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Direction: Study the following information and answer the question given below. An alphabetical machine, when given an input of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement. INPUT: COVER LAYER MINIMUM CONTROL AMAZE UNIQUE INITIAL ENTER FINAL EXIT Step I: COVER LAYER MINIMUM CONTROL AMAZE INITIAL ENTER FINAL Step II: COVER LAYER MINIMUM CONTROL FINAL Step III: CONTROL COVER FINAL LAYER MINIMUM Step IV: COVER FINAL LAYER CONTROL MINIMUM Step IV is the final step of the arrangement. INPUT: FILES GRADE INSIDE AWARE ADVANCE PAIRS FOREIGN ALTER OVER TOWARDS Which of the following does not belong to the group?

1. FILES
2. GRADE
3. AWARE
4. ADVANCE

Correct answer: ADVANCE

Solution

This is a word-arrangement puzzle based on a stepwise elimination/reordering rule. Applying the same pattern to the second input, one word does not fit the group formed by the arrangement criteria, and that word is ADVANCE.

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