Instructions

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 shows the illustration of input and rearrangement of the same.
Input: 75 12 trunk 68 timber 37 without place
Step 1 : 12 75 trunk 68 timber 37 without place
Step 2 : 12 75 trunk 68 timber 37 place without
Step 3 : 12 37 75 trunk 68 timber place without
Step 4 : 12 37 75 68 timber place trunk without
Step 5 : 12 37 68 75 timber place trunk without
Step 6 : 12 37 68 75 place timber trunk without

Question 72

What step would be the last one for the given input.
Input: 65 monkey zoo 23 lion 61

Solution

The logic followed in the question is that in first step the smallest number is brought to the start and in next step the highest word is sent to the left end. This process is repeated in the same way.
So if
Input: 65 monkey zoo 23 lion 61

Step 1 : 23 65 monkey zoo lion 61
Step 2 : 23 65 monkey lion 61 zoo
Step 3 : 23 61 65 monkey lion zoo
Step 4 : 23 61 65 lion monkey zoo

Hence option B is the correct choice.

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