Practice Ranking and positioning sequential order test - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Surbhi ranks 18th in a class of 49 students. What is her rank from the last?
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Surbhi's rank from last = (49 + 1 - 18) = 37
Q-2)
Aman is 16th from the left end in a row of boys and Vivek is 18th the from the right end. Gagan is 11th from Aman towards the right and 3rd from Vivek towards the right end. How many boys are there in the row?
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Vivek is 18th from the right end and Gagan is third to the right of Vivek.
So, Gargan is 15th from the right end. There are 15 boys to the left of Aman, 10 boys between Aman and Gagan and 14 boys to the right of Gagan.
Therefore, Number of boys in the row = 15 + 1 + 10 + 1 + 14 = 41
Q-3) In a row of letters, a letter is 5th from left end and 12th from the right end. How many letters are there in a row?
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Number of letters in the row = 5 + 12 - 1 = 16
Q-4)
In a row of children facing North, Ritesh is 12th from the left end. Sudhir, who is 22nd from the right end is 4th to the right of Ritesh. Total how many children are there in the row?
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Sudhir's position from left = (12 + 4) = 16th from left,
Clearly, there are three students between Ritesh and Sudhir.
Therefore, Total number of children = (12 + 3 + 22) = 37
Q-5) Sohan ranks 7th from the top and 26th from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?
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Total students in the class = 7 + 26 - 1
= 33 - 1 = 32
Q-6)
In a row of girls, Veena is 12th from the start and 19 from the end. In another row of girls, Sunita is 14th from the start and 20th from the end. How many girls are there in both the rows together?
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In the first row, Veena is 12th from start and 19th from the end.
Then, the total number of girls = (12 + 19 - 1) = 30
In the second row, Sunita is 14th from start and 20th from the end.
Then, total number of girls = (14 + 20 - 1) = 33
Therefore, Total number of girls = 30 + 33
= 63
Q-7)
In a row of boys, Jeevan is 7th from the start and 11th from the end. In another row of boys, Vikas is 10th from the start and 12th from the end. How many boys are there in both the rows together?
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Total number of boys = (Number of boys in Jeevan's row) + (Number of boys in Vikas's row)
= (6 + 1 + 10) + (9 + 1 + 11)
= (17 + 21) = 38
Q-8)
In a row of girls, Kamya is fifth from the left and Preeti is sixth from the right. When they exchange their positions, then Kamya becomes thirteenth from the left. What will be Preeti's position from the right?
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Kamya's new position is 13th from the left. But it is the same as Preeti's earlier position which is 6th from the right.
The row consists of (12 + 1 + 5) = 18 girls
Now, Preeti's new position is Kamya's earlier position which is 5th from the left.
Therefore, Preeti's new position from the right = 18 - 5 + 1 = 13 + 1 = 14
Q-9)
There are 25 boys in a horizontal row. Rahul was shifted by three places towards his right side and he occupies the middle position in the row. What was his original position from the left end of the row?
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When Rahul was shifted by three places towards his right side, then he occupies the middle position i.e., 13th position.
Thus, his original position from the left end of the row = 13 - 3 = 10th
Q-10) In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th. When two boys joined, his rank was dropped by one. What is his new rank from the end?
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A total number of boys after 2 new boys joined = 47
Since the rank of the boy dropped by 1,
it became 21st 20th.
Therefore, His new rank from the end = 47 - 21 + 1
= 27th