Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and various steps of rearrangement. (All the numbers are two digit numbers).
Input : 10 sea 25 57 41 rose giraffe 85 hot 32 lost 77 99 beard cost palm
Step I : 10 beard 25 57 41 rose giraffe 85 hot 32 lost 77 cost palm sea 99
Step II : 10 25 beard cost 57 41 giraffe hot 32 lost 77 palm rose sea 85 99
Step III : 10 25 32 beard cost giraffe 57 41 hot lost palm rose sea 77 85 99
Step IV : 10 25 32 41 beard cost giraffe hot lost palm rose sea 57 77 85 99
And Step IV is the last step of the rearrangement as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps, nd out in each of the questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input : 31 11 win arm blanket zebra 24 81 chip team slip 62 55 dawn 91 78
How many elements (words/ numbers) are there between "dawn" and "81" as they appear in Step IV?
The pattern here followed is that in step I, the smallest number is written first and the largest number is written at last place, and similarly, the word with the smallest first letter (alphabetically) is written after the number in 2nd place and the largest is written at 2nd last place.
Input : 31 11 win arm blanket zebra 24 81 chip team slip 62 55 dawn 91 78
Step I : 11 arm 31 win blanket 24 81 chip team slip 62 55 dawn 78 zebra 91
Step II : 11 24 arm blanket 31 chip team slip 62 55 dawn 78 win zebra 81 91
Step III : 11 24 31 arm blanket chip slip 62 55 dawn team win zebra 78 81 91
Step IV : 11 24 31 55 arm blanket chip dawn slip team win zebra 62 78 81 91
=> Elements between "dawn" and "81" as they appear in Step IV = 6
=> Ans - (B)
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