15 Ranking Order
15 Ranking Order
15 Ranking Order
EXERCISE - 1
By: Bodhi Sir
1. Kanmani ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty ninth from the bottom among those who passed an examination.
Six boys did not participate in the competition and five failed in it. How many boys were there in the class?
a. 35 b. 45 c. 50 d. 55
2. Murugan is sixth from the left end and Prasanna is tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If there are eight boys
between Murugan and Prasanna, how many boys are there in the row?
a. 21 b. 23 c. 24 d. 25
3. In a row of girls, Nithya and Suganya occupy the ninth place from the right end and tenth place from the left end,
respectively. If they interchange their places, then Nithya and Suganya occupy seventeenth place from the right and
eighteenth place from the left respectively. How many girls are there in the row?
a. 22 b. 24 c. 26 d. 28
4. In a queue of children, Arun is fifth from the left and Suresh is sixth from the right. When they interchange their
places among themselves, Arun becomes thirteenth from the left. Then, what will be Suresh's position from the right?
a. 8th b. 14th c. 15th d. 16th
5. Meena is sixth from the left end in a row of 18 students. Meena’s position from the right is:
a. 5th b. 9th c. 11th d. 13th
6. Some boys are sitting in a row. P is sitting fourteenth from the left and Q is seventh from the right. If there are four
boys between P and Q, how many boys are there in the row?
a. 19 b. 21 c. 23 d. 25
7. Vimal is 7 ranks ahead of Sathish in a class of 39. If Sathish’s rank is seventeenth from the last, what is Vimal’s rank
from the start?
a. 11th b. 13th c. 16th d. 18th
8. Malik is fourteenth from the right end in a row of 40 boys. What is his position from the left end?
a. 21st b. 24th c. 25th d. 27th
9. In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11
10. In a class of 35 students, Kamal is placed seventh from the bottom whereasa Sunil is placed ninth from the top.
Manoj is placed exactly in between the two. What is Kamal’s position from Manoj?
a. 7th b. 9th c. 10th d. 12th
11. Students line up in a queue in which Ashok stands fifteenth from the left and Sakthi is seventh from the right. If they
interchange their places, Sakthi would be fifteenth from the right. How many students are there in the queue?
a. 21 b. 22 c. 28 d. 29
12. Sugan ranks sixteenth from the top and forty ninth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the
class?
a. 54 b. 64 c. 65 d. 66
13. Rajan ranks eighteenth in a class of 49 students. What is his rank from the last?
a. 18th b. 19th c. 31st d. 32nd
14. N ranks fifth in a class. S is eighth from the last. If T is sixth after N and just in the middle of N and S, then how
many students are there in the class?
a. 21 b. 23 c. 24 d. 25
15. In a class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends. How many boys are there
in the class?
a. 17 b. 27 c. 37 d. 39
16. In a queue, Arun is 10th from the front while Mukesh is 25th from behind and Maha is just in the middle of the two.
If there be 50 persons in the queue, What position does Maha occupy from the front?
a. 17th b. 18th c. 19th d. 20th
Answer Key
1. d 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. d
6. d 7. c 8. d 9. b 10. c
11. d 12. b 13. d 14. c 15. c
16. b 17. b 18. d 19. a 20. b
21. c 22. d 23. b 24. c 25. c
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