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10th Class Mental Ability Sequential Output Tracing Question Bank Sequential Output Tracing

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    Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the following questions.
     
    A number sorting machine when given an input of numbers, rearranges them in a particular manner step-by-step as indicated below till all the numbers are arranged. Given below is an illustration of this arrangement.
     
    Input      39  121 48  18  76  112 14   45   63    96
    Step I : 14  39   121 48  18   76   112 45    63    96
    Step II : 14   39   48   18   76   112 45   63    96    121
    Step Ill :     14 18   39   48   76   112 45   63    96    121
    Step IV :    14   18   39   48   76   45   63   96    112   121
    Step V :     14   18   39   45   48   76   63   96    112   121
    Step VI :  14   18   39   45   48   63   76  96    112   121
     
    And Step VI is the last step for this input.
    What will be the third step?
    Step V: 17 32 43 82 69 93 49 56 99 106

    A) 17   32   82         69         93         43         49         56         99         106

    B) 17   32   82         69         43         93         49         56         99         106

    C) 17   32   82         43         69         93         49         86         99         106

    D) Can't be determined

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    In the given arrangement, the numbers are arranged in ascending order stepwise in each step, one number from the beginning and one number from the end, alternately. : Since, the numbers may be rearranged in several possible ways, so it is not possible to determine any of the previous steps.


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