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Latest Rank Based MCQ Objective Questions

Rank Based Question 1:

In a row, Aman is at the 20th position from the left and Gita is at the 14th position from the right. If they interchange their positions, Aman becomes 30th from the left. Now, what is the position of Gita from the right?

  1. 24th
  2. 22nd
  3. 25th
  4. 20th
  5. None of the above

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 24th

Rank Based Question 1 Detailed Solution

Formula:

Total = [{(Position of A from left) + (Position of A from right)} - 1]

Given:

Aman position from the left = 20

Gita position from the right = 14

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After interchanging the positions:

 

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Aman's position is 30 from the left and 14 from the right after interchanging the positions:

Total = [{(Position of Aman from Left) + (Position of Aman from Right)} - 1]

Total = [(30) + (14) - (1)]

Total = 43

Now, Geeta's position from left is 20 after the interchange.

Total = [{(Position of Geeta from Left) + (Position of Geeta from Right)} - 1]

43 = [(20) + (Right) - (1)]

Right position = 44 - 20 = 24

Geeta's position from right = 24

Hence, the correct answer is "24".

Rank Based Question 2:

A class of boys is standing in only one row. A boy is at thirty third position from both the ends in this sequence. How many boys are there in the class? 

  1. 64
  2. 65
  3. 69
  4. 66
  5. None of the above

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : 65

Rank Based Question 2 Detailed Solution

Formula used:

Total number of boys in row = (rank from the left side + rank from the right side) - 1

As per the given information:

A class of boys is standing in only one row. A boy is at the thirty-third position from both ends in this sequence.

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Total number of boys in a row = (33 + 33) - 1 = 65

Hence, the correct answer is "65".

Rank Based Question 3:

In a row of 26 persons facing North, Person A is 13th from the right side. After shifting him third to the left from the existing position, what is his position from the left side now?

  1. 10
  2. 14
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. None of the above

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 11

Rank Based Question 3 Detailed Solution

Inital position of A is 13th from the right side but after shifting him third to the left A is at 16th position from the right.

Position from left = total person - Position from the right + 1

Position from left = 26 -16 + 1 = 11th

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Hence, Option (3) is correct.

Rank Based Question 4:

In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and B is fourth from the right. There are three boys between A and B. C is just left of A. What is C’s position from the right?

  1. 9th
  2. 10th
  3. 12th
  4. 13th
  5. None of the above

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 9th

Rank Based Question 4 Detailed Solution

According to the question:

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Position of A from right = Position of B from right + 3 boys + 1

= 4 + 3 + 1

= 8th

C is to the immediate left of A.

Therefore, 

The position of C from right = 9th.

hence, 9th is the correct answer.

Rank Based Question 5:

In a row of girls, Nanda is eighth from the left and Chanda is nineteenth from the right. When Nanda and Chanda interchange their positions, Chanda becomes twenty-third from the right. How many girls are there in the row?

  1. 21
  2. 27
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. None of the above

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 30

Rank Based Question 5 Detailed Solution

Given:

The position of Nanda from the left is 8.

The position of Chanda from the right is 19.

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After changing the positions Chanda should become 23rd from the right end.

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Formula used:

Total number of person = Position of the person from the left end + Position of the same person from the right end - 1

Position of the person from the left end = 8

Position of the same person from the right end = 23

Therefore,

Total number of person = 8 + 23 -1

Total number of person = 31 - 1

The total number of person  = 30 

As the total number of girls is "30".

Hence, the correct answer should be "30".

Top Rank Based MCQ Objective Questions

In a class of students, Rajesh ranks 15th from the top and Prakash ranks 25th from the bottom. Gyan is on the 10th place ahead of Prakash. If there are 10 students, exactly in between Rajesh and Gyan, then how many total students are there in the class?

  1. 60
  2. 55
  3. 40
  4. 50

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 60

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1. Rajesh ranks 15th from the top and Prakash ranks 25th from the bottom.

2. Gyan is on the 10th place ahead of Prakash.

3. If there are 10 students, exactly in between Rajesh and Gyan. 

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Total number of students in the class = 15 + 10 + 1 + 9 + 25 = 60

Hence, ‘60’ is the correct answer.

In a row Sindhu is 15th from front end and Madhu is 10th from back end. If they interchange their positions there are 5 persons between Sindhu and Madhu. Total number of persons in the row?

  1. 28   
  2. 29
  3. 30
  4. 31

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 30

Rank Based Question 7 Detailed Solution

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Sindhu is 15th from front end and Madhu is 10th from back end.

On combining the statements, we get,

(Front end is taken on the top and back end is taken on the bottom) 

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Total number of persons in the queue are 14 + 5 + 9 + 2 = 30

Therefore, 30 is the correct answer.

Direction: In the question generally a set, group or series of numerals is given and you are required to trace out the numerals following certain given conditions.

In a row of 21 girls when Monica was shifted by four places towards the right, she became 12th from the left end. What was her earlier position from the right end of the row? 

  1. 8th
  2. 10th
  3. 12th
  4. 14th

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 14th

Rank Based Question 8 Detailed Solution

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Given: In a row of 21 girls when Monica was shifted by four places towards the right, she became 12th from the left end.
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From the figure we can see that Monica's initial from the right end is 14th.

Monica from right end = 21 - 8 + 1 = 14

Hence, the correct answer is option (4).

Soumya is 17th from the left end and 13th to the right of Kiran who is 37th from the right end. If all of them are facing North. Find out the total number of persons in the row.

  1. 41
  2. 40
  3. 44
  4. 43

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : 40

Rank Based Question 9 Detailed Solution

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The logic followed here is:

The Rank of Soumya from the left end = 17th.

The Rank of Kiran from the right end = 37th.

The Rank of Soumya from the right end = Rank of Kiran from the right end - 13th.

37 - 13 = 24th.

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Total number of person in the row = Rank of Soumya from the left end + Rank of Soumya from the right end - 1.

= 17 + 24 - 1 = 40.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 2'.

In a class of 100 students, 24 students score more marks than Sharmistha whereas 18 students score lesser marks than Amit. How many students score lesser marks than Sharmistha but more marks than Amit?

  1. 54
  2. 57
  3. 56
  4. 55

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 56

Rank Based Question 10 Detailed Solution

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From the given information:

Total number of students in a class = 100

Students with marks more than Sharmistha = 24

Students with marks less than Amit = 18 

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Total = 24 + 18 = 42

Now we have to find out the number of students who score lesser marks than Sharmistha but more marks than Amit: 

100 - 42 - 2 (Sharmistha & Amit) ⇒ 100 - 44 = 56

Hence the correct answer is option 3)

Anil is standing at 16th position from the left end in a row. Vikas is in 18th position from the right end. Gopal is 11th from Anil towards the right and 3rd from Vikas towards the right end. How many persons are standing in this row?

  1. 41
  2. 42
  3. 48
  4. 49

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 41

Rank Based Question 11 Detailed Solution

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Anil's position 16th from the left end

Vikas's position 18th from the right end

Gopal is 11th from Anil towards the right and 3rd from Vikas towards the right end

The number of boys towards the right of Gopal = Position of Vikas from the right end - Position of Gopal from Vikas - 1 = 18 - 3 - 1 =14

Therefore the total number of boys in the row = Position of Anil from left end + Position of Gopal from Anil + Number of boys towards the right of Gopal

⇒ 16 + 11 + 14 = 41

Hence, the correct answer is "41".

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Alternate Method

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Total Number of boys = Position of Gopal from Left + Right - 1 = 27 + 15 - 1 = 41

Hence, the correct answer is "41".

In a class, four students ranked between Rahul and Sreeja. Sreeja ranked 14th from the top while Rahul ranked 7th from the bottom. How many students are there in the class?

  1. 25
  2. 26
  3. 21
  4. 20

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 25

Rank Based Question 12 Detailed Solution

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Given:

1) Four students ranked between Rahul and Sreeja. Sreeja ranked 14th from the top while Rahul ranked 7th from the bottom.

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2) Total number of students

=> Total number students = Sreeja's rank from top + Rahul's rank from bottom + students between Rahul and Sreeja

=> Total number students = 14 + 7 + 4 = 25

Hence, there are “25” students in the class.

In a queue of 80 people, Angelina is 13th from the right and Margareta is 18th from the left. How many people are there between Angelina and Margareta?

  1. 48
  2. 38
  3. 50
  4. 49

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 49

Rank Based Question 13 Detailed Solution

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  • Total number of people = 80
  • Position of Angelina from right = 13
  • Position of Margareta from left =18
    • Number of people between Margareta and Angelina = 80 - (18 + 13) = 49

Hence, 49 is the correct answer.

In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th. When two boys joined, his rank was dropped by one. What is his new rank from the end?

  1. 27th
  2. 26th
  3. 25th
  4. 28th

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 27th

Rank Based Question 14 Detailed Solution

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Given:

Total strength of students = 45

Rank of a boy = 20th from one end.

∴ Rank from another end will be 45 - 20 + 1 = 26th

According to question:

Two boys joined, then total strength now = 47

Then, the rank dropped by one. This means one boy is ahead of him and another one is in behind.

His new rank from the end will be 26th + 1 = 27th

Hence, the rank of the boy is 27th.

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If rank from one side is given, then rank from another side will be:

Total strength - given rank + 1

Rakesh ranks 15th from top in the class of 42 students and there are 8 students below Rajesh rank. How many students are there between Rakesh and Rajesh?

  1. 19
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 18

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 18

Rank Based Question 15 Detailed Solution

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Given:

Rakesh ranks 15th from top

Rajesh's rank from top = 42 - 8 = 34th

The total number of students between Rakesh and Rajesh is 34 - 15 - 1 = 18

Drawing the diagram,

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There are ‘18’ students are there between Rakesh and Rajesh.

Hence, “18” is the correct answer.

Mistake Points There are 8 students below Rajesh rank - it means the rank of Rajesh is 9th from the bottom.

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