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.)

    Which of the following will be the 4th step for the

    following input? Input: 56, 72, 94, 148, 36, 16, 213, 62, 89, 129
    A 16, 36, 56, 72, 94, 62, 89, 129, 148, 213 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 16, 36, 56, 62, 72, 94, 89, 129, 148, 213 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 16, 36, 56, 72, 62, 94, 89, 129, 148, 213 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 16, 36, 56, 62, 72, 89, 94, 129, 148, 213 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Input: 56, 72, 94, 148, 36, 16, 213, 62, 89, 129 Step I: 16, 56, 72, 94, 148, 36, 213, 62, 89, 129 Step II: 16, 56, 72, 94, 148, 36, 62, 89, 129, 213 Step III: 16, 36, 56, 72, 94, 148, 62, 89, 129, 213 Step IV: 16, 36, 56, 72, 94, 62, 89, 129, 148, 213

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