Order and Ranking– Railway Reasoning (Part-4)

Total Questions: 50

1. Raman and his sister Shiksha study in the same class. Raman’s rank in an examination is from the bottom 11ᵗʰ and Shikha’s rank in the same examination is from the top if there 1ˢᵗ are 11 students who ranked between Raman and Shiksha, how many students are there in the class? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 3]

Correct Answer: (a) 23
Solution:In the above diagram we can see that total number of students are (1+11+11) = 23

2. Bella is taller than Shubham. Umesh is taller than Shubham but shorter than Bella. Salman is shorter than Rahul and Shubham. Shubham is taller than Rahul. Who is the shortest in the group? [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Salman
Solution:

Bella > Umesh > Shubham > Rahul > Salman
From the above arrangement, we can see that Salman is the shortest in the group.

3. A row of girls are standing facing north. Rama is fifteenth from the left and Shalu is eighth from the right. If Shalu is shifted to the left by five places, then she moves to the immediate left of Rama. How many girls are standing in the row? [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 26
Solution:So, from the above diagram, it is clear that the total number of girls standing in the row = (14 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 7) = 26 girls

4. A man has four silver articles P, Q, R and S, each having a different weight. P weighs thrice as much as Q,Q weighs two and a half times as much as S. R weighs half as much as S. Which of the following silver articles is the lightest in weight ? [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) R
Solution:

Here P weighs thrice as much as Q, so, P = 3Q,
Q weighs two and a half times as much as R weighs half as much as S15 : 5 : 1 : 2
i.e from the four silver articles R is the lightest in weight.

5. P is taller than T, Q is taller than S, U is taller than R, S is taller than P and T is taller than U. Who is the shortest among them? [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) R
Solution:

As, P is taller than T, Q is taller than S, U is taller than R, S is taller than P and T is taller than U. That means
⇒ Q > S > P > T > U > R
So, R is the shortest among them.

6. In a class of 50 students, Aryan ranks 17th from the top. What is his rank from the bottom? [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 34th
Solution:

As we know, rank from the top = [total strength - rank from bottom + 1 ]
So, aryan’s rank from the bottom = (50 - 17 + 1) = 34th.

7. In a class of students, Rajesh ranks 15th from the top and Prakash ranks 25th from the bottom. Gyan is in 10th place ahead of Prakash. If there are 10 students, exactly in between Rajesh and Gyan, then how many total students are there in the class? [RRB NTPC 04/01/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 60
Solution:

Total students = 35 + 15 + 10 = 60

8. Aman is older than Sahu, Sahu is younger than Komal but older than Milian. Komal is older than Aman but younger than Uday. Who is the third oldest among them? [RRB NTPC 04/01/2021 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (a) Aman
Solution:

Uday > Komal > Aman > Sahu > Milian

9. Cariappa, Kargil, Katari, Manekshaw and Subrto are five different sadans in a sainik school. Kargil is to the right of Subrto and Katari is to the left of Cariappa and right of Kargil. Subrto is to the right of Manekshaw. Which sadan is in the middle? [ RRB NTPC 05/01/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Kargil
Solution:

From the given information we can draw the following diagram, Here we can see the sadan ‘Kargil’ is in the middle.

10. In a class of 47 students. Anurag’s roll number is eighteenth from the end. What is his roll number from the beginning? [RRB NTPC 07/01/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 30
Solution:

Anurag’s roll no. from the beginning = 47 - 18 + 1 = 30