Order and Ranking– Railway Reasoning (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

1. In a class of 17 students, each student obtained different marks. A's position is 9th from the top, while B's position is 11th from the bottom. Seen from above, the position of C is above A but below B. What is the position of C from the top? [Group - D 23/08/2022 ( Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 8th
Solution:

Position of A from top = 9th
Total number of students = 17
Position of B from bottom = 11th
Position of B from top = (17 + 1) - 11 = 7th
तो, ऊपर से C की थित = 8th

2. Six friends, Arun, Suresh, Rahul, Priyanka, Dilan and Hiba, took a test online. All of them scored different marks in the test. Suresh scored more than Priyanka but less than Arun. Hiba scored the least. Dilan scored less than Rahul. Arun scored more than Priyanka and Rahul. Who among the six scored the most? [Group - D 24/08/2022 ( Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Arun
Solution:

As per instruction all six friends have scored marks as follows.
Arun ＞ Suresh ＞ Priyanka ＞ Rahul ＞ Dilan
＞ Hiba Here, we can see that Arun scored the most

3. In a class of students, Radhika is 18 th from the top and 32 nd from the bottom. What is the students in the class? [Group - D 01/09/2022 ( Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 49
Solution:

Number of student = (rank from top + rank from bottom -1)
Here number of student = ( 32 + 18 - 1 ) = 49 students

4. Seven boxes C, D, E, F, G, H and I are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only one box is kept between H and F in the same order. I is kept immediately above G. Only one box is kept between I and D. E is kept at one of the positions below D. H is kept immediately below D. How many boxes are kept between H and G? [Group - D 06/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1
Solution:

5. Six students P, Q, R, S, T and U each are of different heights. P is taller than only two students. T is taller than only one student but shorter than exactly four students. S is taller than only four students but is not the tallest. Q is taller than none of the students. R is not the tallest. Who is the tallest student? [Group - D 13/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) U
Solution:

Possible arrangement will be : U ＞ S ＞ R ＞ P ＞ T ＞ Q
Therefore, we can see that, U is the talles

6. A certain number of persons are standing in a straight row facing North. X is standing to the immediate left of W but the immediate right of R. Z is standing to the immediate left of R. There is only one person to the left of P. Q is standing to the immediate left of Y. The person standing at the extreme right end is the only person to the right of Y. Only four persons are standing between P and Q . If no other person is standing in the row, what is the total number of persons standing? [Group - D 14/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Nine
Solution:

As per the instruction given in the question
We can see from the above arrangement that a total 9 persons stands in the row. Therefore , correct option

7. In a queue, Mahima is 28 th from the front end and Anshul is 22 nd from the rear end, and there are 5 people between them. How many people are there in the queue if Anshul is standing somewhere behind Mahima in the queue? [Group - D 19/09/2022 ( Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 55
Solution:

28th from the front = Mahima
22th from the rear = Anshul
Between Mahima and Anshul = 5 people
Total number of people in the queue
= (28 + 5 + 22 )=

8. In a class of 100 students, 24 students score more marks than Sharmistha whereas 18 students score lesser marks than Amit. How many students score lesser marks than Sharmistha but more marks than Amit? [Group-D 19/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 56
Solution:

Sharmistha position in class = 24 + 1 = 25th
Amit position in class = 100 - 18 = 82th
Total students between Sharmistha and Amit = 82 - 25 - 1 =

9. In an examination, Raman scored more marks than Prince. Robin scored less marks than Keshav and Deepak. Abhishek scored more marks than Deepak but less marks than Prince. Deepak scored more marks than Keshav. Who scored the third highest marks in the exam? [Group-D 06/10/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Abhishek
Solution:

Raman > Prince > Abhishek > Deepak > Kesh
According to sequence, Abhishek scored the third highest marks in the exam.

10. A total of 50 students are in a row. Ankit is at the 19th position from the start of the row. What is the position of Ankit from the end of the row? [Group-D 11/10/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 32nd
Solution:

Ankit’s position from the end of the row = 50 - 1