ORDER AND RANKING - Short Notes
Order and Ranking reasoning broadly deals with
● Determining the position of a person or object in a row or queue and
● the problems related to the arrangement of persons or objects in ascending or
descending order based on different parameters like height, weight, merit,
position, and so on.
● the problems related to the time sequence test, wherein candidates need to find
out a particular day based on the given conditions.
Types of Order and Ranking
As now we know what consists of the questions related to the Order and
Ranking input-output reasoning section. Let us see the various types of
questions that may come one by one below.
1. Ranking Based
In this type of order and ranking reasoning, candidates need to find the position
or rank of a person. Ranking based questions can be further divided into various
categories and some of them are given below.
(a) Rank from Left/Right: In these types of questions on order and ranking in
reasoning, candidates need to find the position or rank of a person from left or
right end, according to the given question.
(b) Total Person in a Row: In these types of order and ranking reasoning
questions, candidates need to find the total number of people in a row or a class.
(c) Person between two people: This type of order and ranking reasoning is
also known as overlapping based reasoning. In this type of order and ranking
reasoning, candidates need to find the number of persons between two people
when their rank satisfies the condition of overlapping.
(e) Interchanging the positions: In these types of order and ranking reasoning
questions, candidates need to find the position of person or the total number of
persons in the row when 2 people change their positions.
(f) Ratio Based Problems: In these types of questions on order and ranking in
reasoning, candidates need to find the position or rank of a girl or a boy when
the ratio of them is given.
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The problems given in this document cover all the above five categories of problems.
Formula
Total number of people = Rank of a person from the top + Rank of the same
person from the bottom -1
We can solve almost all the Ranking problems based on the above formula.
Diagram to be used to solve any problem
NOTE: THIS IS THE BEST REPRESENTATION IN A
DIAGRAMMATIC FORMAT TO SOLVE ANY RANKING PROBLEM
Question:
Solution:
2. Comparison Based
In this type of order and ranking reasoning, candidates need to compare
different quantities to determine the correct order.