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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. An arrangement machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement. Input: Lion Meat Pour Step Tear Fat Gel Pot Mud Step I: Meat Pour Step Tear inol Aft Gel Pot Mud Step II: Pour Step Tear Aemt inol Aft Egl Pot Mud Step III: Step Tear Opru Aemt inol Aft Egl Opt Mud Step IV: Tear Epst Opru Aemt inol Aft Egl Opt Dmu Step V: Aert Epst Opru Aemt inol Aft Egl Opt Dmu Step V is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out the answer to the following question for the input given below. Input: Head Pain Road Test Year Mad Red Wow Cup In which step are the elements 'Year Ador Ainp' found in the same order?
- Second
- Third
- Fifth
- None of the above
Correct answer: Third
Solution
The machine rearranges the words in a fixed order while transforming them alphabetically/character-wise as shown in the illustration. For the given input, the sequence 'Year Ador Ainp' appears together in the third step. Hence, the required step is Third.
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