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.)

    If the second step for an input is as given below, what

    will be the fifth step for the same input? Step II: 29, 52, 47, 91, 66, 142, 111, 193
    A 29, 47, 52, 66, 91, 111, 142, 193 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 29, 47, 52, 91, 66, 111, 142, 193 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 29, 47, 52, 66, 111, 91, 142, 193 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 29, 47, 66, 52, 111, 91, 142, 193 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Step II: 29, 52, 47, 91, 66, 142, 111, 193 Step III: 29, 47, 52, 91, 66, 142, 111, 193 Step IV: 29, 47, 52, 91, 66, 111, 142, 193 Step V: 29, 47, 52, 66, 91, 111, 142, 193

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