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IBPS PO Mains 12 Oct 2025 Shift 1 Paper

Question Numbers: 21-25

Directions: A word and number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Input: glow 48 mint 27 brave 13 spark 65 train 54

Step I: barve glow 48 mint 27 spark 65 train 54 3

Step II: golw barve 48 mint spark 65 train 54 3 14

Step III: mnit golw barve spark 65 train 54 3 14 32

Step IV: tarin mnit golw barve spark 65 3 14 32 20

Step V: saprk tarin mnit golw barve 3 14 32 20 30

And Step V is the final step of the arrangement.

Now solve the following based on the given input:

Input: stone 36 quick 47 panel 28 drift 64 clamp 15

Question : 22 of 145

Marks: +1, -0

In which step does the combination “5 16 18” appear?

Step I
Step II
Step III
Step IV
Step V

Validate

Solution:

Concept:

The machine arranges words alphabetically from the left and numbers in ascending order from the right, applying letter-swapping and digit-multiplication.

Explanation:

Words are picked in dictionary order: clamp, drift, panel, quick, stone.

The 2nd and 3rd letters of each selected word are interchanged before placement at the left end.

Numbers are picked in ascending order: 15, 28, 36, 47, 64.

Digits of each selected number are multiplied before placement at the right end.

So the right-end numbers become

5

16

18

28

24

step by step.

Tracing the steps:

Step I ends with

5

Step II ends with

5\ 16

Step III ends with

5\ 16\ 18

Hence, the combination

5\ 16\ 18

appears in Step III.

Answer:

Step III

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