Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of the input and rearrangement.

Input: variety 13 enough 7 12 maximum union 24 tree 4

Step I: enough variety 13 7 12 maximum union 24 tree 4

Step II: enough variety 13 12 maximum union 24 tree 4 7

Step III: enough maximum variety 13 12 union 24 tree 4 7

Step IV: enough maximum variety 13 union 24 tree 4 7 12

Step V: enough maximum union variety 13 24 tree 4 7 12

Step VI: enough maximum union variety 24 tree 4 7 12 13

Step VII: enough maximum union tree variety 24 4 7 12 13

Step VIII: enough maximum union tree variety 24 7 12 13 4

Step IX: enough maximum union tree variety 7 12 13 4 24

And step IX is the last step of the above arrangement. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given input.

Input : Step 22 onion apt 19 tribe 4 new 18 13

Q:

How many elements are there between 'new' and '18' in step VI ?

• 1
  5
• 2
  2
• 3
  3
• 4
  6
• 5
  4