Question

    Directions : Study the following information carefully to answer the questions given below: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. Given below is an illustration of this arrangement. Input: 45, 163, 53, 19, 81, 139, 18, 48, 73, 96 Step I: 18, 45, 163, 53, 19, 81, 139, 48, 73, 96 Step II: 18, 45, 53, 19, 81, 139, 48, 73, 96, 163 Step III: 18, 19, 45, 53, 81, 139, 48, 73, 96, 163 Step IV: 18, 19, 45, 53, 81, 48, 73, 96, 139, 163 Step V: 18, 19, 45, 48, 53, 81, 73, 96, 139, 163 Step VI: 18, 19, 45, 48, 53, 73, 81, 96, 139, 163 (This is the final arrangement and VI is the last step for this input.)

    How many steps will be required for getting the final

    output for the following input? Input: 111, 81, 62, 40, 63, 36, 173, 29, 141, 74
    A 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 6 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 7 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 8 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Input: 111, 81, 62, 40, 63, 36, 173, 29, 141, 74 Step I: 29, 111, 81, 62, 40, 63, 36, 173, 141, 74 Step II: 29, 111, 81, 62, 40, 63, 36, 141, 74, 173 Step III: 29, 36, 111, 81, 62, 40, 63, 141, 74, 173 Step IV: 29, 36, 111, 81, 62, 40, 63, 74, 141, 173 Step V: 29, 36, 40, 111, 81, 62, 63, 74, 141, 173 Step VI: 29, 36, 40, 81, 62, 63, 74, 111, 141, 173 Step VII: 29, 36, 40, 62, 81, 63, 74, 111, 141, 173 Step VIII: 29, 36, 40, 62, 63, 74, 81, 111, 141, 173

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