RBI Grade B Officers Aug 2014 Paper

After careful analysis of thegiven input and various steps of rearrangement,it is evident that ineach step four elements (two wordsand two numbers) are rearranged.In the first step the lowest numberis placed at the extreme left positionwhile the highest number isplaced at the extreme right position.Again, the word which comes firstin the dictionary order is placed atthe second position from left andthe word which comes last is placedat the second position from theright. In the second step, the secondlowest number is placed at thesecond position from the left andthe second highest number is placedat the second position from theright. Again, the word which comessecond in the dictionary order isplaced at the fourth position fromthe left and the word which comessecond last in the dictionary orderis placed at the fourth position fromthe right. The same procedure iscontinued till all the words get arrangedin the dictionary order afterfour numbers which are in ascendingorder. The remaining four numbersalso get arranged in ascendingorder after the eight words.
Input % 31 11 win arm blanket zebra24 81 chip team slip62 55 dawn 91 78
Step I % 11 arm 31 win blanket 2481 chip team slip 62 55dawn 78 zebra 91
Step II % 11 24 arm blanket 31 chipteam slip 62 55 dawn 78win zebra 81 91
Step III % 11 24 31 arm blanket chipslip 62 55 dawn team winzebra 78 81 91
Step IV % 11 24 31 55 arm blanketchip dawn slip team winzebra 62 78 81 91
(1) “62” is at the ninth positionfrom the left in Step II.