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Number Ranking

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SPIPA AHMEDABAD

Teach by Parimal Wadhvana


Number-Ranking
[Link] ranked ninth from the top and thirty eighth from the bottom in a class. How many
students are there in the class?
( a ) 45 ( b ) 46 ( c ) 47 ( d ) 48
Q-2.A class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends. How
many boys are there in the class?
( a ) 28 ( b ) 37 ( c ) 38 ( d ) 39

[Link] a row of boys, pavan is seventh from the start and eleventh from the end. In another row of
boys, Vikas is tenth from the start and twelfth from the end. How many boys are there in both the
rows together?
( a ) 36 ( b ) 37 ( c) Cannot be determined ( d ) None of these

Q-4. Ajay ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty - ninth from the bottom among those who
passed an examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition and five failed in it. How many
boys were there in the class?
( a ) 40 ( b ) 44 ( c ) 50 ( d ) 55

Q-5. 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?
( a ) 9th ( b ) 10th ( c ) 12th ( d ) 13th

Q-6. In a class of 35 students, Kunal is placed seventh from the bottom whereas Sonali is placed
ninth from the top. Pulkit is placed exactly in between the two. What is Kunal's position from Pulkit?
(a)9 ( b ) 10 ( c ) 11 ( d ) 13

Q-7. Rihan 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 Rihan and the seventh boy from the end of
the column?
( a ) 33 ( b ) 34 ( c ) Data inadequate ( d ) None of these

Q-8. In a row of forty children, P is thirteenth from the left end and Q is ninth from the right end. How
many children are there between P and R if R is fourth to the left of Q?
( a ) 12 ( b ) 14 ( c ) 13 ( d ) 15

Q-9. In a queue, Jay stands fifteenth from the left and Vijay is seventh from the right. If they
interchange their places, Vijay would be fifteenth from the right. How many students are there in the
queue?
( a ) 21 ( b ) 22 ( c ) 29 ( d ) None of these

Q-10. In a row of children, Deepti is ninth from the left and Kashish is thirteenth from the right. They
exchange their positions and then Deepti becomes seventeenth from the left. Find the new position
of Kashish from the right end of the row.
( a ) 20 ( b ) 21 ( c ) 27 ( d ) None of these
Q-11. In a queue, A is eighteenth from the front while B is sixteenth from the back. If C is twenty fifth
from the front and is exactly in the middle of A and B, then how many persons are there in the
queue?
SPIPA AHMEDABAD
Teach by Parimal Wadhvana
( a ) 45 ( b ) 46 ( c ) 47 ( d ) 48

Q-12. In a row of girls facing North, Reena is 10th to the left of Pallavi, who is 21st from the right
end. If Malini, who is 17th from the left end , is fourth to the right of Reena , how many girls are
there in the row ?
( a ) 37 ( b ) 43 ( c ) 44 ( d ) Data inadequate

Q-13. In a row of girls, there are 16 girls between Priya and Supriya. Priya is thirty second from the
left end of the row. If Priya is nearer than Supriya to the right end of the row, then how far away is
Supriya from the left end of the row?
( a ) 16 ( b ) 14 ( c ) 15 (d ) None of these ( e ) Data inadequate

Q-14. Bharati is 8 ranks ahead of Divya who ranks twenty - sixth in a class of 42. What is Bharati's
rank from the last?
(a ) 19th ( b ) 24th ( c ) 25th ( d ) 26th

Q-15. Among the passed students in a class, 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 have
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?
( a ) 60 ( b ) 75 ( c ) 90 ( d ) Data inadequate

Q-16. Kamal is fifteenth position from the left. Vimal is sixth position form the Kamal and vimal is
tenth position from the right side. Find the total number of person in a group?
( a ) 30 ( b ) 18 ( c ) 31 ( d ) Data inadequate

Q-17. Aman is 16th from the left end in a row of boys and Vivek is 18th from the right end. Gagan is
11th from Aman towards the right and 3rd from Vivek towards the right end. How many boys are
there in the row?
( a ) 40 ( b ) 42 ( c ) 48 ( d ) Data inadequate ( e ) None of these

Q-18. Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue .There are five persons between A and B
and eight persons between B and C. If there are three persons ahead of C and 21 behind A, then
what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?
( a ) 27 ( b ) 28 ( c ) 40 ( d ) 41

[Link] a row of boys, Ajay is seventeenth from the left and Vijay is tenth from right. When they
exchange their positions, then Vijay is twenty positions from the right side. What will be Ajay position
from the left side?
( a ) 27 ( b ) 28 ( c ) 25 ( d ) 26

NUMBER-RANKING QUESTIONS IN UPSC-CSAT (last 10 year)


30. Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue not necessarily in the same order. There are 4
persons between A and B, and 7 persons between B and C. If there are 11 persons ahead of C and
SPIPA AHMEDABAD
Teach by Parimal Wadhvana
13 behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue UPSC-CSAT-2022
(a) 22 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 38

8. Consider two statements and a question: UPSC-CSAT-2021

Statement 1 Priya is 4 ranks below Seema and is 31st from the bottom.

Statement 2 Ena is 2 ranks above Seema and is 37th from the bottom.

Question What is Seema's rank from the top in the class of 40 students?

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Statements and the Question?

(a) Statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

(b ) Statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

(c) Either statement 1 alone or statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer the question.

(d) Both statement 1 and statement 2 are required to answer the question.

35. A is 16th from the left end in a row of boys and V is 18th from the right end. G is 11th from A
towards the right and 3rd from V towards the right end. How many boys are there in the row?
UPSC-CSAT-2020
(a) 40 (b) 41

(c) 42 (d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient data

78. 15 students failed in a class of 52. After removing the names of failed students, a merit order list
has been prepared in which the position of Ramesh is 22nd from the top. What is his position from
the bottom? UPSC-CSAT-2017
th th th th
(a) 18 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 15

34. In a class of 60 students, where the number of girls is twice that of boys, Kamal, a boy, ranked
seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal, the number of boys in rank after him is
UPSC-CSAT-2016
(a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 7 (d) 3

67. In a row A is in the 11th position from the left and B is in the 10th position from the right. If A and B
interchange, then A becomes 18th from the left. How many persons are there in the row other than A
and B? UPSC-CSAT-2014
(a) 27 (b) 26 (c) 25 (d) 24

64. 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? UPSC-CSAT-2013
SPIPA AHMEDABAD
Teach by Parimal Wadhvana
(a) 25th (b) 26th (c) 27th (d) 28th

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First, calculate the number of students who passed by adding the two ranking positions of a student and subtracting one. Then, add any students who did not participate and those who failed. For example, if one passes ranked sixteenth from top and twenty-ninth from bottom, it's 16 + 29 - 1 = 44; then add the 6 non-participants and 5 failures to get 50 .

Calculate based on maximum and minimum cumulative positioning possibilities given the sets' relative distances. For example, with gaps of 5 between A and B and 8 between B and C, calculate A's furthest back and C's ahead positions for the minimum total, then adjust as described .

Identify the relative difference and establish the midpoint. For example, with Kunal seventh from bottom and Sonali ninth from top among 35, Pulkit's mid-position is adjusted accordingly between them. Calculate by understanding who is further from either end .

Determine the swap effect by adjusting one of the established rankings from one end by applying the other. For instance, if Jay's being fifteenth from the left becomes fifteenth from the right upon swapping, it implies a total of 15 + 15 - 1 = 29 individuals .

Using the ratio, divide the known passed by the proportion part of passing. Add the resultant fail number to reveal total class size. For instance, from a pass ratio of 4:1, extrapolate from a known rank within passes incorporating fixed bottom prior errors .

Add known opposite end positions, subtract for overlap. For example, Kamal's rank gives totals and positional context helps deduce total ranks when juxtaposing multiple sources or layers to understand rank differences and composites .

To determine the total number of students, add the two given rankings and subtract 1. For instance, if a student ranks ninth from the top and thirty-eighth from the bottom, the total number of students would be 9 + 38 - 1 = 46 .

When a student ranks the same from both ends, double his ranking and subtract 1 to find the total. For example, nineteenth from both ends suggests 19 + 19 - 1 = 37 students .

Recalculate using the established base ranks from each perspective. If Ajay initially ranked seventeenth from left, exchanges to be twentieth from the right, calculate new total and reverse-rank equivalent based on exchange position plus adjustments .

For relative positions, subtract the known positions from the total number and adjust according to their relations. If A is fifteenth from the left and B fourth from the right in a 22-person queue with 3 people between them, C, next to A, would be calculated from total minus B's position plus 1 for C's exact position .

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