NUMBER, RANKING & TIME SEQUENCE TEST

INTRODUCTION
Number, ranking and time sequence test is based on arrangement
of characters/ persons/ objects in a particular order based on some
specific parameters.
In this chapter, we deal with questions which have either a
sequence of numbers, position of a person/object in a row/queue or
time sequence test accompanied by some conditions.
Don't ignore number ranking and time sequence test topic
questions because these topics are very important in competitive
exams. You can easily improve your performance with these
selective questions and obtain a good rank in the competitive
exams.
NUMBER, RANKING & TIME SEQUENCE TEST

TIME
NUMBER RANKING
SEQUENCE
TEST TEST
TEST
NUMBER TEST
Question
What will be the difference between the second digit from right
end and fourth digit from the left end of the number ‘917823065’
after arranging all its digits in ascending order?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 7
Question
How many 9's in the following sequence of the numbers are
immediately preceded by 8 but not immediately followed by 4?
98627962894889498488949849
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) None of these
Question
How many 3’s are there in the following number series which
are just preceded by 6 but not immediately followed by 7?
623793634871336482
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
Question
Rule 1: If an even number is followed by an odd number, then the resultant will
be the addition of both the numbers.
Rule 2: If an odd number is followed by a perfect square, then the resultant will
be the difference of that square number from the odd number.
Rule 3: If an odd number is followed by another odd number (but not a perfect
square) then the resultant will be the addition of both the numbers.
Rule 4: If an odd number is followed by an even number (but not a perfect
square) then the resultant comes by multiplying the numbers.
Rule 5: If an even number is followed by another even number, then the
resultant will be the division of first number by the second number.
If the sum of resultants of two rows is 37. Then find the value of X.
5 2 5
8 3 X
(1) 7 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 5
RANKING TEST
Question
Sam ranked 9th from the top and 38th from the bottom in a class.
How many students are there in the class ?
(1) 45 (2) 46 (3) 47 (4) 48
Question
In a row, Kumar is at 7th place from the left and Pawan is at 9th
place from the right. When they interchange the positions,
Kumar becomes 11th from left. How many were seated in the
row ?
(1) 27 (2) 20 (3) 21 (4) 19
Question
A gets more marks than B but less than C. D gets less marks
than E but more than A. If C gets less than D then who amongst
A, B, C, D, E gets the highest marks?
(1) C (2) E (3) D (4) B
TIME SEQUENCE TEST
Question
A bus for Jaipur leaves after every 52 minutes from a bus stand.
An enquiry officer told a passenger that the bus had already left
16 minutes ago, and the next bus will leave at 08:15 p.m. At
what time did the enquiry officer gave the information to the
passenger?
(1) 07:23 p.m. (2) 06:25 p.m. (3) 07:39 p.m. (4) 06:23 p.m.
Question
Nitin correctly remembers that Nidhi's birthday is before Friday
but after Tuesday. Dheeraj correctly remembers that Nidhi's
birthday is after Wednesday but before Saturday. On which of
the following days does Nidhi's birthday definitely fall?
(1) Monday (2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday (4) Thursday
Question
If the 2 day before yesterday was Sunday, what will be the day
on the 3rd day after tomorrow ?
(1) Friday (2)Wednesday (3) Sunday (4) Saturday
Question
If the third day of a month is Tuesday, which of the following
would be the 4th day before the 27th of that month?
(1) Monday (2) Sunday (3)Wednesday (4) Tuesday
Question
If the day before yesterday was Thursday, when will Tuesday
be?
(1) Tomorrow (2) Today
(3) Day after tomorrow (4) None of the above
Question
If first day of the year(not a leap year) was Monday, then what
was the last day of the year?
(1) Monday (2) Friday (3) Sunday (4) Saturday
Question
Manoj was born on March 6, 1993. The same year 15th August
was on Friday. On which day Manoj was born?
(1) Thursday (2) Friday (3) Sunday (4) Saturday
Question
If 8th May 1999 falls on Saturday, then what was the day of the
week on 10th May 2000 ?
(1) Wednesday (2) Friday (3) Thursday (4) Tuesday
OLYMPIADS QUESTION
Question
A college starts from 10 a.m. and continues till 1.30 p.m. In this
duration there are 5 periods. If 5 minutes are provided before
each period to leave the room and enter the other, then what is
the duration of each period?
[IMO 2012]
(A) 41 mins (B) 38 mins (C) 40 mins (D) 42 mins
Question
Following question is based on the 5 three-digit numbers given
below:
517 394 823 976 465
If the position of the first and the second digits in each of the
above numbers are interchanged, which of the following will be
the third digit of the highest number?
[IMO 2012]
(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 6
Question
Forty boys are standing in a row facing the North. Arun is
eleventh from the left and Deepak is thirty-first from the right end
of the row. How far will Shreya, who is third to the right of Arun in
the row, be from Deepak?
[IMO 2013]
(A) 2nd (B) 3rd (C) 4th (D) 5th
Question
Rules
I. If an odd number is followed by a two-digit even number, then they are to be
added.
II. If an odd number is followed by a two-digit odd number, then the second
number is to be subtracted from the first number.
III. If an even number is followed by a number which is a perfect square of a
number, then the second number is to be divided by the first number.
IV. If an even number is followed by a two-digit even number, then the first
number is to be multiplied by the second number.
13 11 4
17 13 12
If the resultant of the first set of numbers is multiplied by the resultant of the
second set of numbers, what will be the outcome?
[IMO 2013]
(A) 48 (B) 69 (C) 75 (D) 96
Question
In a class, among the passed students, Amisha is twenty-second
from the top and Sajal, who is 5 ranks below Amisha, is thirty-
fourth from the bottom. All the students from the class appeared
for the exam. If the ratio of the students who passed in the exam
to those who failed is 4 : 1 in that class, how many students are
there in the class?
[IMO 2013]
(A) 60 (B) 75 (C) 90 (D) Data inadequate
Question
Vijay is fifteenth from the front in a column of boys. There were
thrice as many behind him as there were in front. How many boys
are there between Vijay and the seventh boy from the end of the
column? [IMO 2012]

(A) 33 (B) 34 (C) 35 (D) Data Inadequate

Question
If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the given below
three digit numbers, the sum of the digits of how many of them
are prime numbers?
972 526 487 359 251 [IMO 2012]
(A) None (B) Two (C) One (D) Three
Question
Rules :
(i) If an even number is followed by another even number they are to be added.
(ii) If an even number is followed by a prime number they are to be multiplied.
(iii) If an odd number is followed by an even number, the even number is to be
subtracted from the odd number.
(iv) If an odd number is followed by another odd number, the first number is to be
added to the
square of the second number.
(v) If an even number is followed by a composite odd number, the even number is
to be divided by the odd number.
65 11 12
15 3 11
What is the sum of the resultants of the rows?
[IMO 2013]
(A) 366 (B) 66 (C) 264 (D) 462
Question
Rita stands third in a row of twenty students, arranged in
ascending order of height. Five new students join the group, all
taller than Rita. What will be Rita’s position if the students are
now arranged in descending order of their heights?
[IMO 2013]
(A) 22nd (B) 23rd (C) 18th (D) Data inadequate
Question
In a row of boys, Vishal is 16th from the left end and Ashish is
181h from the right end. Aryan is 11th from Vishal towards the
right end and 3rd from Ashish towards the right end. How many
boys are there in the row?
[IMO 2018]
(A) 38 (B) 36 (C) 41 (D) Can't be determined