 toe 49 9 princes
managements 121 tight 25
Step III: a 1 bus 9 joints 6 managements 121 rose 4 toe 49
9 princes tight 25
Step IV: a 1 bus 9 joints 6 managements 121 princes 49
rose 4 toe 9 tight 25
Step V: a 1 bus 9 joints 6 managements 121 princes 49
rose 4 tight 25 toe 9

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Sahasra, Arjit, Anu
Butterfly/Ruchi/uk/Ettle
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