Multiple choice

Directions: A word arrangement machine, when given an input line of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of rearrangement:

Input: ‘the most typical is set for action.’ Step I : typical most the set is action for. Step II : most typical is set the for action. Step III : typical most set is action for the. Step IV : set most typical action is the for. (and so on) ………. Study the pattern and then answer the following question:

Which word will come in the fourth place in the second step of the input: ‘Success comes in disguise as hard-work’?

  1. as

  2. comes

  3. disguise

  4. success

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Input                :           the       most      typical            is         set       for        action                                     1          2               3                 4          5          6          7 Step I               :           3          2              1                  5          4          7          6 Step II              :           2          3              4                  5          1          6          7           Step III             :           3          2              5                  4          7          6          1 Step IV             :           5          2              3                  7          4          1          6           From above illustration, it is clear that in step I word marked with 1 is interchanged with 3, 4 with 5 and 6 with 7, keeping the word marked 2 as it is. In step II, word marked 5 is kept same and 2 is interchanged with 3, 4 with 1 and 6 with 7. Likewise in third step, word marked with 6 is kept same and 2 is interchanged with 3, 5 with 4 and 1 with 7. Now, step IV is again identical to step I and so on.

IInd step of the input is of the order: 2 3 4 5 6 7. Therefore, fifth word of the input is at the fourth place of IInd step. Hence, word ‘as’ will be at the fourth dream’.