Directions (1-5): 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 input and rearrangement.
Input: Automobile Education without Vowel off 9 42 15 72 3.
Step I: off 9 Automobile Education without Vowel 9 42 15 72.
Step II: off 9 Vowel 27 Automobile Education without 42 15 72.
Step III: off 9 Vowel 27 without 45 Automobile Education 42 72.
Step IV: off 9 Vowel 27 without 45 Education 14 Automobile 72.
Step V: off 9 Vowel 27 without 45 Education 14 Automobile 24.
Step V, is the last step
Input: Auriferous Mensuration Tambouri Author Motto 5 24 11 84 102.
ExplanationsIn each step a word and a number are arranged from left to right.
Words are arranged in increasing order on the basis of the total number of vowels in the word.
Numbers are arranged in increasing order from the left end. If the number is an odd number, then it is multiplied by three as it is arranged. Otherwise it is divided by three as it is arranged.
Input: Auriferous Mensuration Tambouri Author Motto 5 24 11 84 102.
Step 1: Motto 15 Auriferous Mensuration Tambouri Author 24 11 84 102.
Step 2: Motto 15 Author 33 Auriferous Mensuration Tambouri 24 84 102.
Step 3: Motto 15 Author 33 Tambouri 8 Auriferous Mensuration 84 102.
Step 4: Motto 15 Author 33 Tambouri 8 Mensuration 28 Auriferous 102.
Step5: Motto 15 Author 33 Tambouri 8 Mensuration 28 Auriferous 34.
Q1. Which of the following will be the penultimate step?
(a) Step VI
(b) Step V
(c) Step IV
(d) Step III
(e) None of these
Q2. Which of the following will be sixth from the right end in third step?
(a) Tambouri
(b) 33
(c) Author
(d) 15
(e) None of these
Q3. Which word/number would be the second from the right end in Step IV?
(a) 28
(b) Mensuration
(c) 102
(d) Auriferous
(e) None of these
Q4. After how many steps no further rearrangement of words is possible?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None of these
Q5. Which of the following will be the step IV?
(a) Motto 15 Author 33 Tambouri 8 Mensuration 28 Auriferous 102.
(b) Motto 15 Author 33 Tambouri 28 Mensuration 28 Auriferous 102.
(c) Motto 15 Author 32 Tambouri 8 Mensuration 28 Auriferous 102.
(d) Motto 5 Author 33 Tambouri 8 Mensuration 28 Auriferous 102.
(e) None of these
Answers
1. Ans.(c)
2. Ans.(a)
3. Ans.(d)
4. Ans.(b)
5. Ans.(a)