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Q1. If you are the tenth person in the queue Q6. In a class of 30 students Achal’s rank from
starting from either end, then the number of the top is 12th, Sakshi ranks three places above
persons in the queue is Achal. What is Sakshi’s rank from the bottom?
(a) 19 (a) 23
(b) 17 (b) 22
(c) 10 (c) 21
(d) 15 (d) None of these

Q2. In a row of girls facing the north, Shikha is
sixteenth from the left end and Jaya is sixteenth
from the right end. Shalini, who is fourth to the
right of Shikha, is fifth to the left of Jaya in the
row. How many girls are there in the row?
(a) 38
(b) 42
(c) 43
(d) 40
Q3. In a row at a bus stop, Amit is 7th from the
left and Prakash is 9th from the right. Both of
them interchange their positions and thus Amit
becomes 11th from the left. How many people
are there in that row?
(a) 18
(b) 19
(c) 21
(d) 20
Q4. In a queue of boys, Harshit is eighteenth
from the front while Nitish is sixteenth from the
back. If Ajay is twenty-fifth from the front and is
exactly in the middle of Harshit and Nitish, then
how many boys are there in the queue.
(a) 46
(b) 47
(c) 48
(d) None of these
Q5. If Shailesh finds that he is 19th from the
right end in a row of boys and 5th from the left
end, how many boys should be added to the
row such that there are 40 boys in the row?
(a) 19
(b) 15
(c) 17
(d) Cannot be determined
Q7. In a row of 21 boys, when Himansh was
shifted by four places towards the right, he
become 12th from the left end. What was his
earlier position from the right end of the row?
(a) 11th
(b) 12th
(c) 13th
(d) None of these
Q8. Three persons Akash, kamal and Shubham
are standing in a queue. There are five persons
between Akash and kamal and eight persons
between kamal and Shubham. If there are
three persons ahead of Shubham and 21
behind Akash, then what could be the
minimum number of persons in the queue?
(a) 26
(b) 27
(c) 29
(d) 28
Q9. Forty boys are standing in a row facing the
North. Raghu is 11th from the left and Rajiv is
31th from the right end of the row. How far
away will Lalit, who is third to the right of
Raghu in the row,be from Rajiv?
(a) 3rd
(b) 4th
(c) 5th
(d) None of these
Q10. In a class of 25 students, kajal is placed
7th from the bottom whereas Shankar is placed
9th from the top. Mansi is placed exactly in
between kajal and Shankar. What is kajal’s
position from Mansi?
(a) 6th
(b) 5th
(c) 9th

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(d) 8th from the last is 36th. The number of students in
the class is.
Q11. Kaya, Kiara, Kamini, Seema, Sarita and (a) 56
Suman are standing in a row. Kiara is between (b) 55
Suman and Seema. Sarita is between Kaya and (c) 60
Kamini. Kaya does not stand next to either (d) None of these
Suman or Seema. Kamini does not stand next to
Seema. Suman is between which of the
following pairs of persons?
(a) Kamini and Kiara
(b) Kaya and Kamini
(c) Kaya and Kiara
(d) Seema and Kamini

Q12. In a row of children, Priyanaka is fifteenth

from the left end of the row. If she is shifted
towards the right end of the row by four places,
she becomes eighth from the right end. How
many children are there in the row?
(a) 20
(b) 22
(c) 23
(d) None of these

Q13. Gopal and Kartik are ranked Eighth and

Twelfth respectively from the top in a class of
40 students. What will be their respective ranks
from the bottom in the class?
(a) 34th and 32th
(b) 31st and 35th
(c) 33th and 29th
(d) 33th and 31st

Q14. Nineteen students are standing in

horizontal row from left to right. If all the odd
numbered students in the row are shifted to
successive odd-numbered positions, what will
be the position of Gitika who was 9th from the
left end in the row initially?
(a) 9th from the left end
(b) 8th from the right end
(c) 9th from the right end
(d) 8th from the left end

Q15. On the basis of results of annual

examinations, Parul ranks 27th in the class,
Richa is 7 ranks ahead of Parul. Richa’s rank

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ANSWER KEY:
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. C
15. B

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