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Answer the questions based on the information given below.
A word arrangement, when rearranged by given input follow a particular rule/logic in each step. Following is an example of input and rearrangement. Study that rule/logic and apply on given problem.
INPUT : one cannot but feel sorry for him
Steps /Results :
(I) but cannot one sorry feel him for
(II) cannot but feel sorry one for him
(III) but cannot sorry feel him for one
(IV) sorry cannot but him feel one for
If Step VI reads, ‘the best way of promoting our nation’, what will be the arrangement of the input ?
- (a)
best the nation way of our promoting
- (b)
our promoting the best nation way of
- (c)
promoting best nation of the our way
- (d)
of our best the way nation promoting
Answer: Option C
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Text Explanation :
In the given input the logice used is:
From Input to Step 1 - 1st word is exchanged with 3rd, 4th is exchanged with 5th and 6th is exchanged wiht 7th.
From Step 1 to Step 2 - 1st word is exchanged with 2nd, 3rd is exchanged with 5th and 6th is exchanged with 7th.
From step to step 3 - 1st word is exchanged with 2nd, 3rd is exchanged with 4th and 5th is exchaned with 7th.
From Step 3 to Step 4 - Same as Step 1.
From Step 4 to Step 5 - Same as Step 2 and
From Step 5 to Step 6 - Same as Step 3
Therefore Step 5 for the Inpur in Question will be
cannot sorry feel him but for one
And, Step 6 for the same input will be
sorry cannot him feel one for but
Considering the given explanation
If the step 6 for any given inpur is "the best way of promoting our nation", then the input of the arrangement will be "promoting best nation of the our way".
As it can be observed that for the input "One cannot but feel sorry for him" the 6th step is "sorry cannot him feel one for but", where the first word in the input is 5th word in 6th step, 3rd word in the input is 7th word in the 6th step and so on.
Hence, option (c).
Workspace:
If Step V reads, ‘weeks of tepid slothful and weak performance’, what would step VI read ?
- (a)
performance weeks and tepid of weak slothful
- (b)
of weeks slothful tepid performance weak and
- (c)
of tepid slothful performance weak and weeks
- (d)
performance and tepid weeks of weak slothful
Answer: Option B
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Text Explanation :
In the given input the logice used is:
From Input to Step 1 - 1st word is exchanged with 3rd, 4th is exchanged with 5th and 6th is exchanged wiht 7th.
From Step 1 to Step 2 - 1st word is exchanged with 2nd, 3rd is exchanged with 5th and 6th is exchanged with 7th.
From step to step 3 - 1st word is exchanged with 2nd, 3rd is exchanged with 4th and 5th is exchaned with 7th.
From Step 3 to Step 4 - Same as Step 1.
From Step 4 to Step 5 - Same as Step 2 and
From Step 5 to Step 6 - Same as Step 3
Therefore Step 5 for the Inpur in Question will be
cannot sorry feel him but for one
And, Step 6 for the same input will be
sorry cannot him feel one for but
Considering the given explanation
If the step 6 for any given inpur is "the best way of promoting our nation", then the input of the arrangement will be "promoting best nation of the our way".
The 6th step for the given 5th step will be "of weeks slothful tepid performance weak and".
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
Based on the information given below, answer the questions which follow.
Nautanki is famous play group from Eastern India is playing different shows every hour starting from 10 am with a two hour lunch break from 1 pm to 3 pm after which the show resumes at 3 pm. Entry tickets for different shows are coded with 7 words each day. The same words are rearranged for different shows following a difinite rule. For example:
If on some other day, for the fourth show the code is
'All of Delhi welcome to the show'
Then the code for entry ticket for the first show on that day is
- (a)
The of all welcome to show Delhi
- (b)
The of Delhi welcome all show to
- (c)
The of to welcome all to Delhi
- (d)
The of show welcome all to Delhi
Answer: Option C
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Text Explanation :
Except for position 2 and 4, words are shifting in the following manner :
From position 1 – 7 – 5 – 6 – 3 – 1
Following the same pattern all the questions can be answered.
Hence, option (c).
Workspace:
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Given an input, a coding machine generates pass codes everyday as follows:
Input : my bag carries no more than ten books
Pass codes :
Batch I : more my than bag ten carries books no
Batch III : my bag books ten more than no carries
Batch IV : ten more books than bag no my carries and so on.
The first batch timing is 9.30 AM and each batch is of one hour’s duration. There is a rest of period of one hour after the work for the fourth batch is over.
If the pass code on a particular day for the second batch is ‘if winter comes can spring be far behind’, what will be the pass code for the batch at 2.30 PM on that day?
- (a)
if winter behind far comes can spring be
- (b)
Behind winter if spring comes can far be
- (c)
behind winter if spring comes far be can
- (d)
if winter behind far spring be can comes
Answer: Option D
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Text Explanation :
Here, the link of batch 2 with batch 1 and batch 3 needs to be found to solve each question.
Denote the letters of the input by numbers 1-8 from left to right and map then for passcode of each step, as shown:
Observe that a certain movement pattern is followed by between Input and Batch 1 and a completely different pattern is followed between Batch 3 and Batch 4.
Since there does not seem to be a correlation between the position of any number from Input up to Batch 4, there is a possibility that Input-B1 and B2-B3 follows one common pattern (say X) and B1-B2 and B3-B4 follows another common pattern (say Y). To test this, apply the B3-B4 pattern on B1 to get B2. Now, check whether applying Input-B1 on B2 gives the same outcome as B3. It does, as shown below:
Now, the batch timings are: Batch 1 (9:30 to 10:30); Batch 2 (10:30 to 11:30); Batch 3 (11:30 to 12:30) and Batch 4 (12:30 to 1:30).
The period from 1:30 to 2:30 is a break, and the next batch starts again at 2:30.
Now, if the pass code for Batch 2 on a certain day is 27631854, the pass code for the next batch has to be 27451836.
The words corresponding to this are: if winter behind far spring be can comes.
Hence, option (d).
Workspace:
On a particular day, Rahul was to begin the work in the batch at 10.30 AM with a pass code ‘I like tea and biscuit but not together’. However, he came late on that day and hence joined the next batch. What was his new pass code?
- (a)
together but like not biscuit I tea and
- (b)
together but like I tea and biscuit not
- (c)
biscuit I but like not tea together and
- (d)
biscuit I but tea together like and not
Answer: Option C
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Text Explanation :
Here, the link of batch 2 with batch 1 and batch 3 needs to be found to solve each question.
Denote the letters of the input by numbers 1-8 from left to right and map then for passcode of each step, as shown:
Observe that a certain movement pattern is followed by between Input and Batch 1 and a completely different pattern is followed between Batch 3 and Batch 4.
Since there does not seem to be a correlation between the position of any number from Input up to Batch 4, there is a possibility that Input-B1 and B2-B3 follows one common pattern (say X) and B1-B2 and B3-B4 follows another common pattern (say Y). To test this, apply the B3-B4 pattern on B1 to get B2. Now, check whether applying Input-B1 on B2 gives the same outcome as B3. It does, as shown below:
Now, the batch timings are: Batch 1 (9:30 to 10:30); Batch 2 (10:30 to 11:30); Batch 3 (11:30 to 12:30) and Batch 4 (12:30 to 1:30).
The period from 1:30 to 2:30 is a break, and the next batch starts again at 2:30.
Since Rahul was supposed to start at 10:30 a.m. he was supposed in Batch 2. So, his passcode would have been 27631854.
However, he joined Batch 3. So, his passcode will be 12875643.
The words corresponding to this are: biscuit I but like not tea together and.
Hence, option (c).
Workspace:
On a particular day, the pass code for the batch immediately before the rest hour was ‘bah bah black sheep have you any wool’. What was the input for the pass code on that day?
- (a)
any have wool bah sheep you black bah
- (b)
any have wool you bah sheep bah black
- (c)
any have wool you bah black bah sheep
- (d)
None of the above
Answer: Option B
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Text Explanation :
Here, the link of batch 2 with batch 1 and batch 3 needs to be found to solve each question.
Denote the letters of the input by numbers 1-8 from left to right and map then for passcode of each step, as shown:
Observe that a certain movement pattern is followed by between Input and Batch 1 and a completely different pattern is followed between Batch 3 and Batch 4.
Since there does not seem to be a correlation between the position of any number from Input up to Batch 4, there is a possibility that Input-B1 and B2-B3 follows one common pattern (say X) and B1-B2 and B3-B4 follows another common pattern (say Y). To test this, apply the B3-B4 pattern on B1 to get B2. Now, check whether applying Input-B1 on B2 gives the same outcome as B3. It does, as shown below:
Now, the batch timings are: Batch 1 (9:30 to 10:30); Batch 2 (10:30 to 11:30); Batch 3 (11:30 to 12:30) and Batch 4 (12:30 to 1:30).
The period from 1:30 to 2:30 is a break, and the next batch starts again at 2:30.
The batch just before the rest hour was batch 4. Its pass code corresponds to 75862413. Hence, the input corresponds to 12345678.
The corresponding words are: any have wool you bah sheep bah black.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
On a particular day, the pass code for the second batch was ‘India’s core strength lies in unity in diversity’. What was the input on that day in the reverse order of its words?
- (a)
in in India’s lies diversity strength core unity
- (b)
unity core strength in diversity lies India’s in
- (c)
in in strength India’s core diversity unity lies
- (d)
None of the above
Answer: Option B
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Text Explanation :
Here, the link of batch 2 with batch 1 and batch 3 needs to be found to solve each question.
Denote the letters of the input by numbers 1-8 from left to right and map then for passcode of each step, as shown:
Observe that a certain movement pattern is followed by between Input and Batch 1 and a completely different pattern is followed between Batch 3 and Batch 4.
Since there does not seem to be a correlation between the position of any number from Input up to Batch 4, there is a possibility that Input-B1 and B2-B3 follows one common pattern (say X) and B1-B2 and B3-B4 follows another common pattern (say Y). To test this, apply the B3-B4 pattern on B1 to get B2. Now, check whether applying Input-B1 on B2 gives the same outcome as B3. It does, as shown below:
Now, the batch timings are: Batch 1 (9:30 to 10:30); Batch 2 (10:30 to 11:30); Batch 3 (11:30 to 12:30) and Batch 4 (12:30 to 1:30).
The period from 1:30 to 2:30 is a break, and the next batch starts again at 2:30.
If the passcode for the second batch was 27631854, the input (in reverse) would be 87654321.
The words corresponding to this would be: unity core strength in diversity lies India’s in.
Hence, option (b).
Workspace:
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