Machine Input/ Output Practice Test Question Paper - 3 with Answer Key and Solution [Reasoning Ability]

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Machine Input/ Output Practice Test- 3

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

A word and number, arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: talk 61 26 mold boom 88 81 47 work known ink 36 69 cold

Step I: 26 talk 61 mold 88 81 47 work known ink 36 69 cold boom
Step II: 36 26 talk 61 mold 88 81 47 work known ink 69 boom cold
Step III: 47 36 26 talk 61 mold 88 81 work known 69 boom cold ink
Step IV: 61 47 36 26 talk mold 88 81 work 69 boom cold ink known
Step V: 69 61 47 36 26 talk 88 81 work boom cold ink known mold
Step VI: 81 69 61 47 36 26 88 work boom cold ink known mold talk
Step VII: 88 81 69 61 47 36 26 boom cold ink known mold talk work

Step VII is the last step of the above input, as the desired arrangement is obtained.

Input: 89 who root 19 46 near drink link gold 61 23 under 71 97

Q.1. Which step number is the following output?
46 23 19 89 who root near 61 under 71 97 drink gold link

A) Step III
B) Step IV
C) Step V
D) Step VI
E) None of these

Q.2. Which word/number would be at 7th position from the right in Step III?

A) 46
B) under
C) root
D) 61
E) None of these

Q.3. How many elements are there between 'gold' and '46' as they appear in the last step of the output?

A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) None of these

Q.4. What is the position of 'root' in step - III?

A) Fifth from the left
B) Fifth from the right
C) Sixth from the left
D) Sixth from the right
E) None of these

Q.5. Which of the following is step IV of the given input?

A) 61 46 23 19 89 who root under 71 97 drink gold link near
B) 61 46 23 19 89 under 71 who root 97 drink gold link near
C) 61 46 23 19 89 who link root 71 under 97 drink gold near
D) 61 46 23 19 who 89 root link gold under 71 97 drink near
E) None of these

Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A word-and-number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step.The following is an illustration of the input and its rearrangement. (All the numbers are two digit no.'s)

Input: Ran Om Ada Pra Jit Kash Rsh

Step I: Pra Ada Om Rsh Kash Jit Ran
Step II: Rsh Om Ada Ran Jit Kash Pra
Step III: Rsh Kash Ada Ran Jit Om Pra
Step IV: Rsh Kash Jit Ran Ada Om Pra
Step V: Ran Jit Kash Pra Om Ada Rsh

And so on goes the machine. Study the logic and answer the questions that follow.

Q.6. Given the following Input : Suraj and Prakash are working very hard
What Step will be the following arrangement?
Arrangement: are and working hard Prakash very Suraj

A) 4th
B) 5th
C) 6th
D) 7th
E) None of these

Q.7. If step VII of a given input be ' Satyam Raghu and Mrinali are good friends ', what is the step III of that input?

A) Raghu are good and friends Mrinali Satyam
B) Raghu good are Satyam friends and Mrinali
C) Mrinali good are friends and Raghu Satyam
D) Mrinali are good friends Raghu and Satyam
E) None of these

Q.8. What would be the input if step VI of a given input is ' Sunil and Anshul are fighting for ball'?

A) fighting for ball Sunil Anshul and are
B) ball fighting for Sunil Anshul and are
C) for ball fighting Anshul Sunil and are
D) ball for fighting Sunil Anshul and are
E) None of these

Q.9. Given the following input, whTo would be step VI of the input?
Input: Manohar Prasad Tripathi Love To Play Hocky.

A) Love Play Hocky To Prasad Tripathi Manohar
B) Love Play To Hocky Tripathi Prasad Manohar
C) Play Love Hocky To Tripathi Prasad Manohar
D) Love Play Hocky To Tripathi Prasad Manohar
E) None of these

Q.10. In which step the arrangement be same as the input?

A) VIIth
B) IXth
C) Xth
D) Not possible
E) None of these

Answers of above questions:

Solution for Q .1 to 5

Input: 89 who root 19 46 near drink link gold 61 23 under 71 97

Step I: 19 89 who root 46 near link gold 61 23 under 71 97 drink
Step II: 23 19 89 who root 46 near link 61 under 71 97 drink gold
Step III: 46 23 19 89 who root near 61 under 71 97 drink gold link
Step IV: 61 46 23 19 89 who root under 71 97 drink gold link near
Step V: 71 61 46 23 19 89 who under 97 drink gold link near root
Step VI: 89 71 61 46 23 19 who 97 drink gold link near root under
Step VII: 97 89 71 61 46 23 19 drink gold link near root under who

Solution for Q. 6 to 10

First we will number each word according to their place from left end.
Input: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Step I: 4 3 2 7 6 1 5 (words are rearranged in this sequence)
Step II: 7 2 3 1 5 6 4 (words are rearranged in the same sequence as from Input to Step I)
Step III: 7 6 3 1 5 2 4 (2nd and 6th words are interchanged)
Step IV: 7 6 5 1 3 2 4 (3td and 5th elements are interchanged)
Step V: 1 5 6 4 2 3 7 (Step I is repeated)
Step VI: 4 6 5 7 3 2 1 (Step II is repeated)
Step VII: 4 2 5 7 3 6 1 (Step III is repeated)
Step VIII: 4 2 3 7 5 6 1 (Step IV is repeated)
Step IX : 7 3 2 1 6 5 4 (Step I is repeated)
Step X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Step II is repeated)

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