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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 (230 of them, from 44 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 27% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
230
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
62/157/11
Negative marking
None
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Ranking and Order questions with solutions

6 from the 230-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Six friends are standing in a line. Aman is taller than Bimal but shorter than Chetan. Deepak is shorter than Bimal. Who is the shortest among Aman, Bimal, Chetan, and Deepak?

    • A. Bimal
    • B. Aman
    • C. Deepak ✓
    • D. Chetan

    Solution. Combining the clues: Chetan > Aman > Bimal > Deepak. Deepak is the shortest among these four.

  2. 2. 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.

  3. 3. In a class of 48 students, Priya ranks 18th from the top. What is her rank from the bottom?

    • A. 29th
    • B. 30th
    • C. 31st ✓
    • D. 32nd

    Solution. Rank from bottom = total students − rank from top + 1 = 48 − 18 + 1 = 31st.

  4. 4. In a class of 52 students, Aman ranks 21st from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?

    • A. 30th
    • B. 31st
    • C. 32nd ✓
    • D. 33rd

    Solution. Rank from bottom = total students − rank from top + 1 = 52 − 21 + 1 = 32nd.

  5. 5. In a row, Y is 11th from the left and 16th from the right. How many people are in the row?

    • A. 26 ✓
    • B. 24
    • C. 25
    • D. 27

    Solution. Total people = (position from left) + (position from right) − 1 = 11 + 16 − 1 = 26.

  6. 6. In a queue, Meena is 6th from the front and 12th from the back. How many people are in the queue?

    • A. 15
    • B. 16
    • C. 18
    • D. 17 ✓

    Solution. Total people = (position from front) + (position from back) − 1 = 6 + 12 − 1 = 17.

Exams that set Ranking and Order

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    Ranking and Order: frequently asked questions

    How many ranking and order questions are there?

    230, from the 44 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 27% 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?

    44 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 230 questions are graded hard and 27% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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