Hi readres!
To all the aspirants of bank exams, Input Output topic seems to be
quite familiar. Generally 5-7 questions from this topic do appear in every bank exam whether be
it SBI, RBI, IBPS etc.
Believe me, this is one of the easiest topic of reasoning because what
matters here is speed because accuracy flows in with
practice.
Students get stuck with these questions and waste their precious time because
it lures them being easy but lengthy to solve once not practiced.
Lets get into the race and start thinking like examiners as what mistakes
they are expecting from us.So we'll expertise in this topic today and will make
sure that this easiness doesn't harm our time in the exams.
Rule
There are certain patterns followed in these type of questions. We need to
study the pattern and then follow the same pattern in the question asked.
Types:
Type1 : When the pattern consists of only numbers:
Example 1: An electronic device rearranges numbers step by step in a particular order
according to set rules. The device stops when the final result ie step 4 is
obtained. Study the arrangement and answer the following question.
Input 55 89
23 67 87
90
Step 1 90 55
89 23 67
87
Step 2 90 89
55 23 67
87
Step 3 90 89
87 55 23
67
Step 4 90 89
87 67 55
23
question: What is the fourth element to the left of last element in step 3 of the
following input ?
INPUT 43 61
13 76 23 82
options:
a) 61 b) 76 c) 23 d) 82 e) none of the above
Solution: Now following the same pattern given above, we would obtain the final
output for this given input as follows:
Step 1 82 43
61 13 76
23
Step 2 82 76
43 61 13
23
Step 3 82 76
61 43 13
23
Step 4 82 76
61 43 23
13--- FINAL OUTPUT
ANSWER: b
Type 2 : When the pattern consists of only words:
Example 2 : Input have an ace up your sleeve
Step 1 ace have
an up your
sleeve
Step 2 ace an
have up your
sleeve
Step 3 ace an
have sleeve up
your
Question: What will be the
step 2 of the following input?
INPUT laugh all the way to bank
OPTIONS:
a) all bank
to the way
laugh
b) all bank
laugh way the
to
c) all bank
laugh the way
to
d) all bank laugh
to the way
e) none of the above
Solution: Now following the same pattern given above, we would obtain the final
output for this given input as follows:
Step 1 all laugh
the way to
bank
Step 2 all bank
laugh the way
to
Step 3 all bank
laugh the to
way
ANSWER: c
Type 3: When the pattern consists of both the numbers and words
Example 3: INPUT 34 best 86
19 of 56
your 78 ability
Step 1 19 34
best 86 of
56 78 ability
your
Step 2 19
34 56 best
86 78 ability
of your
Step 3 19 34
56 78 86
ability best of
your
Question: How many steps are required to get the final
output?
input beyond 87
the 93 12
call 22 of
duty
options:
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) more than four e) none of the above
Solution: Now following the same pattern given above, we would obtain the final
output for this given input as follows:
Step 1 12
beyond 87 93
call 22 of
duty the
Step 2 12
22 beyond 87
93 call duty
of the
Step 3 12
22 87 93
beyond call duty
of the
ANSWER: b
So this concludes our topic on input -output. Hope your basics would be
clear by now.Now what is required by you is a lot of practice so that you
could come up with both accuracy +
speed. In case of any query do write to us. We'll be more than happy to help
you.
