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A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and number arranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two digit numbers).

Input: tent 13 wheat 21 ask 63 steal 49 hand 54 vast 85

Step I: 85 wheat tent 13 21 ask 63 steal 49 hand 54 vast

Step II: 63 vast 85 wheat tent 13 21 ask steal 49 hand 54

Step III: 54 tent 63 vast 85 wheat 13 21 ask steal 49 hand

Step IV: 49 steal 54 tent 63 vast 85 wheat 13 21 ask hand

Step V: 21 hand 49 steal 54 tent 63 vast 85 wheat 13 ask

Step VI: 13 ask 21 hand 49 steal 54 tent 63 vast 85 wheat

And Step VI is the last step of the above input, as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: Store 95 clean 56 tape 15 break 28 feet 35 wait 69 ice 71.

Question 1

Which step number is the following output?

35 feet 56 ice 69 store 71 tape 95 wait clean 15 break 28

A) Step V
B) Step III
C) Step VI
D) Step IV
E) There is no such step

Question 2

Which word / number would be at sixth position from the right in step IV?

A) 15
B) wait
C) clean
D) 95
E) 28

Question 3

How many elements (Words/numbers) are there between ‘feet’ and ‘15’ as they appear on the second last step of the output?

A) Six
B) Seven
C) Five
D) Eight
E) Nine

Question 4

Which of the following represents the position of ‘wait’ in the third step?

A) Ninth from the left
B) Sixth from the left
C) Eighth from the right
D) Seventh from the right
E) Tenth from the right

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Question 5

What, according to the author, is the best decision that business people say they made?

A) Starting their own business
B) Starting their own online business
C) Starting their own offline business
D) Deciding to have a webpage for their website
E) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word “lucrative”?

A) worthwhile
B) fruitful
C) advantageous
D) unprofitable
E) cost effective

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A) For a small business to grow well, no stone should be left unturned in pursuing all the marketing strategies
B) For a small business to grow well, it is prudent to start with just one or two marketing techniques
C) For a small business to grow well, it is more important to have a good product but not necessarily a good marketing strategy
D) For a small business to grow well, it is important to have a very good marketing strategy. The quality of the product does not matter much
E) None of the above

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Question 8

While the mother was not watching, the child ran ____ the street.

A) to
B) from
C) after
D) across
E) by

Question 9

The travel business is one of the businesses that has been left ______ during the pandemic.

A) At crossroads
B) Insult to injury
C) High and Dry
D) On the ball
E) None of the above

Question 10

ParaSummary

Rochefoucauld says that love may be compared to a ghost since it is something we talk about but have never seen, and Lichtenberg, in his essay “Ueber die Macht der Liebe”, disputes and denies its reality and naturalness--but both are in the wrong. For if it were foreign to and contradicted human nature - in other words, if it were merely an imaginary caricature, it would not have been depicted with such zeal by the poets of all ages, or accepted by mankind with an unaltered interest; for anything artistically beautiful cannot exist without truth.

A) Contrary to what Rochefoucauld and Lichtenberg think, Love is a real concept that has inspired great poems and contradicted human nature of barbarism

B) Love cannot be imaginary because an idea that contradicts human nature the way love does would not have survived centuries had it not been a real emotion

C) Art reflects what is true in life and the fact that it reflects love confirms that love is not merely hypothetical but a real concept

D) Love cannot be imaginary as something that is purely artificial would not have been able to sustain interest of human beings nor could it have inspired so much beautiful poetry

E) Love is similar to ghosts as both are not real and are imaginary.

Question 1,2,3,4

Final arrangement will be:
15 break 28 clean 35 feet 56 ice 69 store 71 tape 95 wait

Steps:

Step I: 95 wait store clean 56 tape 15 break 28 feet 35 69 ice 71
Step II: 71 tape 95 wait store clean 56 15 break 28 feet 35 69 ice
Step III: 69 store 71 tape 95 wait clean 56 15 break 28 feet 35 ice
Step IV: 56 ice 69 store 71 tape 95 wait clean 15 break 28 feet 35
Step V: 35 feet 56 ice 69 store 71 tape 95 wait clean 15 break 28
Step VI: 28 clean 35 feet 56 ice 69 store 71 tape 95 wait 15 break
Step VII: 15 break 28 clean 35 feet 56 ice 69 store 71 tape 95 wait

Answers:

Question 5

Correct Answer: A) Starting their own business

Explanation:
The very first line says:

“Most people who run their own business will tell you it's the best decision they've ever made.”

So the answer is clearly starting their own business.

Question 6

Correct Answer: D) unprofitable

Explanation:
Lucrative means profitable or money-making.
Its opposite is unprofitable.

Question 7

Correct Answer: B) For a small business to grow well, it is prudent to start with just one or two marketing techniques

Explanation:
The last paragraph says:

“If you are just getting started, the best way is to try one or two of these at a time…”

Hence option B is directly supported.

Question 8

Correct Answer: D) across

Explanation:
The correct phrase is “run across the street”, which means to move from one side of the street to the other.

So the sentence becomes:

“While the mother was not watching, the child ran across the street.”

Why others are wrong:

Question 9

Correct Answer: C) High and Dry

Explanation:
The idiom “left high and dry” means being left without help, support, or resources in a difficult situation.

During the pandemic, the travel industry suffered heavily and was left struggling, so this idiom fits perfectly.

So the sentence becomes

“The travel business is one of the businesses that has been left high and dry during the pandemic.”

Why others are wrong:

Question 10

Correct Answer: D) Love cannot be imaginary as something that is purely artificial would not have been able to sustain interest of human beings nor could it have inspired so much beautiful poetry

Explanation:
The passage argues against the idea that love is imaginary. The author says that if love were unreal or contrary to human nature, it would not:

The author also says that artistic beauty must contain truth. Hence, love must be real.

Option D captures all these ideas most accurately.

Why others are wrong: