RANKING B.

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C. 26
1. Kanmani ranked sixteenth from the D. 28
top and twenty ninth from the bottom
among those who passed an 4. In a queue of children, Arun is fifth
examination. Six boys did not from the left and Suresh is sixth from
participate in the competition and five the right. When they interchange their
failed in it. How many boys were there places among themselves, Arun
in the class? becomes thirteenth from the left. Then,
what will be Suresh’s position from the
A. 35 right?
B. 45 A. 8th
C. 50 B. 14th
D. 55 C. 15th
2. Murugan is sixth from the left end D. 16th
and Prasanna is tenth from the right
end in a row of boys. If there are eight 5. Meena’s position from the right is
boys between Murugan and Prasanna,
A. 5
how many boys are there in the row?
B. 9
A. 21
C. 11
B. 23
D. 13
C. 24
6. In a queue, Arun is 10th from the
D. 25
front while Mukesh is 25th from
3. In a row of girls, Nithya and behind and Maha is just in the middle
Suganya occupy the ninth place from of the two. If there be 50 persons in the
the right end and tenth place from the queue, What position does Maha
left end, respectively. If they occupy from the front?
interchange their places, then Nithya
A. 17th
and Suganya occupy seventeenth place
from the right and eighteenth place B. 18th
from the left respectively. How many
C. 19th
girls are there in the row?
D. 20th
A. 22
7. In a row of boys, if A who is tenth right. If they interchange their places,
from the left and B who is ninth from Sakthi would be fifteenth from the
the right interchange their positions. A right. How many students are there in
becomes fifteenth from the left. How the queue?
many boys are there in the row?
A. 21
A. 21
B. 22
B. 23
C. 28
C. 27
D. 29
D. 28
11. Sugan ranks sixteenth from the top
8. In a row of girls, Ramya is fifth from and forty ninth from the bottom in a
the left and Priya is sixth from the class. How many students are there in
right. When they exchange their the class?
positions, then Ramya becomes
A. 54
thirteenth from the left. What will be
Priya’s position from the right? B. 64
A. 7th C. 65
B. 9th D. 66
C. 12th 12. Rajan ranks eighteenth in a class
of 49 students. What is his rank from
D. 14th
the last?
9. If Ajay finds that he is twelth from
A. 18
the right in a line of boys and fourth
from the left, how many boys should be B. 19
added to the line such that there are
28 boys in the line? C. 31

A. 13 D. 32

B. 14 13. N ranks fifth in a class. S is eighth

C. 16
D. 20
10. Students line up in a queue in
which Ashok stands fifteenth from the
left and Sakthi is seventh from the
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 17. Malik is fourteenth from the right
end in a row of 40 boys. What is his
D. 25
position from the left end?
14. In a class of boys stands in a single
A. 21th
line. One boy is nineteenth in order
from both the ends. How many boys B. 24th
are there in the class?
C. 25th
A. 17
D. 27th
B. 27
18. In a row of trees, one tree is fifth
C. 37 from either end of the row. How many
trees are there in the row?
D. 39
A. 8
15. Some boys are sitting in a row. P is
sitting fourteenth from the left and Q is B. 9
seventh from the right. If there are four
C. 10
boys between P and Q, how many boys
are there in the row? D. 11
A. 19 19. Ram ranked ninth from the top and
thirty–eighth from the bottom in a
B. 21
class. How many students are there in
C. 23 the class?

D. 25 A. 44

16. Vimal is 7 ranks ahead of Sathish B. 45

in a class of 39. If Sathish’s rank is
C. 46
seventeenth from the last, what is
Vimal’s rank from the start? D. 47
A. 11th 20. In a queue, Viji is fourteenth from
the front and Jack is seventeenth from
B. 13th
the end, while Mary is in between Viji
C. 16th and Jack. If Viji be ahead of Jack and
there be 48 persons in the queue, how
D. 18th
many persons are there between Viji
and Mary?

A. 5
B. 6

C. 7

D. 8

(ANSWER KEY)
1.D 2.C 3.C 4.B 5.D 6.B 7.B
8.D 9.A 10.D 11.B 12.D 13.C
14.C 15.D 16.C 17.D 18.B 19.B 20.D