Question

    Directions : Study the following information to answer the given questions: A number sorting machine, when given an input of numbers, rearranges the numbers in a particular manner step by step as indicated below till all the numbers are arranged in a particular order. Input: 17 56 32 70 81 25 77 92 52 23 60 97 Step I: 17 23 32 70 81 25 77 92 52 56 60 97 Step II: 17 23 32 70 81 25 77 60 52 56 92 97 Step III: 17 23 25 70 81 32 77 60 52 56 92 97 Step IV: 17 23 25 70 56 32 77 60 52 81 92 97 Step V: 17 23 25 32 56 70 77 60 52 81 92 97 Step VI: 17 23 25 32 56 70 52 60 77 81 92 97 Step VII: 17 23 25 32 52 70 56 60 77 81 92 97 Step VIII: 17 23 25 32 52 60 56 70 77 81 92 97 Step IX: 17 23 25 32 52 56 60 70 77 81 92 97 and step IX is the last step for the given input.

    How many steps would be required to get the final

    output for the following input? Input: 75 25 50 40 100 70
    A Three Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Four Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Five Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Six Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Input: 75 25 50 40 100 70 Step I: 25 75 50 40 100 70 Step II: 25 75 50 40 70 100 Step III: 25 40 50 75 70 100 Step IV: 25 40 50 70 75 100 Since all the numbers get arranged in ascending order in step IV this is the last step for the given input.

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