It is crucial to have a strong command over the reasoning ability section to score high in competitive exams and make it to the final merit list. With frequent quizzes based on different topics from the reasoning ability section, Exammr has come to your rescue in improving your reasoning ability skills with the passage of each day.
Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and various steps of rearrangement.
Input: 39 57 19 20 37 41 68 53
Step I: 19 39 57 37 41 68 53 20
Step II: 19 37 57 41 68 53 20 39
Step III: 19 37 41 68 53 20 39 57
Step IV: 19 37 41 53 20 39 57 68
Step V: 21 34 43 50 22 36 59 65
Step VI: 21 34 43 50 36 59 65 22
Step VII: 21 43 50 36 59 65 22 34
Step VIII: 21 43 59 50 65 22 34 36
Step IX: 21 43 59 65 22 34 36 50
And Step IX is the last step of the rearrangement as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input : 27 60 47 33 23 73 64 61
Q1.How many steps are needed to complete this arrangement?
A. X
B. XII
C. VI
D. VIII
E. IX
Q2. Which of the following is fourth from the right end of Step VII in the above arrangement?
A. 61
B. 80
C. 62
D. 30
E. None of these
Q3. Which of the following represents the sum of the first and the last elements in the last step?
A. 50
B. 85
C. 100
D. 95
E. None of these
Q4. Which of the following is step V of the given input?
A. 25 29 61 63 70 30 44 62
B. 25 44 63 70 29 30 62 61
C. 25 29 61 63 30 44 62 70
D. 25 44 63 70 29 62 61 30
E. None of these
Q5. Which element is exactly between the sixth from left and sixth from right in step VIII?
A. 63, 70
B. 61, 59
C. 65, 84
D. 62, 44
E. 70,30
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and various steps of rearrangement.
Input: 149 159 129 135 115 127 105 146
Step I: 105 149 159 129 135 115 127 146
Step II: 105 115 149 159 129 135 127 146
Step III: 105 115 127 149 159 129 135 146
Step IV: 105 115 127 129 149 159 135 146
Step V: 105 115 127 129 135 149 159 146
Step VI: 105 115 127 129 135 146 149 159
Step VII: 5 4 5 7 2 2 5 4
Step VIII: 6 7 10 14 11 13 18 19
Step IX: 15 18 27 39 30 36 51 54
And Step IX is the last step of the rearrangement as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input : 179 118 139 147 189 125 169 109
Q6.How many steps are needed to complete this arrangement?
A. X
B. IX
C. VI
D. VIII
E. VII
Q7. Which of the following is step VII of the given input?
A. 9 7 3 6 3 3 2 1
B. 9 7 5 6 4 3 5 1
C. 8 5 3 6 3 4 2 1
D. 9 8 3 7 3 5 2 3
E. None of these
Q8. Which element is exactly between the 139 and 179 in step V?
A. 189
B. 118
C. 147
D. 169
E. None of these
Q9. Which element is fifth from the left end of Step IX in the above arrangement?
A. 38
B. 33
C. 45
D. 21
E. None of these
Q10. What is the difference between the first and the last elements in step VIII?
A. 6
B. 9
C. 12
D. 4
E. 10
Answers:
E. IX
C. 62
D. 95
D. 25 44 63 70 29 62 61 30
A. 63, 70
B. IX
A. 9 7 3 6 3 3 2 1
C. 147
B. 33
A. 6
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