ISRO | ISRO CS 2008 | Question 67

Stack A has the entries a, b, c (with a on top). Stack B is empty. An entry popped out of stack A can be printed immediately or pushed to stack B. An entry popped out of the stack B can be only be printed. In this arrangement, which of the following permutations of a, b, c are not possible?
(A) b a c
(B) b c a
(C) c a b

(D) a b c


Answer: (C)

Explanation:

Option (A):
Pop a from stack A
Push a to stack B
Print b
Print a from stack B
Print c from stack A
Order = b a c

Option (B):
Pop a from stack A
Push a to stack B
Print b from stack A
Print c from stack A
Print a from stack A
Order = b c a

Option (C):
Pop a from stack A
Push a to stack B
Pop b from stack A
Push b to stack B
Print c from stack A
Now, printing a will not be possible.

So, option (C) is incorrect.


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