Correct Answer - Option 4 : VI
Given Input: but going for crept te light sir
First, we arrange the words with a maximum number of letters in decreasing order and also in alphabetical order. One word at a time.
Step-I: crept but going for te light sir
Crept has a number of letters 5 and come first place in alphabetical order.
Step-II: crept going but for te light sir
After crept, going has also a number of letters 5 and come second place in alphabetical order.
Step-III: crept going light but for te sir
After going, light has also a number of letters 5 and come third place in alphabetical order.
Step-IV: crept going light but for sir te
After light, but for are already arranged with a number of letters 3 so skip those two words then come to the word sir.
Step-IV is the last step for this input.
Similarly we can write all the steps of the given input as,
Input - more fight cats cough sough acts idea
Step I - cough more fight cats sough acts idea
Step II - cough fight more cats sough acts idea
Step III - cough fight sough more cats acts idea
Step IV - cough fight sough acts more cats idea
Step V - cough fight sough acts cats more idea
Step VI - cough fight sough acts cats idea more
Step VI is the last step of the given input.
Hence, "option 4" is the correct answer.
NOTE: There was a discrepancy in the original question so we modify it a little bit so that it can be solved.