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Ranking and Order Online Quiz
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Q 1 - The strength of a class is 35. From the bottom, the position of Sanjaya is 7th and Raju is placed at 9th from the top. Mannu is present at the middle position in between Sanjaya and Raju. Determine the position of Sanjaya from Mannu.
Options :
Answer : B
Explanation
Total number of students present between Sanjaya and Raju
= 35 - (7 + 9) = 17
Middle of 17 is 9th position.
So Sanjay is 9th position above Mannu or his position is 10th.
Q 2 - In a row of boys, the rank of Sanjay is 7th from the top and 13th from the bottom. Similarly, in another row of boys, rank of Deepak is 8th from the top and 14th from the bottom. Calculate the total number of boys present in the two rows.
Options :
Answer : B
Explanation
Total number of boys present in Sanjays row = (13 + 7) - 1 = 19
Total number of boys present in Deepaks row = (14 + 8) - 1 = 21
Total boys in 2 rows = 21 + 19 = 40
Q 3 - In a word, the position of a particular letter L is 5th from the left side and 6th from the right hand side. How many letters must be eliminated to make it a 7 letter words.
Options :
Answer : B
Explanation
Total length of the word on the basis of the rank of L from both the side is = 5 + 6 - 1 = 10
Now to make it a 7 letter word, we need to eliminate 3 words from it.
Q 4 - Rank of Sujay is 15th from the bottom in a group of 25 students. Find his rank from below if 3 new students will be added to the top of the list.
Options :
Answer : C
Explanation
Sujays current rank from top = (25 - 15) + 1 = 11
If 3 new students will be added the new rank from the top = 11 + 3 = 14
Now current rank from bottom = (25 - 14) + 1 = 12
Q 5 - Rank of Vijay is 15th from the top and 18th from the bottom of the list that shows the qualified candidates. Total 35 numbers of candidates have not qualified. Find the total number of applicants.
Options :
Answer : D
Explanation
Total number of qualified candidates will be = (15 + 18) - 1 = 32
Adding the list of disqualified candidates to it = 32 + 35 = 67
So, total number of applicants is 67.
Q 6 - Deepaks progress report card showed that his rank is 10th among 50 students. Calculate the rank of Deepak from below.
Options :
Answer : D
Explanation
The rank of Deepak can be calculated as = (50 - 10) + 1 = 41
Q 7 - While counting, Meena found that his rank from the left hand side and right hand side are 5th and 13th respectively. Calculate the minimum number of girls that should be added to the line to make it 47.
Options :
Answer : A
Explanation
Lets first calculate the total number of girls.
It will be = (5 + 13) - 1 = 17
Now extra girls needed = 47 - 17 = 30
Q 8 - The rank of Sanjaya is 24th from top and 26th from bottom in a list. If 13 persons have been wrongly listed and will be removed, then what will be the total number of persons in the list?
Options :
Answer : A
Explanation
Before eliminating the wrongly listed names, the total number of persons present in that list will be
= 24 + 26 - 1
= 49
Now, as 13 persons have been wrongly listed, removing them will make the list with number of people = 49 - 13 = 36.
Q 9 - Raju arranged different colours of books on the floor in a row. The red colour book is placed at 12th from the left and white colour is placed at 8th from the right. Other books of 5 colours were placed in between them. Calculate total how many different colours of books did Raju arrange?
Options :
Answer : C
Explanation
As we have already solved this type of problems earlier, we can directly write, the total number of different coloured books will be
= (rank of white colour book) + (rank of red colour book) + Total number of books present in between them
= 8 + 12 + 5
= 25
Q 10 - Rank of Vijay is 15th from the top and 18th from the bottom of the list that shows the qualified candidates. Total 35 candidates have not qualified. Find the total number of applicants.
Options :
Answer : D
Explanation
Total number of qualified candidates will be = (15 + 18) - 1 = 32
Adding the list of disqualified candidates to it = 32 + 35 = 67
So, total number of applicants is 67.