The examination date of IBPS will held on 19 October 2013,
20 October 2013, 26 October 2013, and 27 October 2013. There is the common
written exam which is divided into five subdivision sections that are English
Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Computer Knowledge, Reasoning, General
Awareness. And the Reasoning section contains 40 Questions and these are from
different topics like Blood Relation, Direction Sense, Coding Decoding, Classification,
and Analogy.
Questions asked in Previous Year Exams
Directions : Study the following information
carefully and answer the given questions: (From IBPS PO/MT Exam 2012)
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. (All the
numbers are two-digit numbers.)
Input: tall 48 13 rise alt 99 76 32 wise jar high 28
56 barn
Step I: 13 tall 48 rise 99 76 32 wise jar high 28 56
bam alt
Step II: 28 13 tall 48 rise 99 76 32 wise jar high 56
alt barn
Step III: 32 28 13 tall 48 rise 99 76 wise jar 56 alt
barn high
Step IV: 48 32 28 13 tall rise 99 76 wise 56 alt barn
high jar
Step V: 56 48 32 28 13 tall 99 76 wise alt barn high
jar rise
Step VI: 76 56 48 32 28 13 99 wise alt barn high jar
rise tall
Step VII: 99 76 56 48 32 28 13 alt barn high jar rise
tall wise And Step VII is the last step of the above input, as the desired
arrangement is obtained.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in
each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: 84 why sit 14 32 not best ink feet 51 27 vain
68 92 (All the numbers are two-digit numbers.)
1. Which step number is the following output?
32 27 14 84 why sit not 51 vain 92 68 feet best ink
1) Step V
2) Step VI
3) Step IV
4) Step III
5) There is no such step.
2. Which word/number would be at 5th position from the
right in Step V?
1) 14
2) 92
3) feet
4) best
5) why
3. How many elements (words or numbers) are there between
'feet' and '32' as they appear in the last step of the output?
1) One
2) Three
3) Four
4) Five
5) Seven
4. Which of the following represents the position of
‘why' in the fourth step?
1) Eighth from the left
2) Fifth from the right
3) Sixth from the left
4) Fifth from the left
5) Seventh from the left
Solutions (For Qns 1-4):
The machine rearranges words and numbers in the following
way. Numbers are being arranged from left side with the smallest number coming
first and move subsequently so that in the last step numbers are arranged in
descending order. The words are arranged from right side as they appear in
English alphabetical order.
Input: 84 why sit 14 32 not best ink feet 51 27 vain 68
92
Step I: 14 84 why sit 32 not ink feet 51 27 vain 68 92
best
Step II: 27 14 84 why sit 32 not ink 51 vain 68 92 best
feet
Step III: 32 27 14 84 why sit not 51 vain 68 92 best feet
ink
Step IV: 51 32 27 14 84 why sit vain 6892 best feet ink
not
Step V: 68 51 32 27 14 84 why vain 92 best feet ink not
sit
Step VI: 84 68 51 32 27 14 why 92 best feet ink not sit
vain
Step VII: 92 68 84 51 32 27 14 best feet ink not sit vain
why
On the basis of above Output, The answers are :
Ans 1. 5
Ans 2. 4
Ans 3. 2; 27, 14 and best
Ans 4. 3; Step IV: 51 32 27 14 84 why sit vain 68 92 best
feet ink not.
The position of 'why' in this step is sixth from the left
end.
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