**Direction:** Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions. When a word and a number rearrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. **Input:** 7621 BRAVE 3845 TOUCH 6482 DREAM 5173 SHINE 8274 GLOW **Step I:** 49730 AEBRV 9954 OUCHT 36591 AEDMR 25282 EIHNS 64383 OGLW **Step II:** 4379 BFAQU 4599 PVBGS 61359 BFCLQ 22258 FJGMR 46833 PFKV **Step III:** 419 BFQ 423 PVBGS 618 BFCLQ 613 FJGMR 186 PFKV **Step IV:** 14 BFQ 9 BGPSV 15 BCFLQ 10 FGJMR 15 FKPV **Step V:** 17 14 20 15 11 Step V is the last step for the above input. Find out the appropriate steps for the following input. **Input:** 8536 GRACE 2947 MOVIE 6183 BLEND 7312 SMILE 4765 POWER Which of the following is the fourth word from the left in Step IV?

### Concept & Logic We need to deduce the word transformations up to Step IV. * **Step I:** Sort vowels alphabetically, then consonants alphabetically. * **Step II:** Vowels shift to next letter (+1), consonants to previous letter (-1). * **Step III:** All vowels generated in Step II are removed. * **Step IV:** The remaining letters in the word are sorted in pure alphabetical order. ### Step-by-Step Solution We only need to trace the fourth word from the left: **SMILE**. 1. **Step I:** Vowels (E, I) and Consonants (L, M, S) $\rightarrow$ **EILMS** 2. **Step II:** Shift rules (+1 for vowels, -1 for consonants) * E (+1) $\rightarrow$ F * I (+1) $\rightarrow$ J * L (-1) $\rightarrow$ K * M (-1) $\rightarrow$ L * S (-1) $\rightarrow$ R * Resulting Word: **FJKLR** 3. **Step III:** Remove all vowels. FJKLR contains no vowels, so it remains **FJKLR**. 4. **Step IV:** Sort letters alphabetically. F, J, K, L, R are already in strict alphabetical order! Resulting word: **FJKLR**. ### Exam Strategy & Shortcut Instead of executing Step IV for the entire input, isolate the 4th word. Furthermore, notice that many words naturally fall into alphabetical order after Step I's arrangement, minimizing the work needed in Step IV. ### Common Pitfall A frequent error is applying the vowel/consonant shift (Step II) to the original word (SMILE) instead of the rearranged word from Step I (EILMS). Always apply transformations sequentially. ### Final Answer Therefore, the correct answer is **FJKLR**.