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The following question based on sequential test topic of verbal reasoning
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?
(a) 35
(b) 36
(c) 37
(d) 34
e) None of these
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
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
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Question : 1
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?
a) 38
b) 40
c) 32
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer »Answer: (a)
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
Question : 2
Sohan ranks 7th from the top and 26th from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?
a) 31
b) 32
c) 33
d) 34
Answer »Answer: (b)
Total students in the class = 7 + 26 - 1
= 33 - 1 = 32
Question : 3
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?
a) 72
b) 65
c) 63
d) 61
Answer »Answer: (c)
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
Question : 4
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?
a) 15
b) 16
c) 17
d) 18
Answer »Answer: (b)
Number of letters in the row = 5 + 12 - 1 = 16
Question : 5
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?
a) 7th
b) 14th
c) 11th
d) 18th
Answer »Answer: (b)
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
Question : 6
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?
a) 40
b) 42
c) 48
d) 41
e) None of these
Answer »Answer: (d)
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
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