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When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and its rearrangement.
Input: light 19 weight 37 for 27 motor 43 bike 51
Step I: bike 18 light weight 37 for 27 motor 43 51
Step II: for 36 bike 18 light weight 27 motor 43 51
Step III: light 42 for 36 bike 18 weight 27 motor 51
Step IV: motor 28 light 42 for 36 bike 18 weight 51
Step V: weight 52 motor 28 light 42 for 36 bike 18
Step V is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: step 23 taken 9 for 41 hard 33 work 59
In step III, ‘step’ is related to ‘58’ and ‘hard’ is related to ‘40’. In the same way ‘taken’ is related to?
Answer: D
Correct answer: 9
The relation is simple adjacency in step III, which reads step 58 hard 40 for 22 taken 9 33 work. “Step” is followed by 58 and “hard” by 40, exactly as stated, and “taken” is followed by 9 - the number that will become its partner 10 when it is placed at step IV.
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