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Ranking and Order Questions with Answers

Positions from either end, overlapping ranks, and orderings built from comparisons. This page pools every ranking and order question on the site (227 of them, from 42 exams, weighted towards Banking, Railways, SSC) so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

5% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 26% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
227
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
59/157/11
Negative marking
None
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Ranking and Order questions with solutions

6 from the 227-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Five funds have different returns. Fund A gives higher returns than Fund B but lower than Fund C. Fund D gives the lowest returns. Fund E gives higher returns than Fund C. Which fund gives the highest returns?

    • A. A
    • B. C
    • C. E ✓
    • D. B

    Solution. Order from highest to lowest: E > C > A > B > D. Fund E gives the highest returns.

  2. 2. In a class of 55 students, Nisha ranks 22nd from the top. What is her rank from the bottom?

    • A. 34th ✓
    • B. 33rd
    • C. 35th
    • D. 36th

    Solution. Rank from bottom = total students − rank from top + 1 = 55 − 22 + 1 = 34th.

  3. 3. In a batch of 60 trainees, Arjun ranks 22nd from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?

    • A. 38th
    • B. 39th ✓
    • C. 40th
    • D. 41st

    Solution. Rank from the bottom = total trainees − rank from top + 1 = 60 − 22 + 1 = 39th.

  4. 4. In a merit list of 70 candidates, Karan is ranked 22nd from the bottom. What is his rank from the top?

    • A. 47
    • B. 48
    • C. 50
    • D. 49 ✓

    Solution. Rank from top = Total candidates − Rank from bottom + 1 = 70 − 22 + 1 = 49.

  5. 5. In a batch of 55 trainees, Vikram ranks 19th from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?

    • A. 36th
    • B. 38th
    • C. 37th ✓
    • D. 39th

    Solution. Rank from the bottom = total trainees − rank from top + 1 = 55 − 19 + 1 = 37th.

  6. 6. In a queue of 60 people, Vikram is 22nd from the front. If the 8 people at the very front of the queue leave, what is Vikram's new position from the front?

    • A. 13th
    • B. 14th ✓
    • C. 15th
    • D. 30th

    Solution. 21 people were ahead of Vikram. Removing the 8 people at the very front leaves 13 people ahead of him, so his new position is 13 + 1 = 14th.

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Ranking and Order: frequently asked questions

How many ranking and order questions are there?

227, from the 42 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 26% are graded easy and 5% hard, which makes ranking and order one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask ranking and order questions?

42 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (14), Railways (6), SSC (5). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is ranking and order hard?

5% of these 227 questions are graded hard and 26% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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