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.)

    What will be step II for the following input?

    >Input: 50, 69, 19, 101, 88, 61, 26, 74
    A 19, 26, 50, 69, 61, 101, 88, 74 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 19, 50, 69, 88, 61, 26, 74, 101 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 19, 50, 69, 61, 26, 74, 88, 101 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 19, 26, 50, 69, 99, 49, 74, 101 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Input: 50, 69, 19, 101, 88, 61, 26, 74 Step I: 19, 50, 69, 101, 88, 61, 26, 74 Step II: 19, 50, 69, 88, 61, 26, 74, 101

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