REASONING

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ORDER AND RANKING

Level -1 Q.11. Girls standing in a row facing the school building
Q.1. Ajay is 16th from left end and 14 th from right end. Ayesha is fifteen from left end. If she is shifted six
How many persons in the row? place to the right what is her position form right end?
1) 28 2) 29 3) 30 1) 16 2) 21 3) 20
4) 27 5) None of these 4) 18 5) NOT
Q.2. Geeta is 14th from right in the row of 28 Girls. What Q.12. In a row of 50 girls, when kiran was shifted to her
is her rank from left end? left by 4 places her number from the left end of the
1) 14 2) 16 3) 15 row becomes 10. What was the number of swati from
4) None of these 5) Cant be determined the right end of the row is swati was 3 places to the
Q.3. Kiran is 19 th in the row from left and 21st from an- right of Kiran’s original place ?
other end. How many persons are standing with him? 1) 32 2) 33 3) 35
1) 39 2) 37 3) 40 4) 34 5) NOT
4) 36 5) 38 Q.13. R is fifteenth from the front in a column of girls. There
Q.4. Ajay is 14 th in the row from left. Sudeep is 29th from were thrice as many behind him as there were in front.
ajay and alos 10th from right end. How many boys are there between R and 7th from the
1) 53 2) 52 3) 54 end of the column?
4) 51 5) None of these 1) 33 2) 34 3) data inadequate
Q.5. Aman is 64 th from left end Ritesh is 15th from right 4) NOT 5) 35
end. There are 104 members between them how many Q.14. Kartik is 18th from left end. Raman is 19th from right
persons are there in the row. end when we interchange their positions kartik be-
1) 276 2) 183 3) 185 comes 69th from right end. How many person are there
4) 181 5) 184 in the row.
Q.6. Rohan is standing for prayers in the row. His Rank is 1) 86 2) 88 3) 89
56 among the students. There are 1063 studetns in 4) 85 5) 87
the prayer. Find his rank from right. Q.15. In a class, Ravi’s rank is 5th from Kiran and Kiran’s
1) 56 2) 48 3) 47 rank is 26th from kishor. What is the rank of Ravi from
4) 49 5) CND Kishor.
Q.7. Raja is 21 st from left end Ranjeet is 13 th from right 1) 31 st 2) 21st 3) 30th
end. There are 56 person between them. 4) 22 nd 5) CND
1) CND 2) 92 3) 91 Q.16. A’s rank is 17th from right end and B’s rank is 29th
4) 90 5) None of these from A. What is the rank of B from Right end.
Q.8. Ajay is 25th from left end and Vijay is 64th from Right 1) 45 2) 47 3) Data inadequete
end. And there are 3 members standing between them. 4) NOT 5) 46
How many person are there in the row. Q.17. Virat’s rank is 28th from the left end and Suresh’s rank
1) 92 2) 84 3) 90 is 9th to the left Virat. What is the rank of suresh from
4) 85 5) CND left end.
Q.9. Raju is 11th from left end and Ram is 12th from right 1) 36 2) 18 3) 17
end. Only two members are between them. What can 4) 19 5) NOT
be minimum number of persons are there in the row? Q.18. In a class of 40 children, Sunetra’s rank is eighth from
1) 25 2) 19 3) 20 the top. Sujit is five ranks below Sunetra. What is
4) 21 5) None of these Sujit’s rank from the bottom?
Q.10. In a row of children facing north, Neeta is fifteenth 1) 27 2) 28 3) 29
from the left end of the row. If she is shifted towards 4) 26 5) Other than those given as options
right end of the row by four places, she becomes Q.19. In a class of 40 boys, Ramesh is the fourteenth from
eighth from the right end. How many children are the top. What is his position from the
there in the row? bottom?16. In a class of 40 boys, Ramesh is the
1) 24 2) 28 fourteenth from the top. What is his position from
3) Other than those given options 4) 27 the bottom?
5) 26 1) 16 2) 27 3) 26
4) 15 5) None of these
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Q.20. In a class of thirty two students Mohan’s position is Q.27. In a row of twenty boys, when Mohan shifts two places
the fourteenth what is his position from the bot- to the left, his position becomes seventh from the left
tom?17. In a class of thirty two students Mohan’s end. What was his initial position from the right end?
position from the top is the fourteenth what is his 1) 13th 2) 9th 3) 12th
position from the bottom? 4) 14th 5) None of these
1) 19 2) 18 3) 20 Q.28. In a row of boys, Akash is fifth from the left and Nikhil
4) 15 5) None of these is eleventh from the right end. If Akash is twenty fifth
Q.21. In a row Sunil is fifteenth from the left and seventh from the right, how many boys are there in the row in
from the right. How many boys are there in the between Akash and Nikhil?
row?18. In a row Sunil is fifteenth from the left and 1) 14 2) 13 3) 15
seventh from the right. How many boys are there in 4) 12 5) None of these
the row? [Patna-P.O]
1) 29 2) 22 3) 15 Q.29. Rohan is fourteenth from the right and in row of 40
4) 21 5) None of these boys. What is his position from the left end?
Q.22. In his own class Prakash is seventh from the top and 1) 25th 2) 27th 3) 24th
twenty eighth from the bottom. How many students 4) 26 th
5) None of these
are there in the class?19. In his own class Prakash is Q.30. Ravi ranks 16 th from the top and 49th from the bot-
seventh from the top and twenty eighth from the bot- tom in a class. How many students are there in the
tom. How many students are there in the class? class?
1) 36 2) 35 3) 34 1) 66 2) 65 3) 64
4) 37 5) None of these 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
Q.23. In a certain class the position of Janesh from the top Q.31. th
Arvind is 8 rank ahead than Alok in the class. If
is sixteenth and thirty seventh from the bottom, which Alok’s rank is 15 th from the last, what is Arvind’s
of the following is the total number of students in the rank from the start?
class?
1) 8 2) 23 3) 15
1) 52 2) 53 4) data inadequate 5) None of these
3) 54 4) Data inadequate Q.32. Rajan is the 10th from the left and Nipur is 17th from
5) None of these the right and of the row. There is one person in be-
[Delhi-P.O] tween them. What is the total number of person be-
Q.24. In a row of boys, if Keshab who is tenth from the left tween them in the row?
and Bejoy who is ninth from the right, interchange 1) 27 2) 28 3) 25
their positions, Keshab comes to the fifteenth posi- 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
tion from the left. How many boys are there in the Q.33. Rohan is 7th ranks of Karam in a class of 39. If Karan’s
row? rank is seventeenth from the last what is Rohan’s rank
1) 22 2) 23 3) 21 from the start?
4) 25 5) None of these 1)14th 2) 15th 3)16th
Q.25. In a row of girls, when Rekha who is seventh from 4) 17th 5) None of these
the left and Madhu who is tenth from the right inter- Q.34. In a queue, Rahul is 14th from and john is 17th from
change their position, Rekha comes to the twelfth the end, while Alisha is in between Rahul and john .
position from the left. How many girls are there in if Rahul be ahead of John and there be 48 persons in
the row? the queue. How many persons are there between Rahul
1) 17 2) 22 3) 20 and Alisha?
4) 21 5) None of these 1) 8 2) 7 3) 6
Q.26. Ten children are standing in a row facing the same 4) 7 5) None of these
direction. Abhijit who is seventh from the left is to Q.35. In the row of 45 students Aman is 15th from left end.
the immediate right of Sushant who is fifth from the 1. Find his rank from right?
right end. Sushant is third to the right of Rupin. How 1) 30 2) 29 3) 31
many children are standing in between Abhijit and 4) 32 5) 33
Rupin?
2. How many students one there on the other side
1) One 2) Two of him?
3) Three 4) Data inadequate 1) 29 2) 28 3) 30
5) None of these 4) 31 5) CND
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Q.36. Amit is 13th from the left end and 64th from the right Q.45. In a row of boys, if A who is tenth from the left and B
end of the row who is ninth from the right interchange their posi-
3. How many persons are there in the row? tions. A becomes fifteenth from the left. How many
1) 76 2) 75 3) 77 boys are there in the row?
4) 78 5) None of these 1) 21 2) 23 3) 27
4. How many person are standing with him in the 4) 28 5) None
row? Q.46. Ram ranked ninth from the top and thirty–eighth from
1) 74 2) 76 3) 75 the bottom in a class. How many students are stand-
4) CND 5) None of these ing with Ram?
Q.37. Raja is 17th from left end Ravi is 21st from Raju. There 1) 44 2) 45 3) 46
are 54 student in the row 4)47 5) None
5. What is the Raju’s rank from right? Q.47. In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and B is
1) 37 2) 39 3) 38 fourth from the right. There are three boys between A
4) 5) None of these 5) CND and B, C is just left of A. What is the C’s position
6. What will be Ravi’s rank from left? from the right?
1) 37th 2) 38th 3) 39th 1)5 th 2)9th 3)12th
4) 40th 5) None of these 4)13th 5) None
7. What will be ravi’s rank from right end? Q.48. Aman is 45th from left end and kiran is 54 th from right
1) 17th 2) 16th 3) 18th end. If we interchange their positions we find 9 per-
4) 15th 5) None of these sons between them. How many person are in the row.
Q.38. Malik is fourteenth from the right end in a row of 40 1) 98 2) 88 3) 110
boys. What is his position from the left end? 4) 108 5) CND
1) 21th 2) 24th 3 ) 25th Q.49. Raman ranks sixteenth from the top and forty ninth
4) 27th 5) None from the bottom in a class. How many students are
Q.39. Students line up in a queue in which Ashok stands standing with Ram ?
fifteenth from the left and Sakthi is seventh from the 1) 64 2) 65 3) 66
right. If they interchange their places, Sakthi would 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
be fifteenth from the right. How many students are Q.50. Sanjeev ranks seventh from the top and twenty eight
there in the queue? from the bottom in a class. How many students are
1) 21 2) 22 3) 28 there in the class ?
4) 29 5) None 1) 37 2) 36 3) 35
Q.40. Sugan ranks sixteenth from the top and forty ninth 4) 34 5) None
from the bottom in a class. How many students are Q.51. Aruna ranks twelfth in a class of forty-six. What will
there in the class? be her rank from the last?
1) 54 2)64 3)65 1) 33 2) 34 3) 35
4) 66 5) None 4) 37 5) None of these
Q.41. Rajan ranks eighteenth in a class of 49 students. What Q.52. In a row of boys facing North, Ram is 16 th from left
is his rank from the last? end and Shyam is sixteenth from right end 16 per-
1) 18 2) 19 3) 31 sons are there between Ram and Shyam . How many
4) 32 5) None boys are there in the row?
Q.42. N ranks fifth in a class. S is eighth from the last. If T 1) 39 2) 48 3) 41
is sixth after N and just in the middle of N and S, 4) 37 5) NOT
then how many students are there in the class?
1) 21 2) 23 3) 24
4) 25 5) None
Q.43. 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?
1) 17 2) 27 3) 37
4) 39 5) None
Q.44. 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?
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LEVEL 2 Q.61. Among the successful students in a certain examina-

tion, Rajesh’s position from the top was fifteenth and
Q.53. In a queue of children, Arun is fifth from the left and twenty sixth from the bottom. If eight students failed
Suresh is sixth from the right. When they interchange in that examination, what was the total number of stu-
their places among themselves, Arun becomes thir- dents?
teenth from the left. Then, what will be Suresh’s posi- 1) 45 2) 42 3) 48
tion from the right? 4) 46 5) None of these
1) 8th 2) 14th 3) 15th Q.62. In a row of 36 students a boy is in the first position
4) 16th 5) None followed by a girl. The second boy is followed by two
Q.54. Some boys are sitting in a row. P is sitting fourteenth girls, the third boy is followed by three girls and the
from the left and Q is seventh from the right. If there same order continues as long as possible. How many
are four boys between P and Q, how many boys are girls are there in the second half of that row?
there in the row? 1) 15 2) 16 3) 12
1) 19 2) 21 3)23 4) 18 5) None of these
4)None of these 5) 25 Q.63. Rakesh is sitting at 20th from the left end and Suresh is
Q.55. Vimal is 7 ranks ahead of Sathish in a class of 39. If sitting at 20tg from right end and only 3 person sit-
Sathish’s rank is seventeenth from the last, what is ting between them. If the position of Rakesh & Suresh
Vimal’s rank from the start? are interchange. What is the Rakesh’s rank from left
1)11th 2) 13th 3) 16th end?
4) 18th 5) NOT 1) 23 2) 22 3) 21
4) 24 5) NOT
Q.56. Ritesh is thirteenth from the left end in a row of chil-
dren. Prabir is twelfth from end and eighteenth from Q.64. In a row of children standing with their faces towards
the left end. How many children are towards the right the south, Nidhi is seventh from the left and Rajan is
of Ritesh in that row? fourth from the right. When Nidhi is moved forward
two positions to the right and Ranjan is moved three
1) 12 2)18 3)17
positions ahead to the left, there are five children in
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these between them. How many children are there in the
Q.57. In a row of girls Anuradha is seventh from the left row?
end of the row and Rubai is ninth from the right end
1) 25 2) 21 3) 19
of the row. When Rubai is shifted towards left by
three places, there are 5 girls between Anuradha and 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
Rubai. How many girls are there in the row? [Bhopal-P.O]
1) 25 2) 24 3) 21 Q.65. In a class Ramesh is in the fifth position from the top
4) 23 5) None of these and Ajoy is eighth from the bottom. If the position of
Suresh is the sixth after Ramesh and he is just in the
Q.58. Two rows of 15 students each were standing from left
middle of Ramesh an Ajoy, how many students are
to right facing each othe. Neeru and Ria were stand-
there in the class?
ing facing each other at the 8 th positions in their re-
spective rows. If both of them were shifted 5 th posi- 1) 24 2) 25 3) 26
tions to their respective right, by how many posi- 4) 23 5) None of these
tions would they be away from each other? Q.66 Kartik is 56th from Sachin who is 98th from the right
1) 9 2) 10 3) 5 end. Kartik is 75th from other end. What can be the
4) 11 5) None of these minimum number of members in the row?
Q.59. In a class 39 students the ratio of boys and girls is 2 1) 228 2) 227 3) 116
: 1. Ashita ranks 15th among all the students from top 4) CND 5) 117
and 8th among girls from bottom. How many boys are Q.67 Raja is 11th from left end and Rajan is 12th from right
there below Ashita? end. Only two members are between them. How many
1) 16 2) 17 3) 15 members are there in the row.
4) data inadequate 5) None of these 1) 25 2) 20 3) 19
Q.60. In a class of 60, where girls are twice that of boys, 4) None of these 5) CND
Kapil ranks 17th from the top. If there are 9 girls above Q.68 Raja is 15th from left end and Dinesh is 12th from right
the Kapil. How many boys after him in rank? end. Only two man one between them. How many
1) 3 2) 7 3) 12 persons are there in the row.
4) 23 5) 32 1) 25 2) 19 3) both 25 and 19
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Q.69 Murugan is sixth from the left end and Prasanna is Q.78 In a row of girls. Kaveri is 5th from the left and prajakta
tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If there are is 6th from right. When they exchange their position,
eight boys between Murugan and Prasanna, how many then kaveri becomes 13th from the left. What will be
boys are there in the row? prajakta’s position from the right?
1)21 2)23 3)24 1) 7th 2) 11th 3) 18th
4)25 5) None 4) 19th 5) NOT
Q.70 In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of Q.79 In a row of 40 boys sachin was shifted 10 places to
the row. How many trees are there in the row? the right of Ravi and Kartik was shifted 10 places to
1) 8 2) 9 3)10 the left of virat. If virat was twenty-six from the left
4)11 5) None and there was 3 boys between Kartik and satish after
Q.71 .In a class of 35 students, Kamal is placed seventh shifting was the position of Rohan in the row?
from the bottom whereasa Sunil is placed ninth from 1) 10 th from the right end
the top. Manoj is placed exactly in between the two. 2) 10 th from the left end
What is Kamal’s position from Manoj? 3) 39thn from the right end
1) 7 2) 9 3) 10 4) 39 th from right end
4) 12 5) 5 th 5) Data inadequate
Q.72 In a row of girls, Ramya is fifth from the left and Q.80 Mahi ranked ninth from the top and thirty eighth from
Priya is sixth from the right. When they exchange their the bottom in a class. How many students are there in
positions, then Ramya becomes thirteenth from the the class?
left. What will be Priya’s position from the right? 1) 42 2) 44 3) 46
1) 7 th 2) 9 th 3) 12th 4) 48 5) None
Q.81 In a row of girls facing North, Reena is 10th to the
4) 14th 5) None
left of Pallavi, who is 21st from the right end. If
Q.73 If Ajay finds that he is twelth from the right in a line
Malini, who is 17th from the left end, is fourth to the
of boys and fourth from the left, how many boys
right of Reena, how many girls are there in the row?
should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys
1) 37 2) 41 3) 43
in the line?
4) 49 5) 42
1) 13 2) 14 3) 16
Q.82 In a queue, Amrita is 10th from the front while Mukul
4) 20 5) None is 25th from behind and Mamta is just in the middle
of the two. If there be 50 persons in the queue. What
Q.74 In a queue, Viji is fourteenth from the front and Jack position does Mamta occupy from the front ?
is seventeenth from the end, while Mary is in between 1) 20th 2) 19th 3) 18th 4)
Viji and Jack. If Viji be ahead of Jack and there be 48 17th
persons in the queue, how many persons are there Q.83 Some boys are sitting in a row. P is sitting fourteenth
between Viji and Mary? from the left and Q is seventh from the right. If there
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 are four boys between P and Q, how many boys are
4) 8 5) None there in the row ?
Q.75 In a row, the position of Vivek 12th from left in a row, 1) 25 2) 23 3) 21
Sham is 16 positions from right. Ishant is ahead of 4) 19 5) None of these
Vivek by three positions and between Ishant and Q.84 Manoj and Sachin are ranked seventh and eleventh
Sham, there are 5 persons between them. What are respectively from the top in a class of 31 students.
the total number of persons in the row? What will be their respective ranks from the bottom
1) 30 2) 36 3) 28 in the class ?
4) 40 5) None of these 1) 20th and 24 th 2) 24th and 20th 3) 25th and 21st
Q.76 Three person P, Q and R standing in queue. There are 4) 26th and 22 nd 5) None of these
7 person between P and Q and 7 person between Q Q.85 Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39. If
and R. If there are three person ahead of R and 26 Sumit‘s rank is seventeenth from the last, what is
behind P, then what would be minimum no. of person Ravi‘s rank from the start ?
in the queue ? 1) 14th 2) 15th 3) 16th
1) 46 2) 43 3) 49 4) 17th 5) None
4) 45 5) 48 Q.86 Akshay is 16th from the left end in the row of boys
Q.77 A is 16 th from left end in a row of boy and B is 18th. C and Vijay is 18th from the right en4) Avinash is 11th
is 11th from the A towards right and 3rd from B to- from Akshay towards the right end and 3rd from Vijay
wards right end. How many boys are there in a row? towards the right end. How many boys are there in
the row?(bank PO 2004)
1) 40 2) 42 3) 48
1) Data inadequate 2) 42 3) 40
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Q.87 In a row of girls, Nidhi and Heena occupy the 9th place Q.90 In a row X is 15th from the left end and Y is 9th from
from the right end and 9 th place from the left end, the right. There are five persons in between X and Y.
respectively, if they interchange their places, Nidhi While Z is to the immediate left of X. At which posi-
and Heena occupy 17 th place from the right end 18th tion is Z from the right end?30. In a row X is 15th
place from the left, respectively. How many girls are from the left end and Y is 9th from the right. There are
in the row? five persons in between X and Y. While Z is to the
1) 25 2) 26 3) 27 immediate left of X. At which position is Z from the
4) data inadquete 5) 32 right end?
Q.88 Kanmani ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty 1) 15th 2) 16th 3) 12th
ninth from the bottom among those who passed an 4) 14th 5) None of these
examination. Six boys did not participate in the com- Q.91 In a row of girls, Nidhi and Heena occupy the 9th place
petition and five failed in it. How many boys were from the right end and 10th place from the left end,
there in the class? respectively. If they interchange their places, Nidhi
1)35 2)45 3)50 and Heena occupy 17 th place from the right and 18 th
4)55 5) None place from the left, respectively. How many girls are
Q.89 In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and B is in the row ?
fourth from the right. There are three boys between A 1) 25 2) 26 3) 27
and B, C is just left of A. What is the C’s position from 4) data inadequate 5) None of these
the right? Q.92 In a group of 6 children T, K, V, O, M and W, T is
1) 5th 2) 9th 3) 12th fatter than M but not as fat as W. K is not the fattest
4) 13th 5) None nor is W whereas V is the thinnest. Who is the fattest
among them all?
1) O 2) T 3) M
4) Data inadequate 5) None

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