Reasoning Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2015 – Set 5



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A word and number
arrangement machine when given on input line of words and numbers rearranges
them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration
of input and rearrangement.
Input: 24 print
11 engine 13 54 umbrella fellow 12 italian 5 complete.
Step I: print 12
24 11 engine 13 54 umbrella fellow italian 5 complete.
Step II: print 12
fellow 24 11 engine 13 54 umbrella italian 5 complete.
Step III: print
12 fellow 24 complete 54 11 engine 13 umbrella italian 5.
Step IV: print 12
fellow 24 complete 54 engine 13 11 umbrella italian 5.
Step V: print 12
fellow 24 complete 54 engine 13 italian 11 umbrella 5.
Step V 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 steps for the input given
below.
Input: fire 27
hear 36 national 17 unicorn 18 31 quit owner 23 address 11 earn 32.
1. How many steps
will be needed to complete the rearrangement ?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Seven
(e) None of these
2. Which steps would
be the following output?
quit 18 national 27
hear 32 fire 36 17 unicorn 31 owner 23 address 11 earn.
(a) III
(b) IV
(c) V
(d) II
(e) None of these
3. Which of the
following would be at 7th position from the right of step III ?
(a) 31
(b) Unicorn
(c) 17
(d) fire
(e) None of these
4. In step V if ’18’
is related to ’11’ and ’27’ is related to ’17’ in a certain way, which of the
following
would ’36’ be related in
same pattern?
(a) earn
(b) owner
(c) 23
(d) 31
(e) None of these
5. Which of the following
step would be step IV?
(a) quit 18 national 27 hear 32 fire 36 address 31 17
unicorn owner 23 11 earn.
(b) quit 18 national 27 hear 32 fire 36 address 31 earn 23 17
unicorn owner 11.
(c) quit 18 national 27 fire hear 36 17 unicorn 31 owner 23
address 11 earn 32.
(d) quit 18 national 27 hear 32 fire 36 31 address earn 23
17 unicorn owner 11.
(e) None of these

Solutions:

The machine rearranges one word and one number in each step.
First it rearranges words starting with a consonant in reverse alphabetical
order, and then it rearranges words starting with a vowel in alphabetical
order. For numbers, it first rearranges composite numbers in ascending order,
then prime number in descending order.
Input: fire 27
hear 36 national 17 unicorn 18 31 quit owner 23 address 11 earn 32.
Step I: quit 18
fire 27 hear 36 national 17 unicorn 31 owner 23 address 11 earn 32.
Step II: quit 18
national 27 fire hear 36 17 unicorn 31 owner 23 address 11 earn 32.
Step III: quit 18
national 27 hear 32 fire 36 17 unicorn 31 owner 23 address 11 earn.
Step IV: quit 18
national 27 hear 32 fire 36 address 31 17 unicorn owner 23 11 earn.
Step V: quit 18
national 27 hear 32 fire 36 address 31 earn 23 17 unicorn owner 11.
Step VI: quit 18
national 27 hear 32 fire 36 address 31 earn 23 owner 17 unicorn 11.



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