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Reasoning: Order & Ranking MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1In a class test, Leena is 8th, Mohan is 13th, Ritu is 16th and Sameer is 22nd from the top. Match each pair with the number of students between them. Pairs: I. Leena-Mohan, II. Mohan-Ritu, III. Leena-Ritu, IV. Ritu-Sameer. Numbers: 1. 7, 2. 4, 3. 2, 4. 5.
For two ranks in the same list, the number of students between them is the difference of the ranks minus 1. Between Leena at 8th and Mohan at 13th, there are 13 - 8 - 1 = 4 students, so I matches 2. Between Mohan at 13th and Ritu at 16th, there are 2 students, so II matches 3. Between Leena at 8th and Ritu at 16th, there are 7 students, so III matches 1. Between Ritu at 16th and Sameer at 22nd, there are 5 students, so IV matches 4.
Q2Read the assertion and the reason. Assertion (A): In a queue of 42 persons, if Ravi is 15th from the front, he is 28th from the back. Reason (R): Position from the back = total persons - position from the front + 1. Choose the correct answer.
For a queue or row counted from opposite ends, the two positions include the same person once. Therefore, the position from the back is total persons minus position from the front plus 1. Ravi is 15th from the front in a queue of 42 persons, so his back position is 42 - 15 + 1 = 28. The assertion that Ravi is 28th from the back is true. The reason gives the exact rule used to calculate it, so it correctly explains the assertion.
Q3Some boys are standing in a queue facing north. Kamal is 34th from the left end, while Ravi is 20th from the right end. Ravi is 9th to the right of Eshaan. If Kamal stands second to the left of Eshaan, find the total number of boys in the row.
Kamal is 34th from the left. Since Kamal is second to the left of Eshaan, Eshaan is 36th from the left. Ravi is 9th to the right of Eshaan, so Ravi is 45th from the left. Ravi is also 20th from the right. Therefore, total boys = Ravi's left position + Ravi's right position - 1 = 45 + 20 - 1 = 64. The counts 60, 62 and 66 do not satisfy both Ravi's right-end rank and his position relative to Eshaan.
Q4In a class of 45 students, Riya is ranked 12th from the top and Sameer is ranked 18th from the bottom. If no two students share the same rank, how many students are ranked between Riya and Sameer?
Sameer's position must first be converted into a rank from the top. In a class of 45 students, 18th from the bottom means 45 - 18 + 1 = 28th from the top. Riya is 12th from the top. The students between the 12th and 28th positions are counted by subtracting the smaller position and then excluding one endpoint: 28 - 12 - 1 = 15. Therefore, 15 students are ranked between Riya and Sameer.
Q5Seven candidates H, K, L, M, N, R and S are arranged in a merit list from rank 1 to rank 7. H is first and S is last. K is two ranks above M. R is between K and M. N is immediately below M. L is below N. Consider the statements: I. K is ranked 2nd. II. M is ranked 4th. III. L is immediately above S. Which statements are correct?
H is fixed at rank 1 and S at rank 7. K is two ranks above M, with R between them, so the only fitting block before N is K, R, M. N is immediately below M. Since L is below N and S is already last, L must be rank 6. The full list is H, K, R, M, N, L, S. Therefore, K is 2nd, M is 4th, and L is immediately above S. All three statements are correct.
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6Six books P, Q, R, S, T and U are kept on a shelf from left to right. T is fourth from the left. P is two places to the left of T. Q is immediately to the right of T. U is to the right of Q. R is not at either end. Which of the following statements are correct? I. P is second from the left. II. R is immediately to the left of T. III. U is at the right end.
7In a merit list of 30 candidates, Nitin is ranked 8th from the top. Om is 5 places below Nitin. Payal is 10 places above Om. Consider the following statements: I. Om is ranked 13th from the top. II. Payal is ranked 3rd from the top. III. There are 9 candidates between Payal and Om. Which statements are correct?
8Six runners P, Q, R, S, T and U finished a race with no tie. U finished first. Q finished immediately before P. R finished two ranks ahead of P. S finished after P but before T. Match the runner with the correct finishing rank.
9Six friends K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting in a row facing north. N is at the extreme left and P is at the extreme right. K is immediately to the left of L. M is to the right of L, and O is immediately to the right of M. Which statement is incorrect?
10Assertion: In a row of 31 students, M is 16th from the left and also 16th from the right. Reason: If the same person's rank is p from both ends, the total number of persons is 2p - 1. Choose the correct option.
11In a row of children, Geeta is fifth from the left and Praveen is twelfth from the right end. If Praveen shifts three places towards Geeta, he becomes tenth from the left end. How many children are there in the row?
12A group of girls stands in a single line. One girl is nineteenth in order from both ends. How many girls are there in the class?
13In a 100 m race, Nisha finished immediately before Pooja. Meena finished after Kavita but before Nisha. Match each finishing position with the correct runner.
14Five friends P, Q, R, S and T are compared by height. P is taller than Q but shorter than R. S is shorter than Q. T is taller than R. Which statement is definitely correct?
15In a row of students, Nidhi is 9th from the left and 14th from the right. How many students are there in the row?