Reasoning Questions : Ordering Set 3

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1. Ram ranks 12^th from the top and forty from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class ?
   A)48
   B)51
   C)52
   D)55
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   B)51
   Explanation :12+40-1 = 51
   
   
   
2. If Atul finds that he is 10^th from the right in a line of boys and 7^th from the left, how many boys should be added to the line such that there are 30 boys in the line ?
   A)11
   B)18
   C)14
   D)16
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   C)14
   Explanation :
   No of boys in the line = 10+7 -1 = 16
   No of boys to be added = 30 – 16 = 14
   
   
   
3. In a row X is sitting 16^th  from the left and Y is 9^th  from the right. If there are 6 boy between X and Y, how many boys are there in the row ?
   A)40
   B)23
   C)27
   D)31
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   D)31
   Explanation :16+9+6 = 31
   
   
   
4. A lady planted 3136 apple trees in  his garden and arranged them in such a way that the no of lines should be as the no of rows. Find the  no of lines in the garden ?
   A)34
   B)54
   C)56
   D)36
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   C)56
   Explanation :56*56 = 3136
   
   
   
5. Visal is 8 ranks ahead of Sivaram in a class of 50. If Sivaram`s rank is 15<sup>th</sup> from the last, what is Visal`s rank from the start ?
   A)27
   B)32
   C)23
   D)30
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   A)27
   Explanation :(50 – 23) = 27. So, Ravi is 27th from the start.
   
   
   
6. Naveen was counting down from 32. Mano was counting upwards the numbers starting from 1 and he was calling out only the even numbers. What common number will they call out at the same time if they were calling out at the same speed ?
   A)22
   B)21
   C)16
   D)20
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   A)22
   Explanation :
   32 31 30 29 28 27 26  25  24  23 22 21 20
   2    4   6   8  10 12 14  16  18  20 22 24 26 28 30
   
   
   
7. Ashok remembers that his brother Karthick`s birthday falls after 20th June but before 28th June, while Banu remembers that Karthick`s birthday falls before 22nd June but after 12th June. On what date Karthick`s birthday falls ?
   A)June 21
   B)June 25
   C)June 20
   D)June 26
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   A)June 21
   Explanation :
   21  22  23  24  25  26  27
   22
   
   
   
8. If the numbers from 1 to 45 which are exactly divisible by 4 are arranged in ascending order, minimum number being on the top, which would come at the 11^th  place from the bottom ?
   A)4
   B)44
   C)36
   D)20
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   A)4
   Explanation : 4   8   12   16   20   24   28   32   36   40   44
   
   
   
9. In a row of ten girls, when Harini was shifted by two places towards the left, he became fourth from the left end. What was his earlier position from the left end of the row ?
   A)7^th
   B)2^nd
   C)5^th
   D)4^th
   E)None of these
   
   Answer

   A)7^th
   Explanation :
   Number of boys in the row = 10.
   10-2-1 = 7^th  from the left
   
   
   
10. In a row of children, Praba is 7th from the right and Jeeva is 10^th from the left. When Praba and Jeeva interchange positions, Jeeva becomes 20^th from the left. Which of the following will be Praba’s position from the right ?
    A)12
    B)14
    C)17
    D)18
    E)None of these
    
    Answer

    C)17
    Explanation :
    20+7  = 27
    27-10=17
    
    
    

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