CEX–5349/P1BS/19 Reasoning – 6 P-1(BS)

Ranking and Linear Arrangement

Answers and Explanations

1 a 2 b 3 d 4 c 5 b 6 d 7 b 8 c 9 c 10 b
11 b 12 a 13 c 14 c 15 a 16 b 17 c 18 c 19 c 20 c
21 a 22 a 23 c 24 d 25 b 26 a 27 c 28 d 29 d 30 d
31 b 32 c 33 d 34 c 35 a 36 b 37 e 38 a 39 d 40 d
41 a 42 b 43 a 44 e 45 c 46 c 47 b 48 a 49 b 50 d

1. a From right end
(i) Vijay’s present position: 27th
(ii) Vijay’s former position: 17th
Now, total number of students between Ajay and Vijay
= 27 – 17 – 1 = 9.
2. b Modi’s position from the left end = 40 + 1 – 14 = 27th.
3. d Clearly, total number of boys in both the rows
= (Number of boys in Jayati’s row) + (Number of boys
in Bharat’s row)
= (6 + 1 + 10) + (9 + 1 + 11) = 17 + 21 = 38.
8. c Sandeep’s new position is 15th from the right as well
as from the left end of the row.
Number of students in the queue = (14 + 1 + 14) = 29.
9. c Manoj’s earlier position from the right end = 17th
Manoj’s earlier position from the left end = 13th
Total number of persons in the row = 17 + 13 – 1 = 29
Manoj’s new position from the right = 29 + 1 – 11
= 19th.
10. b On the basis of the given information, we get
Mehak > Nitika > Neelima > Neeta > Sania
Obviously, Neelima will occupy the middle position.

4. c Sajan rank 26th and Seema is 8 ranks ahead of Sajan. 11. b Vani > Rani
So, Seema ranks 18th. Number of students behind Vani > Sita > Rani
Seema in rank = (42 – 18) = 24. Mary, Rani > Nita.
So, Seema ranks 25th from the last. Rani > Mary
 Vani > Sita > Rani > Mary > Nita.
5. b Amita is 22nd from the top and Ramnik is 5 ranks
12. a  Reservation counter..
below Amita. So, Ramnik is 27th from the top. Also,
S U R T V
Ramnik is 34th from the bottom.
Number of students passed = (26 + 1 + 33) = 60 13. c Kamal’s position from left = 9th
Total number of students in the class = 60 + 15 = 75. Veena’s position from right = 16th
After interchanging their positions,
6. d Minimum number of students will be possible in the Kamal’s position from left = 25th
following case. So, that Kamal’s position from right = 16th
Sameer Neetesh Wasim  Total number of girls = (25 + 16) – 1 = 40.
  14. c Rajan’s rank in the class = 11th
Also, Rajan’s rank in the class from bottom = 31st
9 8
 
 Number of boys passed = 41
Total number of boys = 41 + 31 + 1 = 45.
6 7
Thus, in the above case, total number of students 15. a B = 2A
= 9 + 6 – 1 = 14. F = 2B = 4A
7. b Here, Rajni’s position from the right end = 21 + 10
A
= 31st A = 2C  C 
2
Meera’s position from the right end = 31 – 4 = 27th
Meera’s position from the left end = 17th (given) C A
C  2D  D  
Thus, the total number of persons in the row 2 4
= 27 + 17 – 1 = 43. The correct order is F > B > A > C > D.
Hence, the second oldest is B.

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16. b Ramesh’s rank in the class = 13th 28. d The sequence of books according to the given
Total number of student = 33 information will be
 Suresh’s rank in the class = 33 – 5 = 28th E
 Number of student between Ramesh and Suresh A
= 28 – (13 + 1) = 14. B
C
17. c A tree’s rank from the left = 7th and that of from right
D
= 14th.
 Total number of trees = 14 + 7 – 1 = 20. so
Hence, D is at the bottom of the pile.
18. c The given standing position is
29. d From the given information, order of landing is:
Left  M N Q P O  Right
FAE D B CG
Hence, G landed last.
19. c The order of eldest to youngest is given below.
Sita > Lavanya > Swapna > Hari > Suvarna.
30. d Since Q is sitting to the left of S and to the right of R,
their places are R Q S
20. c 7th 22nd Since R, Q and T are not sitting adjacent to each other,
Srinath Venkat T must be to the right of S.
P is sitting between R and Q. The final arrangement is
12th R P Q S T
Hence, R and T are sitting at the extreme ends.
Total number of boys in the row = 22 + 12 – 1 = 33.
31. b The order of weight is D > F > A > C > B > E.
21. a From the given information the order is DECAB.
Hence, C is the 4th heaviest.
22. a Ashok's rank from last = 17th
32. c B | BR | BRW | BRWG | BRWGY | B | BR| BRW | BRWG
 Suresh's rank from last = 17 + 7 = 24th
Therefore, in the above sequence G will be the next
 Suresh's rank from the start = 39 – 24 + 1 = 16th.
letter. Hence, Green will come next in the series.
23. c The given information can be shown as:
33. d Arranging the given information, we get
P X Q Y Z R
Pankaj > Mandar > Amit > Prashant > Vinod
Hence, Pankaj is the tallest.
24. d Let weight of the ring D be x gm.
x 34. c Using the formula,
 Weight of E = gm.
2 T  RT  RB  1
x 2 x We get,
Weight of F =   gm. T = 16 + 15 – 1 = 30.
2 9 9
Hence, there are 30 students in the class.
2x
Weight of G = gm. 35. a Given information can be shown as:
9
Sameer Ravi Kes hav Mahesh
4x Piyush  North
Weight of H = gm.
9
OR
Weight of D > Weight of H > Weight of F. Mahesh Sameer Ravi Kes hav
 Descending order of weight of the rings Piyush
D > E > H > G > F. Hence, Sameer and Piyush could be sitting at the
extreme ends.
25. b Order of athletes to finish race is D, B, C, A and E.
Hence, C will come 3rd. 36. b The arrangement is
C D A B E
26. a The order of the heights of the persons according to So, B is E’s neighbour.
the given information will be
Sachin > Rahul > Saurav > Dhoni > Kaif 37. e Arranging the given information in decreasing order
Hence, Sachin is the tallest. we get B > D > A and D > E > C, but we don’t know
whether A < C or C < A.
27. c Aakash finished the race before Krishna and after Hence, we cannot decide.
Suhail. Ravi finished the race before Suhail and Mayur.
Hence, Ravi won the race.

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For questions 38 and 39:
45. c LEFT
Bhagat Pramod Subodh Jayesh Alok
F
South
A
38. a C
E
39. d
B
For questions 40 to 44: D
From (i): 1 2 3 4 5 6  North RIGHT
From (ii): (a) F D B or (b) B D F Hence, B and D are to the right of E.
From (iii): (a) C __ __ __ A or (b) A __ __ __ C
From (iv): B __ __ __ E 46. c The order of persons from the tallest to the smallest is
From (v): (a) D F C or (b) C F D as follows:

W e will start with the arrangement obtained from condition G K/M M/K F H L
(iv) B __ __ __ E
So, (ii) (a) can’t be possible. From (iv) and (ii) (b), we get the 47. b The order of the books from bottom to top is shown
following arrangement. below.
A
B D F E  North
E
Now, (v) (b) can’t be possible. So, from (v) (a), we get the
following arrangement. C
BDFCE B
Finally, (iii) (a) can’t be possible. So, from (iii) (b), we get the D
following arrangement.
ABDFCE Hence, D touches the table.
From the above reasoning, we get the f ollowing final
arrangement. 48. a The information for weight can be summarised as
shown below.
A B D F C E Raman > Chaman > Aman> Baman >Saman
North
1 2 3 4 5 6 Hence, Chaman is the second heaviest.

40. d A is at the extreme left end. 49. b

Krishna

Padma

RIGHT
Sudha
Rama
LEFT

Tapti
41. a E is sitting to the right of C.

42. b B is sitting between A and D. Hence, Padma is in the middle.

43. a A is sitting to the left of B.

50. d
Dhanush
Shekhar
RIGHT

Basha
David

LEFT
Bala

44. e D is sitting second to the left of C.

Hence, Dhanush is standing in the middle.

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