NMAT 2026 Quiz 2: Practice Questions with Solutions

Set 1

A number machine converts an input number using a certain set of operations. Here’s an example of the same.

INPUT

2769

1386

6378

4786

3867

4798

Step I

2679

1368

3678

4678

3678

4789

Step II

7926

1368

3768

7468

3768

7948

Step III

72

16

36

76

36

74

Step IV

14

6

18

42

18

28

Step IV is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the given steps, find the appropriate step for the given input:

INPUT: 5627 6947 1658 2396 1638 9742

Q1. What is the sum of the number that is second from the left in Step II and the number that is third from the right in Step I? Correct Option D … Explanation: The machine works as follows — Step I: digits arranged in increasing order; Step II: odd digits in increasing order followed by even digits in increasing order; Step III: the 1st and 3rd digits of the Step II number; Step IV: product of those two digits. For this input, Step I is 2567 4679 1568 2369 1368 2479 and Step II is 5726 7946 1568 3926 1368 7924. Second from the left in Step II is 7946 and third from the right in Step I is 2369, so the sum is 10315. Hence, option D.Q2. What is the sum of the digits of the number that is third from the right in Step II? Correct Option C … Explanation: Step II is 5726 7946 1568 3926 1368 7924, so the number third from the right is 3926 and its digits add up to 3 + 9 + 2 + 6 = 20. Hence, option C.Q3. What is the difference between the number that is third from the left in Step III and the number that is second from the right in Step IV? Correct Option E … Explanation: Step III takes the 1st and 3rd digits of each Step II number to give 52 74 16 32 16 72, and Step IV multiplies them to give 10 28 6 6 6 14. Third from the left in Step III is 16 and second from the right in Step IV is 6, so the difference is 10. Hence, option E.Q4. What is the sum of all the numbers in the last step? Correct Option A … Explanation: The last step is Step IV, 10 28 6 6 6 14, and these add up to 70. Hence, option A.

Set 2

INPUT:

money

tuesday

holiday

require

fresh

Step I:

omnye

eutsyad

lohiyad

qerueri

rfehs

Step II:

pnozf

fvutzbe

mpijzbe

rfsvfsj

sgfit

Step III:

fnopz

beftuvz

beijmpz

ffjrssv

fgist

Step IV:

20

24

24

16

14

Step V:

0

6

8

6

4

Using the above logic, answer the questions for the below input:

INPUT: culture roman pepsi great watch

Q5. Which of the following is third from the right end in Step II? Correct Option C … Explanation: Step I reverses the letters on either side of the middle letter, and Step II moves every letter one place forward in the alphabet, giving mvdufsv psnob fqqjt shfub bxuid. The word third from the right is fqqjt. Hence, option C.Q6. What is the sum of the numbers in the last step? Correct Option D … Explanation: Step III sorts the letters alphabetically and Step IV takes the gap between the first and last letters, giving 18 17 14 19 22. Step V multiplies the digits to give 8 7 4 9 4, which adds up to 32. Hence, option D.Q7. How many odd numbers are there in Step IV? Correct Option B … Explanation: Step IV is 18 17 14 19 22, of which only 17 and 19 are odd, so the count is two. Hence, option B.Q8. Which of the following is Step V? Correct Option A … Explanation: Multiplying the digits of each Step IV number gives 1×8 = 8, 1×7 = 7, 1×4 = 4, 1×9 = 9 and 2×2 = 4, so Step V reads 8 7 4 9 4. Hence, option A.

Set 3

Input: its 51 matter 41 most 54 when 34 you 62 find 31 

Step I: you 54 its 51 matter 41 most when 34 62 find 31 

Step II: most 62 you 54 its 51 matter 41 when 34 find 31 

Step III: its 34 most 62 you 54 51 matter 41 when find 31 

Step IV: matter 51 its 34 most 62 you 54 41 when find 31 

Step V: when 41 matter 51 its 34 most 62 you 54 find 31 

Step VI: find 31 when 41 matter 51 its 34 most 62 you 54 

And step VI is the last step of the above input. 

Input: much 31 is 63 she 12 that 41 how 43 find 24

Q9. Which step is the following output? much 41 is 24 that 43 how 63 31 she 12 find Correct Option B … Explanation: One word and one number move left in each step, words by their last letter in reverse alphabetical order and numbers by digit sum in descending order. The given line is the fourth such shift, so it is Step IV. Hence, option B.Q10. In Step IV, which of the following elements is at the 6th position from the left end? Correct Option A … Explanation: Step IV is much 41 is 24 that 43 how 63 31 she 12 find, and counting much, 41, is, 24, that, the sixth element from the left is 43. Hence, option A.Q11. How many steps are required to complete the given arrangement? Correct Option C … Explanation: The input has six words and six numbers and one of each is placed per step, so the arrangement is complete in six steps, ending with find 12 she 31 much 41 is 24 that 43 how 63. Hence, option C.Q12. In which step are the elements 'how 63 31' found in the same order? Correct Option D … Explanation: Only Step IV, much 41 is 24 that 43 how 63 31 she 12 find, has how, 63 and 31 standing together in that order; in every other step they are separated. Hence, option D.

Set 4

Input

21

37

42

75

56

18

67

92

82

13

Step I

04

21

37

42

75

56

18

67

82

07

Step II

09

04

21

37

42

75

56

67

07

06

Step III

03

09

04

37

42

56

67

07

06

02

Step IV

10

03

09

04

42

56

07

06

02

01

Step V

06

10

03

09

04

07

06

02

01

01

Answer the questions for the given

Input: 12 25 32 65 74 16 94 83 19 57 46 86

Q13. Which of the following numbers is on the immediate left of '32' in Step IV? Correct Option B … Explanation: In each step the digit sum of the smallest remaining number goes to the left end and the digit difference of the largest remaining number goes to the right end, which makes Step IV 07 10 07 03 32 65 57 46 05 02 05 03. The number immediately left of 32 is 03. Hence, option B.Q14. If '46' is related to '25' in Step II in a certain way, which of the following is related to '10' in Step V in the same way? Correct Option A … Explanation: In Step II, 07 03 25 32 65 74 83 19 57 46 05 02, 25 is third from the left and 46 is third from the right, so the pairing is by mirror position. In Step V, 05 07 10 07 03 57 46 05 02 05 03 01, 10 is third from the left, so the matching element is the one third from the right, 05. Hence, option A.Q15. How many elements are there between '65' and '02' in Step IV? Correct Option D … Explanation: Step IV is 07 10 07 03 32 65 57 46 05 02 05 03, and the elements lying between 65 and 02 are 57, 46 and 05, which makes three. Hence, option D.Q16. What is the difference between the number sixth from the left end and the number sixth from the right end in the second last step of the arrangement? Correct Option E … Explanation: The arrangement runs to six steps, so the second last is Step V, 05 07 10 07 03 57 46 05 02 05 03 01. Sixth from the left is 57 and sixth from the right is 46, giving a difference of 11. Hence, option E.

Set 5

Input: 57 light 71 row duck 42 86 wind 

Step I: 861 57 light row duck 42 wind 712 

Step II: wind 861 57 light duck 42 712 row 

Step III: 573 wind 861 light duck 712 row 424 

Step IV: light 573 wind 861 714 row 424 duck 

Step V: lighs 574 wins 862 714 ros 426 ducs 

And step V is the last step of the above input. 

Answer the questions for

Input: quit 15 uniform 66 deadlock 32 copper 27 41 yard 78 laptop

Q17. Which of the following elements is second to the right of the one which is sixth from the left in Step IV? Correct Option E … Explanation: Numbers are arranged in alternate steps from Step I in descending order and words in alternate steps from Step II in reverse alphabetical order, making Step IV quit 413 yard 781 15 deadlock copper 27 662 uniform 324 laptop. Sixth from the left is deadlock, and two places to its right is 27. Hence, option E.Q18. What is the difference between the numbers that are fifth from the left end in Step III and fifth from the right end in Step IV? Correct Option B … Explanation: Step III is 413 yard 781 quit 15 deadlock copper 27 laptop 662 uniform 324, so the fifth element from the left is 15, while the fifth from the right in Step IV is 27. The difference is 12. Hence, option B.Q19. Which of the following is the sixth step of the given input? Correct Option C … Explanation: Step V is 275 quit 413 yard 781 deadlock copper 662 uniform 324 laptop 156, and Step VI places the last pair of words, deadlock at the left end and copper at the right end. Hence, option C.Q20. How many elements (words/numbers) are there between '664' and 'quis' in the last step? Correct Option E … Explanation: In the final step every word's last letter becomes 'S', odd numbers rise by 1 and even numbers by 2, giving deadlocs 276 quis 414 yars 782 664 unifors 326 laptos 158 coppes. Between quis and 664 lie 414, yars and 782 — three elements. Hence, option E.