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Study the following information carefully to answer the questions given below:

A number sorting machine when given an input of numbers, rearranges the numbers in a particular manner step by step as indicated below till all the numbers are arranged in a particular order. Given below is an illustration of this arrangement.

Input :  $\text{39 121 48 18 76 112 14 45 63 96}$

Step I : $\text{14 39 121 48 18 76 112 45 63 96}$

Step II : $\text{14 39 48 18 76 112 45 63 96 121}$

Step III: $\text{14 18 39 48 76 112 45 63 96 121}$

Step IV : $\text{14 18 39 48 76 45 63 96 112 121}$

Step V : $\text{14 18 39 45 48 76 63 96 112 121}$

Step VI : $\text{14 18 39 45 48 63 76 96 112 121}$

(This is the final arrangement and Step VI is the last step for this input)

If the second step for an input is as given below, what will be the fifth step for the same input ?

Step II: $\text{22 49 32 88 69 132 101 185}$

1. $\text{22 32 49 88 69 101 132 185}$
2. $\text{22 32 69 49 88 101 132 185}$
3. $\text{22 32 49 69 101 88 132 185}$
4. None of these

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