Ordering Test PDF

Ordering Test

The arrangement of haphazard things in a Formula 3. Position of person from down-

particular or definite order is called as the ward
ordering. These things may be arranged on the
basis of their size, age or characteristic etc.  Position of 
Questions concer-ning following parts may be = Total no. –  person from – 1
 up 
asked in this test—
(1) Position series (2) Height series Or
(3) Age series (4) Circular series
Position of person from downward
(5) Line series (6) Square series
 Position of 
Position Series Test =  Total no. – person from  + 1
In these questions, the position of some  up 
persons from up or down or from left or right is
[To find the position of a person from left we
given and then the total no. of persons is asked.
use formula (3) and to find the position from right
The vice-versa of this is also possible. Some
we use formula (2)]
important formulae for these type of questions—
Formula 1. Total no. of persons Formula 4. If two persons are on a definite
position from left and right and they interchange
 Position of Position of  their positions then one of them moves some
= person + person – 1 positions ahead in his own direction then—
 from upward from downward
(I) Total no. of persons
Or
 First positon Second position
Total no. of persons = of first + of second  – 1
 Position of Position of   person person 
=  person from + person from  – 1
 right left  (II) Second position of first person or second
position of second person
Formula 2. Position of person from upward  Difference of 
 two positions   First position
 Position of  =  of second  +  of first 
= Total no. –  person from – 1    
 down   person   person 
Or Or
Position of person from upward  Difference of 
 two positions   First position
 Position of  =  of first  –  of second 
=  Total no. – person from  + 1    
 down   person   person 

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Example 1. The position of Jitendra from Height Series Test

upwards is 27th and from downwards is 23rd in the In these questions, a group of persons in
class. What is the total no. of students in the class ? disordered heights is given. We have to arrange
(A) 50 (B) 48 them orderly and find their positions.
(C) 47 (D) 49 Example 1. Ram is taller than Shyam, but not
(E) None of these as much as Rajan. Arjun is taller than Sohan who
Answer with Explanation—(D) From is shorter than Shyam. Who is the shortest ?
formula (1) (A) Rajan (B) Ram
Total number of students in class (C) Arjun (D) Shyam
 Place of (E) None of these
Place of 
=  Jitendra from + Jitendra from  – 1 Answer with Explanation—(E)
 upward downward  Rajan > Ram > Shyam
= (27 + 23) – 1 And, Arjun > Sohan < Shyam
= 50 – 1 = 49 Thus, Sohan is the shortest.
Example 2. Total no. of students in the class Age Series Test
of Deepu is 10. Among them the position of
Deepu from upwards is 7 th then what is his I n these questions age o f some persons is
position from downwards ? given in disordered manner. We have to arrange
them.
(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) 2 Example 1. Amit is 2 years elder than Sumit
who is 3 years younger than Naresh. Irfan is 1
(E) None of these
year younger than Shaukat but 5 years elder than
Answer with Explanation—(A) From Naresh. Who is the eldest ?
formula (3) (A) Amit (B) Naresh
Placement of Deepu from downward (C) Sumit (D) Irfan
= (Total number) – (Place of Deepu from (E) Shaukat
upward – 1) Answer with Explanation—(E)
= 10 – (7 – 1)
Naresh > Amit > Sumit
= 10 – 6 = 4
And, Shaukat > Irfan > Naresh
Example 3. In a line of girls, Shweta’s Thus, Shaukat is the eldest.
position from right is 25th and Manju is on 13th
position from left. They both interchange their Circular Test Series
places. Now, Manju is on 23rd position from left. When everyones attention is towards the
What will be the position of Shweta from right ? centre of the circle then, the clockwise movement
(A) 36th (B) 33rd is the left direction and anticlockwise movement
(C) 31st (D) 35th is the right direction.
(E) None of these A
Answer with Explanation—(D) Using Right Left
formula (4)
Manju Shweta
→ ← B
13th 25th D
• •

Manju
→
Shweta 23rd
Second place of Shweta C
= [Difference of two places of Manju] Here B is to the left of A.
+ [First place of Shweta] And, A is to the right of B.
= (23 – 13) + 25 Similarly D is to the left of C
= 10 + 25 = 35 And, A is to the left of D.

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Example 1. P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in Answer with Explanation—(A)

a circle facing towards the centre of the circle. P is S N
to the right of Q at third position, S is to the left of
T at 2nd position and R is infront of T. Who is the
Q R W E
next to U towards left ?
(A) P (B) Q
P S
(C) R (D) S
(E) None of these Thus P is facing towards North.
Answer with Explanation—(E)
T
P

U S

Q
R More PDFs available in our Free-PDF
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Line Series Test
In these questions, persons or alphabets are
given in a disorderely way. They have to be
arranged.
Example 1. There are five boys in a class.
Kishore’s position is above Sanjeet. Manoj is
below Harendra. Sujay is above Manoj and
Harendra. Who is at the lowest position ?
(A) Manoj
(B) Harendra
(C) Sujay
(D) Can not be determined
(E) None of these
Answer with Explanation—(A) On arrangi-
ng.
Kishore > Sanjeet > Sujay > Harendra
> Manoj.
Thus Manoj is at the lowest position.
Square Series Test
Example 1. Four persons P, Q, R and S are
playing cards. Q and R are partners. S is facing
towards South. Next to the right of S is Q. Where
is P facing ?
(A) North (B) South
(C) East (D) West
(E) North-East

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