Study the following information to
answer the given questions . A word arrangement machine,
when given an input line of words, rerranges them following
a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration
of input and the steps of rearrangement.
Input : 'As if it on as zoo figure of in at'
Step I : as As if it on zoo figure of in at
Step II.: as As at if it on Zoo figure of in
Step III.: as As at figure if it on zoo of in
Step IV. : as As at figure if in it on zoo of .
Step V.: as As at figure if in it of on zoo.
(and step V is the last step for this input)
As per the rules followed in the above steps find out in the
questions below, the appropriate steps for the given inputs :
`"If IV"^(th)` step is 'an apple at cot was red on one side'----- which
of the following will definitely be the input ?

Options

A. apple at an cot was red on one side
B. cot an at apple was red on one side
C. was cot red an on at one apple side
D. cannot be determined

Answer

D

Explanation

After analysing the sample sequence,
the pattern/rule in each step for a word arrangement is as follows :
Words of the given input are arranged in alphabetical
order giving preference to the word starting with the small letter
It is not possible to determine the third step because
we can.t "proceed/move" backward or in reverse direction.