RBI Grade B Officers 2016 Sep shift 2 Paper

After careful analysisof the given input and varioussteps of rearrangement it isevident that two elements —one word and one number —are rearranged in each step. Inthe first step, the highest numberis moved to the extremeright position after deductingtwo from it while the word thatcomes last in the alphabeticalseries is moved to the secondposition from the right end afterreplacing the second andthe third letters with the alphabet‘u’. In the second step,the second highest number ismoved to the extreme right positionafter deducting two fromit and the word which comessecond last in the alphabeticalseries is moved to the sec- ond position from the right end after replacing the second and thethird letters with the alphabet ‘u’. The similar procedure is continuedtill all the numbers and words get rearranged.

Input	61	neon	17	skin	28	four	cart	86	42	here
Step I	61	neon	17	28	four	cart	42	here	sun	84
Step II	17	28	four	cart	42	here	sun	84	nun	59
Step III	17	28	four	car	sun	84	nun	59	hue	40
Step IV	17	cart	sun	84	nun	59	hue	40	fur	26
Step V	sun	84	nun	59	hue	40	fur	26	cut	15

(1) Fifth element from the leftin the Step II ⇒ 42
Fifth element from the right inthe Step IV ⇒ 59
Required difference = 59 – 42= 17