Input Output - Base Level 2 Question 1 – answer, explanation & discussion

In the rearrangement, first numbers are arranged and then words are rearranged. In the first step the smallest even number comes at the left end and the largest odd number comes at right end.

In the second step second smallest even number comes at the left end and the second largest odd number comes at the right end and so on till the numbers are rearranged. After that words are rearranged. The words beginning with consonant are rearranged in alphabetical order on the left end and words beginning with vowels are rearranged in reverse alphabetical order on the right end till the final arrangement.

Input:  enough 57 plum 12 67 sense other 44 amount 71 hill 98

Step I    12 enough 57 plum 67 sense other 44 amount hill 98 71

Step II   44 12 enough 57 plum sense other amount hill 98 71 67

Step III  98 44 12 enough plum sense other amount hill 71 67 57

Step IV  hill 98 44 12 enough plum sense amount 71 67 57 other

Step V   plum hill 98 44 12 sense amount 71 67 57 other enough

Step VI  sense plum hill 98 44 12 71 67 57 other enough amount