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Latest Rank Based MCQ Objective Questions

Rank Based Question 1:

Jon ranked 24th from the top and 16th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class? 

  1. 40
  2. 38
  3. 39
  4. 37

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 39

Rank Based Question 1 Detailed Solution

Given:

Jon's rank from the top = 24th.

Jon's rank from the bottom = 16th.

Total persons = (Rank from Top) + (Rank from Bottom) - 1

Total students = 24 + 16 - 1

= 40 - 1

= 39

Thus, there are 39 students in the class.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Rank Based Question 2:

Rajesh ranked 17th from the top and 44th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

  1. 61
  2. 62
  3. 59
  4. 60

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 60

Rank Based Question 2 Detailed Solution

To find the total number of students in the class, we use the formula:

Total students = (Rank from top) + (Rank from bottom) - 1

Given:

  • Rajesh's rank from the top = 17th
  • Rajesh's rank from the bottom = 44th

Applying the formula:

Total students = 17 + 44 - 1

Total students = 61 - 1

Total students = 60

Therefore, there are 60 students in Rajesh's class.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

Rank Based Question 3:

Vijay ranked 34th from the top and 11th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

  1. 43
  2. 45
  3. 44
  4. 42

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 44

Rank Based Question 3 Detailed Solution

The logic followed here is based on the formula for finding the total number of items in a row/class when the rank of one item from both ends is known.

Given:

  • Vijay's rank from the top = 34th
  • Vijay's rank from the bottom = 11th

The formula for the total number of students in the class is:

Total number of students = (Rank from Top) + (Rank from Bottom) - 1

Total number of students = 34 + 11 - 1

Total number of students = 45 - 1

Total number of students = 44

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Rank Based Question 4:

Hitesh ranked 28th from the top and 13th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

  1. 40
  2. 42
  3. 39
  4. 41

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : 40

Rank Based Question 4 Detailed Solution

Given:

  • Hitesh's rank from the top = 28th
  • Hitesh's rank from the bottom = 13th

The formula for the total number of persons in a row (or class) when one person's rank from both ends is known is: Total persons = (Rank from one end) + (Rank from other end) - 1

Using this formula for Hitesh's ranks:

Total students = (Hitesh's rank from top) + (Hitesh's rank from bottom) - 1

= 28 + 13 - 1

= 41 - 1

= 40 students.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 1".

Rank Based Question 5:

All 92 people are standing in a row facing north. Manju is 16th from the left end while Nisha is 9th from the right end. How many people are there between Manju and Nisha?

  1. 58
  2. 48
  3. 65
  4. 67

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 67

Rank Based Question 5 Detailed Solution

Given:

  • Total number of people in the row = 92
  • Manju's position = 16th from the left end.
  • Nisha's position = 9th from the right end.

The formula to convert a rank from one end to the other is: Rank from Left = Total persons - Rank from Right + 1 (and vice versa).

First, let's find Nisha's position from the left end to compare it with Manju's position from the left:

Nisha's rank from left = Total persons - (Nisha's rank from right) + 1

= 92 - 9 + 1

= 83 + 1

= 84th.

Now we have both positions from the left end:

  • Manju's rank from left = 16th
  • Nisha's rank from left = 84th

Since Manju's rank (16th) is less than Nisha's rank (84th), Manju is to the left of Nisha. This means their positions do not overlap.

Number of people between = (Larger rank from same end) - (Smaller rank from same end) - 1

= Nisha's rank from left - Manju's rank from left - 1

= 84 - 16 - 1

= 68 - 1

= 67 people.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

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

Rank Based Question 6 Detailed Solution

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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. 

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) 

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.
(Left)(Right)
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.

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 

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".

Alternate Method

 

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.

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 60 students, where girls are twice that of boys, Kapil ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kapil, how many boys are after him in rank?

  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 10
  4. 12

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : 12

Rank Based Question 14 Detailed Solution

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Total students in class = 60

Girls : Boys = 2 : 1

Actual Girls : Boys = 40 : 20

Kapil is 17th from top.

9 girls are ahead of Kapil.

Total girls is = 40

So total girls behind Kapil = 40 - 9 = 31

Total students behind Kapil = 60 - 17 = 43 (Because Kapil is 17th from top)

Number of boys after Kapil = 43 - 31 = 12

Hence, there are "12" boys after Kapil.

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,

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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