Ranking Test Examples with Explanation

 ¤ In a row of boys Ravi is fifth form the left and Kiran is eleventh from the right. If Ravi is twenty-fifth from the right then how many boys are there between Ravi and Kiran?

 A) 13   B) 14    C) 12    D) 15   E) None of these

Ans: A.

Hint: There are (25-11-1) =13 boys between Ravi and Kiran.

¤ Kiran is 27th from the left end side of a row of 49 boys and Kumar is 27th from the right end in the same row. How many boys are B/N them in the row?

 A) 3     B) 6      C) 7      D) Data inadequate    E) None of these

Ans: A.

Hint: Since Harish is 27th from the left side, then he is 49-27+1 from the right, i.e. 23^rd from the right. Again, since Kumar is 27th from the right, then there are three boys between them in the row.

¤ Raju is fifth from the left end side and Naveen is twelfth from right end in a row of children. If Naveen shifts by three places towards Raju he becomes tenth from the left end side. How many children are there in a row?

 A) 23 B) 24 C) 21 D) 22 E) None of these

Ans: B.

Hint: 9 - D, Total number of children = 12+3+10-1= 24.

¤ If Kalpana is eleventh from the left side in a row of boys, Likhita is fourteenth from the right end, how many boys are there in a row?

 A) 23 B) 25 C) 35 D) Data inadequate E) None of these

Ans: D.

Hint: We do not have information regarding the number of persons between Kalpana and Likhita.

¤ In a row of girls, Kiran is 15th from the left side and Kamini is 18th from the right. If they interchange their places, Kamini becomes 15th from the left side. How many girls are there in a row?

 A) 43 B) 47 C) 48 D) Data inadequate E) None

Ans: D.

Hint: We still need some more information.

¤ In a row of boys facing north, Subash is twelfth from the left side. When shifted to his right side by 4 places, he becomes 18th from the right end side of the row. How many boys are there in a row?

 A) 33 B) 32 C) 35 D) Data inadequate E) None of these

Ans: A.

Hint: 12+3+18 = 33.

¤ In a queue, Amrutha is 10th from the front while Muni is 25th from behind and Mounitha is just in the middle of the two. If there is 50 persons in a queue, what position does Mounitha occupy from the front?

 A) 19th B) 20th C) 17th D) 18th E) None of these

Ans: D.

Hint: Number of persons between Amrutha and Muni = 50-(10+25) = 15. Since, Mounitha lies in middle of these 15 persons, so Mounitha's position is 8th from Amrutha i.e., 18th from the front.