Order and Ranking questions with solutions

1. Question 1Easy

   In a row of 40 students, Ravi is 12th from the left end. What is his position from the right end?

   • A.29thCorrect
   • B.28th
   • C.30th
   • D.27th
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   Position from the right = total - position from left + 1 = 40 - 12 + 1 = 29th.

2. Question 2Easy

   In a class of 45 students, a boy ranks 20th from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?

   • A.26Correct
   • B.25
   • C.27
   • D.24
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   Rank from the bottom = 45 − 20 + 1 = 26.

3. Question 3Easy

   In a class of 45 students, Ravi is ranked 18th from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?

   • A.26
   • B.27
   • C.28Correct
   • D.29
   • E.30
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   Rank from the bottom equals total minus rank from the top plus one: 45 - 18 + 1 = 28. The plus one counts Ravi himself, who is included in both rankings.

4. Question 4Easy

   In a row of 40 students, Rahul is 12th from the left end. What is his position from the right end?

   • A.27
   • B.28
   • C.29Correct
   • D.30
   • E.31
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   Position from the right equals the total minus the position from the left plus one: 40 - 12 + 1 = 29. The plus one is needed because Rahul is counted from both ends; leaving it out is the most common ranking mistake.

5. Question 5Easy

   In a class of 40 students, Rahul ranks 12th from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?

   • A.29Correct
   • B.28
   • C.30
   • D.27
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   Rank from bottom = total − rank from top + 1 = 40 − 12 + 1 = 29.

6. Question 6Easy

   In a row of 25 children, Sita is 10th from the left. What is her position from the right?

   • A.16Correct
   • B.15
   • C.17
   • D.14
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   Position from right = total − position from left + 1 = 25 − 10 + 1 = 16.

7. Question 7Easy

   In a row of 25 children, R is 11th from the left end. What is R’s position from the right end?

   • A.15Correct
   • B.16
   • C.13
   • D.14
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   Position from the right = 25 − 11 + 1 = 15.

8. Question 8Easy

   In a row of 40 students, Rahul is twelfth from the left end and Sneha sits seven places to the right of Rahul. What is Sneha's position from the right end?

   • A.20th
   • B.21st
   • C.22ndCorrect
   • D.23rd
   • E.24th
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   Rahul is twelfth from the left, so Sneha, seven places to his right, is nineteenth from the left. To convert a position from one end to the other, subtract from the total and add one: 40 minus 19 plus 1 gives 22. Forgetting the plus one is the standard error and produces 21, which is offered as an option. The check is that the two positions must sum to one more than the total, and 19 plus 22 is 41.

9. Question 9Easy

   In a class, Sita ranks 7th from the top and 26th from the bottom. How many students are there in the class?

   • A.31
   • B.33
   • C.34
   • D.32Correct
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   Total = (rank from top) + (rank from bottom) − 1 = 7 + 26 − 1 = 32, since Sita is counted in both.

10. Question 10Easy

    In a class, A ranks 5th from the top and 20th from the bottom. How many students are in the class?

    • A.26
    • B.23
    • C.25
    • D.24Correct
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    Total = 5 + 20 − 1 = 24, since A is counted in both counts.

11. Question 11Easy

    In a row of 30 students, X is 8th from the left end. What is X’s position from the right end?

    • A.23Correct
    • B.24
    • C.21
    • D.22
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    Position from the right = 30 − 8 + 1 = 23.

12. Question 12Easy

    Five boxes - J, K, L, M and N - have different weights. K is heavier than L but lighter than J. M is heavier than J. N is the lightest of the five. Which box is the second heaviest?

    • A.K
    • B.JCorrect
    • C.L
    • D.M
    • E.N
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    Chain the comparisons in one direction. 'K heavier than L but lighter than J' gives L below K below J. 'M heavier than J' puts M at the top. N being lightest sits below L. The full order from heaviest down is M, J, K, L, N, so the second heaviest is J. Building a single chain from heaviest to lightest, rather than noting each comparison separately, is what keeps this question to a few seconds.

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