RANKING AND

ORDERING TEST
RANKING AND ORDERING TEST
The position of a thing/person etc. in a definite order is called as
Rank.
In this type of test, relative position or rank of some person or
object is given and candidates are required to find the rank or
position of other person or object.

Position of person from upward

= [Total no. of persons position of person from down] + 1.
v Position of person from downward
= [Total no. of persons position of person from up] + 1.
v Position of person from right
= [Total no. of persons position of person from left] + 1.
v

Position of person from left

= [Total no. of persons position of person from right] + 1.
1 : Anita ranks twelfth in a class of forty six. What

will be her rank from the last?

(a) 34th
(b) 35th
(c) 36th
(d) 37th
(e) None of these
Sol. (b) Rank of Anita from the last
= [Total students her rank from first] + 1
= (46 12) + 1 = 35th.
2 : Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39.
If Sumits rank is 17th from the last, what is Ravis rank from
the start?
(a) 14th
(b) 15th
(c) 16th
(d) 17th
(e) None of these
Sol. (c) Rank of Ravi from the last = 17 + 7 = 24th.
\ Rank of Ravi from the start = (39 24) + 1 = 16th.
Total number of person in a queue
v

Total no. of persons

= [Position of person from upward/right + Position of person
from downward/left] 1.

3 : Rakesh ranks 7th from the top and 28th from

the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?
(a) 34
(b) 35
(c) 36
(d) 37
(e) None of these
Sol. (a) Total no. of students = [7 + 28] 1 = 34.
When two persons change their rank in a queue

Types of Questions
Rank of a person in a queue

CHAPTER

If two persons are on a definite position from up and down

(or left and right) and they interchange their ranks, then
Total no. of persons in the queue :
= [present position of first person
+ previous position of second person] 1
4 : In a row of girls, Shilpa is eighth from the left
and Reena is seventeenth from the right. If they interchange
their positions, Shilpa becomes fourteenth from the left. How
many girls are there in the row?
(a) 34
(b) 35
(c) 30
(d) 37
(e) None of these
Sol. (c) Total no. of girls
= [present position of Shilpa
+ previous position of Reena] 1
= (14 + 17) 1 = 30
v Previous position of first person or present position of second person
= Difference of the two positions of second person
+ previous position of second person.
= Difference of the two positions of first person
+ previous position of second person.
v

5 : In a row of children, Dipa is fifth from the left

and Vijay is sixth from the right. When they interchange
their places among themselves, Dipa becomes thirteenth
from the left. Then what will be Vijays position from the
right ?
(a) 4th
(b) 14th
(c) 8th
(d) 12th
(e) 10th
Sol. (b) Present postion of Vijay = Difference of the two postions
of Dipa + previous postion of Vijay
= (13 5) + 6 = 14th

S O LV E D E X A M P L E S
1 : There are thirty five students in a class. Suman
ranks third among the girls in the class. Amit ranks 5th among
the boys in the class. Suman is one rank below Amit in the class.
No two students hold the same rank in the class. What is Amit's
rank in the class?
(a) Cannot be determined
(b) 5th
(c) 8th
(d) 7th
(e) None of these
Sol. (d) Suman is one rank below Amit in the class. Hence two
girls and four boys are ahead of Amit. Hence Amit's
rank in the class is 7th.

G
R

Case I

or

Case II

2 : Among six members P, Q, R, G, S and M sitting

around a circle facing the centre,
(a) R is between G and P
(b) M is between P and S
What is the position of Q?
(a) Cannot be determined
(b) Between G and S
(c) To the immediate left of G
(d) To the immediate right of S
(e) None of these
Sol. (b) Seating arrangement is as follows :

Hence position of Q is between G and S in both cases.

In circular arrangements, both clockwise and anticlockwise
arrangements should be considered.
3 : Mohan is older than Prabir, Suresh is younger
than Prabir. Mihir is older than Suresh but younger than
Prabir. Who among the four is the youngest?
(a) Prabir
(b) Mihir
(c) Mohan
(d) Suresh
(e) Data inadequate
Sol. (d) Mohan > Prabir > Suresh
Prabir > Mihir > Suresh
Hence, Mohan > Prabir > Mihir > Suresh

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EXERCISE
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Five boys took part in a race. Prabir finished before Mohit

but behind Mihir. Suresh finished before Sanchit but behind
Mohit. Who won the race?
(a) Prabir
(b) Mihir
(c) Mohit
(d) Suresh
(e) None of these
M is older than R. Q is younger than R and N. N is not as old
as M. Who among M, N, R and Q is the oldest?
(a) M
(b) R
(c) M or R
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
In a class of forty students, Samir's rank from the top is
twelfth. Alok is eight ranks below Samir. What is Alok's rank
from the bottom?
(a) 20th
(b) 21st
(c) 22nd
(d) 19th
(e) None of these
Geeta is taller than Seeta but not shorter than Radha. Radha
and Rani are of the same height. Geeta is shorter than Paru.
Amongst all the girls, who is the tallest?
(a) Geeta
(b) Seeta
(c) Radha and Rani
(d) Paru
(e) None of these
Among five friends Mahesh is taller than Karan but not
Yash. Hrithik is taller than Yash but not Abhishek. If they
stand in increasing order of their heights, who will be first in
line ?
(a) Abhishek
(b) Yash
(c) Karan
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Akshay is 16th from the left end in the row of boys and Vijay
is 18th from the right end. Avinash is 11th from Akshay
towards the right end and 3rd from Vijay towards the right
end. How many boys are there in the row?
(a) Data inadequate
(b) 42
(c) 40
(d) 48
(e) None of these
Among M, T, R and P, M is older than only P. T is older than
R. Who among them is the oldest ?
(a) T
(b) R
(c) T or R
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
In a row of children facing North, Ritesh is twelfth from the
left end. Sudhir who is twenty-second from the right end is
fourth to the right of Ritesh. Total how many children are
there in the row?
(a) 35
(b) 36
(c) 37
(d) 34

9.

Among A, B, C,D and E, A is taller than B but shorter than C.

B is taller than only E. C is not the tallest. Who among them
will be in the middle if they stand in the order of their heights?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) 8
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
10. Madhu is l8th from the left end and Sandhu is 11th from the
right end of a row of 40 children. How many children are
there between Madhu and Sandhu in the row?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 11
(e) None of these
11. In a class of 10 girls and 20 boys, Jaya's rank is '4' among the
girls and '18' in the class. What is Jaya's rank among the
boys in the class?
(a) Cannot be determined
(b) 16
(c) 14
(d) 15
(e) None of these
12. Among P, Q, R, S and T, S is older than R but not as old as T;
Q is older than only P. Who among them is the youngest?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) Cannot be dtermined
(e) None of these
13. Hemang is 16th from the top and twelfth from the bottom in
merit in the class. How many students are there in the class?
(a) 29
(b) 28
(c) 27
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
14. Geeta is senior to Shilpa but not to Deepa. Gayatri is junior
to Reepa. No one is senior to Fatima. Who is most junior?
(a) Shilpa
(b) Geeta
(c) Gayatri
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
15. Sachin is sitting to the immediate left of Meena but not next
to Bharti. Parveen is sitting to the right of Bharti. If the four
friends are sitting in a circle, who is sitting to the immediate
right of Meena?
(a) Parveen
(b) Bharti
(c) Sachin
(d) Meena
(e) Cannot be etennined
16. In a row of 40 students facing North, Kailash is 6th to the left
of Soman. If Soman is 30th from the left end of the row, how
far is Kailash from the right end of the row?
(a) 17th
(b) 16th
(c) 15th
(d) 26th
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

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17. L, M, N and P are sitting around a circle and facing the
centre. P is to the immediate left of N. L is between N & M.
What is the position of M?
(a) To the immediate left of L
(b) To the immediate right of P.
(c) In front of P
(d) Between L & N
(e) None of these
18. Among M, N, P, R and T each one has secured different
marks in an examination. R secured more marks than M and
T. N secured less marks than P. Who among them secured
third highest marks?
(a) N
(b) R
(c) M
(d) T
(e) Data inadequate
19. In a class of 20 students, Alishas rank is 15th from the top.
Manav is 4 ranks above Alisha. What is Manavs rank from
the bottom ?
(a) 10th
(b) 11th
(c) 9th
(d) 12th
(e) None of these
20. Among A, B, C, D and E each having a different weight, D is
heavier than A and E and B is lighter than C. Who among
them is the heaviest?
(a) D
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
21. Among B, F, J, K and W each having a different weight, F is
heavier than only J. B is heavier than F and W but not as
heavy as K. Who is the third heaviest among them?
(a) B
(b) F
(c) K
(d) W
(e) None of these
22. In a row of thirty five children, M is fifteenth from the right
end and there are ten children between M and R. What is
R's position from the left end of the row?
(a) 15th
(b) 5th
(c) 30th
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
23. Among P, Q, T, A and B each having a different height, T is
taller than P and B but shorter than A and Q. P is not the
shortest. Who among them is the tallest?
(a) A
(b) Q
(c) P
(d) P or B
(e) Data inadequate

24.

In a queue of children, Kashish is fifth from the left and

Mona is sixth from the right. When they interchange their
places among themselves, Kashish becomes thirteenth from
the left. Now what will be Mona's position from the right?
(a) 4th

(b) 14th

(c) 8th

(d) 15th

(e) None of these

25.

Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper. The one who

reads first gives it to C. The one who reads last had taken it
from A. E was not the first or the last to read. There were two
readers between B and A.
B passed the newspaper to whom?
(a) A

(b) C

(c) D

(d) E

(e) None of these

26.

In a column of girls Kamal is 11th from the front. Neela is

3 places ahead of Sunita who is 22nd from the front.
How many girls are there between Kamal and Neela in the
column?

27.

(a) Six

(b) Eight

(c) Seven
(e) None of these

(d) Cannot be determined

In a row of girls, Rita and Monika occupy the ninth place

from the right end and tenth place from the left end,
respectively. If they interchange their places, then Rita and
Monika occupies eighteenth place from the left end. How
many girls are there in the row?
(a) 25

(b) 26

(c) 27

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

28.

In the Olympic Games, the flags of six nations were flown on

the masts in the following way: The flag of America was to
the left of the Indian tricolour and to the right of the flag of
France. The flag of Australia was on the right of the Indian
flag but was to the left of the flag of Japan, which was to the
left of the flag of China. Find the two flags which are in the
centre.
(a) India and Australia (b) America and India
(c) Japan and Australia (d) America and Australia
(e) None of these

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ANSWER KEY
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(b)

(a)

13

(c)

19

(a)

25

(b)

(a)

(c)

14

(d)

20

(d)

26

(d)

(b)

(a)

15

(b)

21

(d)

27

(b)

(d)

10

(c)

16

(a)

22

(d)

28

(a)

(c)

11

(d)

17

(e)

23

(e)

(e)

12

(a)

18

(e)

24

(b)

ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS

1.

2.
3.

(b) Prabir > Mohit

Mihir > Prabir
Suresh > Sanchit
Mohit > Suresh
Hence, Mihir > Prabir > Mohit > Suresh > Sanchit
Hence, Mihir won the race.
(a) R < M; Q < R, N; N < M
M>N / R>Q
(b) Total students = 40
12 + + 20
Sameer
Alok
\

Alok's rank from bottom

= 40 (12 + 8) + 1
= 21st

4.

(d) Radha > Geeta > Sita

Radha = Rani
Geeta < Paru : Paru is the tallest.

5.

(c) Yash > Mahesh > Karan

10. (c) 17 + l
Madhu

= 40 18 11 + 1 = 12
11. (d) 3 Girls are ahead of Jaya.
\ 14 Boys are ahead of Jaya.
\ Jaya's rank is 15th among the boys in the class.
12. (a) T > S > R > Q > P
\ P among them is the youngest
13. (c) Total number of students in the class
= 16 + 12 - 1 =27
14. (d) Geeta > Shilpa
Deepa > Geeta
Reepa > Gayatri
Fatima is the seniormost
But no other data is there to find who is the juniormost.
Sachin

Karan < Mahesh < Yash < Hrithik < Abhishek

(e) Total number of boys = 41.

7.

(a) M > P, T > R

T > R > M > P (M is older than only P)
Hence, T is the eldest.

8.

(c) Total number of children in a row

= 12 + 4 + 22 1 = 37

9.

(a)

D >C >A> B > E

\ A will be in the middle if they stand in the order of the
height.

Sandhu

\ Number of boys between Madhu and Sandhu

Abhishek > Hrithik > Yash

6.

l + 10

15. (b) Meena

Parveen
Bharti

16. (a)

23 + + 10
Kailash

Soman

Kailash's position from the right end of the row

= 40 23 = 17th

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17. (e) According to question, Order of position would be as
follows:

23.

T < A, Q
P> B

P
Right N

M Left
24.

L
18.

(e) Correct order cant be determined.

19.

(a) Manavs rank from the top = 15 4 = 11th.

Manavs rank from the bottom
= 20 + 1 11 = 10th
(d) D > A, E and B < C

20.

The heaviest among them cant be determined.

21.

(d) Ascending order of weight : J > F > W > B > K

22.

So, third heaviest is W.

(d) Since R can be to the right of M
M

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
25.

26.

Present Mona
Kashish
(b) From the information given in the question, the
newspaper was read in the following order
B, C, E, A, D.
Hence B passed the newspaper to C.
3

(c)
Kamal

or to the left of M
R

A, Q > T > P > B

So, either A or Q is the tallest.
(b) Clearly 6th position from right (Mona) is 13th position
from left. That means there are 13 + 5 = 18 children in
the row. Hence 5th position from left will be 18 5 + 1 =
14th from right (Monas new position).
Previous by Kashish
Mona

15th 10

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(e) T > P, B

Rs position cant be determined.

Sunita

11th
22nd
(From front) 19th (From front)

10th 10 15th 14

Neela

27.
28.

So there are seven girls between Kamal and Neela.

(b) Total no. of girls = 17 + 10 1 or 18 + 9 1 = 26.
(a) The order in which the six flags were flown from L to R
is France, America, India, Australia, Japan, China.

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