MCQ on Ranking

Ranking and order is an important topic in banking question paper under the logical reasoning section; it involves an arrangement of the position or ranks of an object or a person either from left to right or top to bottom.
In MCQ on Ranking required to identify the positions of elements within a sequence or group based on specific criteria such as determining ranks from the left, right, top, or bottom, as well as identifying the total number of persons, products, or elements in a given arrangement.

In a class of n students. Akhil’s rank is 42 from the top. Sahil’s rank is 19 from the bottom. There are 29 students between Akhil and Sahil. Find the value of n.

A. 75 B. 90 C. 84 D. 100

Correct Answer: B
Sahil’s rank is 19 from the bottom. Hence, his rank will be n – 19 + 1 from the top.
Given, there are 29 students between Sahil and Akhil.
Therefore,
n – 18 – 42 – 1 = 29
n = 90

In a class Saurav is ranked 274th from the first and 367th from the last. How many
students are there in the class?

A. 642 B. 640 C. 641 D.639

Correct Answer: B
Saurav is ranked 274th from the first, so there are 273 students ahead of him.
Saurav is ranked 367th from the last, so there are 366 students behind him.
Total number of students in the class = 366 + 273 + 1 = 640

Sajith ranked thirteenth from the top and twenty sixth from the bottom among those who have passed in the annual examination in a class. If six students have failed in the annual examination, what was the total number of students in that class?

A. 38 B. 44 C. 45 D.50

Correct Answer: B
Solution Number of students passed = (12 + 1 + 25) = 38
Number of students failed = 6
Total number of students = 38 + 6 = 44

Sanal’s position in a row is 12th from the front side and 7th from the back
side. How many persons are standing in that row?

A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20

Correct Answer: B
Number of persons in the row = 11 + 6 + 1 = 18

Rahul’s rank in a class is 20 and he scored at least more than 75% of the class. What is the minimum strength of the class?

A. 78 B. 79 C. 80 D. 81

Correct Answer: C
Let the total strength of the class be ‘x’
He scored more than at least 75% of the class.
So his rank can be atmost in the top 25% of the class.
In that case we get,
0.25x = 20 => x = 80
Hence the strength of the class is at least 80.

In a class, there are 120 students, where boys are twice that of girls, Ramu a boy was ranked 25th from the top if there were 10 girls ahead of Ramu. How many boys are after him in rank?

A. 64 B. 65 C. 66 D. 67

Correct Answer: B
According to given condition, class of 120 students has 80 boys and 40 girls.
If Ramu was ranked 25th from first there are 24 students before him out of which 10 are girls,
so remaining 14 students must be boys. So Ramu is the 15th boy from the top.
Number of boys behind him is 80-15 = 65

The Managing Director entered the conference room ten minutes before 12.30 hours for an interview. He came 20 minutes before the chairman who was 30 minutes late. At what time, the interviews were scheduled?

A. 12.50 B. 12.40 C. 12.20 D. 12.10

Correct Answer: C
The Managing Director came at 12.20. Thus chairman came at 12.40. Since the chairman was late by 30 minutes, interviews were scheduled to be held at 12.10.

In a row of girls, if Savitha who is tenth from the left and Anita who is nineth from the right interchange their places, Savitha becomes fifteenth from the left. How many girls are there in the row?

A. 16 B. 18 C. 19 D. 23

Correct Answer: D
Savitha’s present position = 15th from left = Anita’s previous position = 9th from right
No. of girls in the row = 15 + 9— 1 = 23.

Arjun who got 16th rank in a class got 75 percentile. How many students were there in his class?

A. 50 B. 55 C. 60 D.64

Correct Answer: D
Let the total number of students in the class be ‘n’
Arjun’s rank is 16. This means that he scored more than (n-16) students of the class.
So we get,
(n – 16)/ n = 75/100
n = 64
Thus the strength of the class is 64.

Ram remembers that Lakshman’s birthday is after 19th but before 22nd November, whereas Anil remembers that Lakshman’s birthday is after 20th but before 24th November. Which day is Lakshman’s birthday?

A. 20th November B. 23rd November C. 21st November D. 22nd November

Correct Answer: C
According to Ram, Lakshman’s birthday is on one of the days among 20th and 21st November.
According to Anil, Lakshman’s birthday is on one of the days among 21st, 22nd and 23rd November.
The day common in both is 21st November. Therefore, Lakshman’s birthday is on 21st November.

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