Study the following information carefully and answer the questions based on…
2025
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions based on it. (Q. No. 70 to 72)
A set of words and numbers is passed through an arrangement machine and the following rearrangement is obtained:
Input: History 30 Maths 10 Chemistry 20 40 Sanskrit Economics 50
Step 1: 10 History 30 Maths 20 40 Sanskrit Economics 50 Chemistry
Step 2: 10 20 History 30 Maths 40 Sanskrit 50 Chemistry Economics
Step 3: 10 20 30 Maths 40 Sanskrit 50 Chemistry Economics History
Step 4: 10 20 30 40 Sanskrit 50 Chemistry Economics History Maths
Step 5: 10 20 30 40 50 Chemistry Economics History Maths Sanskrit
Step 5 is the last step of the arrangement.
A set of words and numbers is given below. As per the rules followed in the above steps, answer the questions based on it.
Input: 55 11 Geeta Babloo Radha 33 Omesh 22 44 Pinky
Which of the following is the Step 2?
- A.
11 22 33 55 Radha 44 Pinky Babloo Geeta Omesh
- B.
11 22 55 Radha 33 44 Babloo Pinky Geeta Omesh
- C.
11 22 55 Radha 33 Omesh 44 Pinky Babloo Geeta
- D.
11 22 33 Radha 55 44 Pinky Babloo Geeta Omesh
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Correct answer: C
Rule of the arrangement machine: at each step, the numbers already in the row are pulled together at the front in ascending numerical order (smallest first, one extra number per step), while the words are pushed together at the back in alphabetical order (earliest letter first, one extra word per step); every item that has not yet been moved keeps its original left-to-right order.
Applying the rule to the new input 55 11 Geeta Babloo Radha 33 Omesh 22 44 Pinky:
Step 1 - the smallest number in the row, 11, is moved to the front of the row, and the word that is first alphabetically among the five words, Babloo, is moved to the back; every other item keeps its original relative order. This produces: 11 55 Geeta Radha 33 Omesh 22 44 Pinky Babloo.
Step 2 - the next-smallest number, 22, is placed immediately after 11 at the front, and the next word alphabetically, Geeta, is placed immediately after Babloo at the back; the remaining items again keep their relative order. This produces: 11 22 55 Radha 33 Omesh 44 Pinky Babloo Geeta.
Cross-check against the worked sample: there, the words were released to the back in the order Chemistry, Economics, History, Maths, Sanskrit - exactly alphabetical order - and the numbers were pulled to the front in the order 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 - exactly ascending order; applying the same two rules twice to the new input gives the row above as Step 2.
So the row 11 22 55 Radha 33 Omesh 44 Pinky Babloo Geeta is Step 2.