Input Output

SSC CGL 2017 – Rank 60 AAO in CAG (1.5 years)

CAT 2016 – 96.5 percentile AIR 3 in UGC NET

Commerce Dec 2018
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These type of questions are based on a computer or

a machine in which we feed an input and it
performs some operations to provide us an output.

Our job is to analyse the steps and recreate the

process of the machine with a different input.

Input can consist of only numbers, only alphabets

or their combinations.
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These are the main types of operations:

1. Shifting (fixed pattern)

2. Arranging (fixed order)

3. Arithmetic Operations

4. Miscellaneous
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Shifting:

Input: Apple Ball Cherry Dog

Step-1: Ball Apple Cherry Dog

Step-2: Ball Cherry Apple Dog
Step-3: Ball Cherry Dog Apple
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Arranging:

Input: Apple Ball Cherry Dog

Step-1: Dog Apple Ball Cherry

Step-2: Dog Cherry Apple Ball
Step-3: Dog Cherry Ball Apple
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Arithmetic Operations:

Input: 2 3 5 7

Step-1: 8 12 20 28
Step-2: 1 25 169 441
Step-3: 0 12 84 220
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Miscellaneous Operations:

Input: Apple Ball Cherry Dog

Step-1: Ap5 Ba4 Ch6 Do3

Step-2: Bp10 Ca8 Dh12 Eo6
Step-3: Bq20 Cb16 Di24 Ep12
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Shifting goes on endlessly whereas arranging ends
as soon as the order intended is achieved. First
check for arrangement; then check for shifting next

Tip to check of arrangement: If either the first or the

last word (or number) of all the steps (excluding
input) remains unchanged then it is (almost) certain
that it is an arrangement problem. Also you can
look at the output or the final step.

Tip to check for shifting: Check if words (or

numbers) from a particular position are going to a
fixed particular position and it is repeated.
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Types of rearrangement/shifting • 3-step rearrangement/shifting
Input: Ram was here only
• 1-step rearrangement/shifting Step I: was Ram here only
Input: Ram was here only Step II: was Ram only here
Step I: was Ram here only Step III: Here Ram only was
Step II: Ram was here only Step IV: Ram here only was
Step III: was Ram here only Step V: Ram here was only
Step VI: only here was Ram

• 2-step (or alternate) rearrangement/shifting

Input: Ram was here only
Step I: was Ram here only
Step II: was Ram only here
Step III: Ram was only here
Step IV: Ram was here only
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Types of rearrangement/shifting

• Single rearrangement/shifting in one step

Input- Ram Is Good Student In School

Step 1- Good Ram Is Student In School
Step 2- Good In Ram Is School

• Dual rearrangements/shifting in one step

Input- Ram Is Good Student In School

Step 1- Good Ram Is Student School In
Step 2- Good Is Student School Ram In
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Possible ways of Rearrangement:

• Increasing/decreasing order (numbers/words)

• Filling from left side only or right side only or

left-right alternately

• Filling by interchange or by push

Note: In arrangement problems, the contents of an

earlier step can never be determined with certainty.
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Push Type
Input: gone was the excitement of Friday polls
Step I: excitement gone was the of Friday polls
Step II: excitement Friday gone was the of polls
Step III: excitement Friday gone of was the polls
Step IV: excitement Friday gone of polls was the
Step V: excitement Friday gone of polls the was

Interchange type:
Input: gone was the excitement of Friday polls
Step I: excitement was the gone of Friday polls
Step II: excitement Friday the gone of was polls
Step III: excitement Friday gone the of was polls
Step IV: excitement Friday gone of the was polls
Step V: excitement Friday gone of polls was the
Step VI: excitement Friday gone of polls the was
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Indicative logics for numbers:

• Based on Increasing/Decreasing order

• Based on even or odd numbers

• Based on digital sum

• Based on Squares/Cubes

• Based on Digital Product

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Indicative logics for words:

• Based on Alphabetical order (or reverse order)

• Based on place value of letters

• Based on Number of Letters

• Number of letters are Odd/Even

• Based on number of vowels/consonants

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Study the following information carefully and answer the
given questions:

A word and number arrangement machine when given an

input line of words and numbers rearrange them following a
particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of
input and rearrangement.

Input : bowl 35 orb game 62 49 87 apple

Step I : 87 bowl 35 orb game 62 49 apple
Step II : 87 apple bowl 35 orb game 62 49
Step III : 87 apple 62 bowl 35 orb game 49
Step IV : 87 apple 62 bowl 49 35 orb game
Step V : 87 apple 62 bowl 49 game 35 orb
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1. Input: power fail now 52 24 75 gate 34

Which of the following will be the second last step?

a) IV
b) V
c) VI
d) VII
e) III
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Answer – Option C
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2. Step II of an input is: 75 down 16 24 farm eager 62 sky

How many more steps will be required to complete the

rearrangement?

a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
d) Seven
e) Three
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Answer – Option A
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3. Input: 14 35 when they came 61 48 home

How many steps will be required to complete the

rearrangement?

a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
d) Seven
e) Eight
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Answer – Option C
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Study the following information carefully and answer
the given questions:

A word and number arrangement machine when given

an input line of words and numbers rearrange them
following a particular rule in each step. The following
is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input : gain 96 63 forest 38 78 deep house

Step I : deep gain 96 63 forest 38 78 house
Step II : deep 38 gain 96 63 forest 78 house
Step III : deep 38 forest gain 96 63 78 house
Step IV : deep 38 forest 63 gain 96 78 house
Step V : deep 38 forest 63 gain 78 96 house
Step VI : deep 38 forest 63 gain 78 house 96
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4. Input: train 59 47 25 over burden 63 sky

Which of the following steps will be the last but one?

a) 4th
b) 5th
c) 6th
d) 7th
e) 3rd
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Answer – Option B
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5. Input: service 46 58 96 of there desk 15

Which of the following will be step VI?

a) desk 15 over service 46 58 96 there

b) desk 15 over 46 service there 58 96
c) desk 15 over 46 service 58 there 96
d) desk 15 over 46 service 58 96 there
e) There will be no such step
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Answer – Option E
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6. Step II of an input is: below 12 93 house floor 69 57 task

Which of the following is definitely the input?

a) 93 house 69 57 below task floor 12

b) 93 house below 69 57 task floor 12
c) 93 house floor 69 57 below task 12
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
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Answer – Option D
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7. Step III of an input is: art 24 day 83 71 54 star power

Which of the following steps will be the last?

a) V
b) VIII
c) IX
d) VII
e) VI
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Answer – Option D
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A word and number arrangement machine when given an
input line of words and numbers rearrange them following
a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration
of input and rearrangement.
Input : win 56 32 93 bat for 46 him 28 11 give chance

Step I : 93 56 32 bat for 46 him 28 11 give chance win

Step II : 11 93 56 32 bat for 46 28 give chance win him
Step III : 56 11 93 32 bat for 46 28 chance win him give
Step IV : 28 56 11 93 32 bat 46 chance win him give for
Step V : 46 28 56 11 93 32 bat win him give for chance
Step VI : 32 46 28 56 11 93 win him give for chance bat
Steps VI is the last step of the arrangement the above input.

Given Input: fun 89 at the 28 16 base camp 35 53 here 68

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Given Input: fun 89 at the 28 16 base camp 35 53 here 68

8. Which step number would be the following output?

“53 28 68 16 89 at 35 the here fun camp base”

a) VI
b) III
c) II
d) V
e) IV
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Answer – Option D
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Given Input: fun 89 at the 28 16 base camp 35 53 here 68

9. Which word/number would be at seventh position

from the left in step IV?’

a) base
b) at
c) 35
d) the
e) 53
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Answer – Option C
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Given Input: fun 89 at the 28 16 base camp 35 53 here 68

10. How many elements (words or numbers) would be

there between ‘fun’ and ’35’ in the third step?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
e) 6
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Answer – Option B
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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers
rearrange them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an
illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input 104 242 66 346 149 743 291 587

Step-1 66 104 242 346 149 743 291 587
Step-2 66 743 104 242 346 149 291 587
Step-3 66 743 104 587 242 346 149 291
Step-4 66 743 104 587 149 242 346 291
Step-5 66 743 104 587 149 346 242 291
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11. How many steps will be required to get the final

output from the following input?

Input: 319 318 746 123 15 320 78 426

a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
d) Seven
e) Eight
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Answer – Option D
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12. What should be the fourth step of the following input?

Input: 64 326 187 87 118 432 219 348

a) 64 432 87 326 118 187 219 348

b) 64 432 87 348 326 187 118 219
c) 64 432 87 348 118 326 187 219
d) 64 432 87 348 118 187 326 219
e) 64 432 87 348 118 326 219 187
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Answer – Option C
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13. What should be the second term from the right in the
third step of the following input?

Input: 64 326 187 87 118 432 219 348

a) 219
b) 118
c) 326
d) 187
e) 348
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Answer – Option B
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Study the following information carefully and answer

the given questions:

A machine when given an input line rearranges them

following a particular rule in each step. The following is
an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: going but for crypt to light sir

Step I: crypt going but for to light sir
Step II: crypt going light but for to sir
Step III: crypt going light but for sir to

(Step III is the last step for this input)

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14. Which of the following will be the third step for this
input?

Input: the in car as he may me

a) Car the in as he may me

b) Car may the as in he me
c) Car as may he the in me
d) Car may the in as he me
e) Car may the me in as he
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Answer – Option B
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15. If the second step of an input is 'clever remand

window sales batch tiger never’, then what would be
the sixth step?

a) clever remand window batch sales tiger never

b) window remand clever sales batch tiger never
c) clever remand window tiger batch sales never
d) batch never sales tiger clever remand window
e) It cannot have sixth step.
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Answer – Option E
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16. Which of the following would be the last step for

this input?

Input: ‘more fight cats cough sough acts idea’

a) 3rd
b) 4th
c) 5th
d) 6th
e) 7th
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Answer – Option D
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Study the following information carefully and answer the
given questions:

A number arrangement machine when given an input line

of numbers rearrange them following a particular rule in
each step. The following is an illustration of input and
rearrangement.

Input: 245, 316, 436, 519, 868, 710, 689

Step 1: 710, 316, 436, 519, 868, 245, 689
Step 2: 710, 316, 245, 519, 868, 436, 689
Step 3: 710, 316, 245, 436, 868, 519, 689
Step 4: 710, 316, 245, 436, 519, 868, 689

Step 4 is the last step for the given input

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17. If the input is given as “655, 436, 764, 799, 977,

572, 333”, then which of the following step will be
“333, 436, 572, 655, 977, 764, 799” ?

a) 3rd
b) 2nd
c) 4th
d) 1st
e) 5th
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Answer – Option A
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18. How many steps will be required to get the final

output from the following input?

Input: 544, 653, 325, 688, 461, 231, 857

a) 6
b) 5
c) 4
d) 7
e) 3
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Answer – Option B
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19. Step four for an input is – 432, 433, 542, 666, 734,
355, 574. What will be the second step for the input?

a) 666, 542, 432, 734, 433, 574, 355

b) 542, 666, 734, 432, 433, 574, 355
c) 355, 574, 433, 432, 734, 666, 542
d) None of these
e) Cannot be determined
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Answer – Option E
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20. What will be the third step for the following input?

Input: 653, 963, 754, 345, 364, 861, 541

a) 541, 345, 754, 963, 364, 816, 653

b) 541, 345, 364, 653, 963, 754, 861
c) 541, 345, 364, 963, 754, 861, 653
d) 541, 345, 364, 653, 861, 754, 963
e) 541, 345, 364, 653, 754, 861, 963
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Answer – Option C
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In an exhibition, the entries are provided in batches

with each batch given a ticket with a different
message of 7 words rearranged for each batch. Each
batch is of 1 hour duration and the first batch starts at
10 AM. The batches go on from 10 AM to 3 PM and 4
PM to 9 PM. The arrangement follows a certain rule
and can be explained as follows:

Batch-1: You all are welcomed in this exhibition.

Batch-2: are all this welcomed exhibition in you.
Batch-3: this all in welcomed you exhibition are.

And so on.
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21. The next day they use a different code. If the code on
the ticket of the sixth batch that day is “enjoy your life
equally after the marriage”, which of the following would
be the code of the third batch that day?

a) The your equally after marriage enjoy life.

b) The your after equally enjoy marriage life.
c) Your after equally marriage life the enjoy.
d) The after equally life marriage enjoy your.
e) Can’t be determined.
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Answer – Option B
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22. If the code of ticket of the batch between 8 and 9 PM

in the evening is 'Anand Roop Chaudhary is my best
friend', which of the following would be the code on the
ticket of the batch between 10 and 11 AM in the morning
session?

a) Choudhary Roop best is my Anand friend

b) best Roop Choudhary is my friend Anand
c) Choudhary Roop best is friend my Anand
d) my Roop friend is Choudhary Anand best
e) Choudhary Roop best is Anand friend my
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Answer – Option C
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23. If the code of ticket issued during 1 PM to 2 PM batch

is ‘Digvijay Pathak hates beautiful birds during exam‘,
then the code on ticket "During Pathak birds beautiful
Digvijay exam hates' will represent which of the
following batches?

a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 3rd
d) 4th
e) 5th
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Answer – Option A
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24. If the code of ticket issued during the eighth batch is

"Pranab Sinha is not tall as Ashok', what will be the code
of ticket issued during 2 to 3 PM?

a) tall Sinha as not Ashok is Pranab

b) as Sinha tall not Pranab Ashok is
c) as Sinha Pranab not tallis Ashok
d) Ashok Sinha as not Pranab tall is
e) is Sinha as not Ashok tall Pranab
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Answer – Option B
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A five-digit 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 rearrangement.
INPUT 92564 56394 23785 56358 43489
Step I 18524 30336 6740 30340 12472
Step II 6740 12472 18524 30336 30340
Step III 710 88 614 96 64
Step IV 713 92 619 102 71
Step V 2 2 7 3 8
Step VI 2 2 3 7 8
Step VII 4 4 9 49 64
Step VII is the last step of the above input. As per rules followed in the
above steps, find out in each of the given questions the appropriate
steps for the given input.
INPUT 53547 23567 44535 76534 45789
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INPUT: 53547, 23567, 44535, 76534, 45789

Q.25) What is the absolute difference of the 4th

number from right end in step III and 3rd number from
the left end in step IV?

[a] 654
[b] 979
[c] 767
[d] 576
[e] 966
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Answer – Option B
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INPUT: 53547, 23567, 44535, 76534, 45789

Q.26) What is the sum of odd numbers in the VII step

of the given input?

[a] 67
[b] 56
[c] 98
[d] 83
[e] 133
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Answer – Option D
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INPUT: 53547, 23567, 44535, 76534, 45789

Q.27) Which number is 3rd to the right of 4th number

from right end in step II?

[a] 15528
[b] 20772
[c] 42512
[d] 6542
[e] 16515
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Answer – Option C
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INPUT: 53547, 23567, 44535, 76534, 45789

Q.28) What is the average of 3rd and 4th number from

right end in step III?

[a] 234
[b] 618
[c] 868
[d] 637
[e] 298
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Answer – Option B
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INPUT: 53547, 23567, 44535, 76534, 45789

Q.29) In the penultimate step, which number is 4th

from the right end of the given input?

[a] 3
[b] 2
[c] 5
[d] 6
[e] 7
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Answer – Option A
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An alphanumeric machine accepts letters as input and delivers output in the
form of numbers through different steps. Each step is obtained by applying
an operation different from the previous step. Each step gives output taking
input from the previous step. Below mentioned is an illustration of the same.

Input transform abnormal small large expectations normal results into

Step 1 4 9 1 4 25 4 4 4
Step 2 8 13 5 29

Step 3 3 16
Step 4 18
Find the different steps of output for the following input.
Input difficulties attribute upsurge their life findings beyond shower
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Input difficulties attribute upsurge their life findings beyond shower

Q.30) If “difficulties” is replaced by “education” in

the given input, then what would be its impact on
the final output?

[a] Final output will decrease by 3

[b] Final output will decrease by 1
[c] Final output will increase by 2
[d] No change will happen
[e] Final output will decrease by 2
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Answer – D
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Input difficulties attribute upsurge their life findings beyond shower

Q.31) What is the sum of all digits of the first two

numbers of step 1 and last two numbers of step 2?

[a] 50
[b] 26
[c] 38
[d] 49
[e] 45
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Answer – B
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Input difficulties attribute upsurge their life findings beyond shower

Q.32) Four of the following five are alike in a certain

way and thus form a group. Which of the following
does not belong to the group?

[a] 4
[b] 29
[c] 16
[d] 25
[e] 36
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Answer – E
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Consider the following steps for given input and read the instructions to reach the last step:

As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in

each of the questions the appropriate step for the
given input.
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Q.33) What is the total sum of all the odd numbers
present in step 3 of the rearranged numbers and
words as per the given rule?

[a] 13
[b] 12
[c] 11
[d] 14
[e] 9
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Answer – C
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Q.34) What is the total number of vowels present in
step 3 of the rearranged numbers and words as per
the given rule?

[a] 2
[b] 3
[c] 1
[d] None
[e] 4
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Answer – B
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Q.35) What will be the sum of all the numbers in
step II of given input?

[a] 42
[b] 38
[c] 45
[d] 49
[e] 52
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Answer – D
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Q.36) Which of the following represents the second
element in 3rd row of step 1?

[a] FN9
[b] P4
[c] TW2
[d] UO7
[e] BG3
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Answer – A
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Q.37) How many alphabets are repeated in step 2
of the rearranged numbers and words as per the
given rule?

[a] 2
[b] 4
[c] none
[d] 3
[e] 1
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Answer – D