Number Ranking and Time Sequence Reasoning

Number, Ranking and Time Sequence

1. In a queue, Amrita is 10th from the front while Mukul is 25th from behind and Mamta is just in the middle of the two. If there were 50 persons in the queue, what position does Mamta occupy from the front?
   (a) 20^th                              (b) 19^th                                  (c) 18^th                                (d) 17^th

 

2. Raman ranks sixteenth from the top and forty-ninth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?
   (a) 64                                (b) 65                                     (c) 66                         (d) Cannot be determined

 

3. In a row of students of Ravi’s class Ravi is 17th from either end of the row. How many students are there in his class?
   (a) 34                                (b) 35                                     (c) 33                                  (d) 19

 

4. If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right in a line of boys and forth from the left, how many boys should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys in the line?
   (a) 12                                (b) 13                                     (c) 14                                  (d) 20

 

5. Amit ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eighth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?
   (a) 45                                (b) 46                                     (c) 47                                  (d) 48

 

6. In a row of boys, if A who is 10th from the left and B who is 9th from the right interchange their positions, A becomes 15th from the left. How many boys are there in the row?
   (a) 23                                (b) 31                                     (c) 27                                  (d) 28

 

7. Sameer ranked 9th from the top and 38th from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?
   (a) 45                                (b) 47                                     (c) 46                                  (d) 48

 

8. Nitin ranks 18th in a class of 49 students. What is his rank from the last?
   (a) 31                                (b) 18                                     (c) 32                                  (d) 19

 

9. Priyanka ranked 7th in a class of 49 students from the top. What is her rank from the bottom of the class?
   (a) 49^th                              (b) 48^th                                  (c) 43^rd                                (d) 50^th

 

10. In a row, Kumar is at 7th place from the left and Pawan is at 9th place from the right. When they interchange the positions Kumar becomes 11th from left. How many person were seated in the row?
    (a) 19                                (b) 20                                     (c) 21                                  (d) 27

11. How many combinations of two-digit numbers having 8 can be made from the following numbers?
    8, 5, 2, 1, 7, 6
    (a) 10                                (b) 6                                       (c) 9                                     (d) 11

 

12. In a class, Vidya ranks 7th from the top. Divya is 7 ranks ahead of Medha and 3 ranks behind Vidya. Sushma who is 4th from the bottom is 32 ranks behind Medha. How many students are there in the class?

(a) 49                                (b) 50                                     (c) 52                                  (d) 51

 

13. If the third day of a month is Tuesday, which of the following would be the 4th day before the 27th day of that month?

(a) Tuesday                    (b) Monday                          (c) Wednesday                 (d) Sunday

 

14. Rajan is sixth from the left end and Vinay is tenth from the right end in a row of boys. If there are eight boys between Rajan and Vinay, how many boys are there in the row?

(a) 24                               (b) 26                                     (c) 23                                  (d) 25

 

15. R and S are ranked 13th and 14th respectively in a class of 23 students. What are their ranks from the bottom of the class respectively?

(a) 10^th , 11^th                  (b) 11^th , 12^th                       (c) 11^th , 10^th                     (d) None of these

 

16. In a class of 180, where girls are twice the number of boys, Rupesh (a boy) ranked 34th from the top. If there are 18 girls ahead of Rupesh, how many boys are after him in rank?

(a) 45                               (b) 44                                     (c) 60                            (d) can’t be determined

 

17. Priyanka remembers that his brother’s birthday is after fifteenth but before eighteenth of February whereas his sister Payal remembers that her brother’s birthday is after sixteenth but before nineteenth of February. On which day in February is Priyanka’s brother’s birthday?

(a) 16^th                            (b) 17^th                                  (c) 18^th                                (d) 19^th

 

18. A bus for Delhi leaves every thirty minutes from a bus stand. An enquiry clerk told a passenger that the bus had already left ten minutes ago and the next bus will leave at 9.35 a.m. At what time did the enquiry clerk give this information to the passenger?

(a) 9.10 a.m.                  (b) 8.55 a.m.                       (c) 9.25 p.m.                     (d) 9.15 a.m.

 

19. If the seventh day of a month is three days earlier than Friday, what day will it be on the nineteenth day of the month?

(a) Sunday                      (b) Monday                          (c) Wednesday                 (d) Friday

 

20. If it was Saturday on 17th December 1982 what will be the day of 22nd December 1984?

(a) Monday                    (b) Tuesday                          (c) Wednesday                 (d) Sunday

21. Shreya remembers that her father’s birthday was certainly after eighth but before thirteenth of December. Her sister Natasha remembers that their father’s birthday was definitely after ninth but before fourteenth of December. On which date of December was their father’s birthday?

(a) 10^th                            (b) 11^th                                  (c) 12^th                                (d) Data inadequate

 

22. How many 4’s are there preceded by 7 but not followed by 3?

5932174269746132874138325674395820187463

(a) Four                           (b) Three                               (c) Six                                  (d) Five

 

23. How many 3’s are there in the following sequence which is neither preceded by nor immediately followed by 9?

9366395937891639634

(a) One                            (b) Two                                 (c) Three                            (d) Four

 

24. How many 6’s are there in the following series of numbers which are preceded by 7 but not immediately followed by 9?
    679569768768694677695763
    (a) One                            (b) Two                                 (c) Three                            (d) Four

 

25. Count each 1 in the following sequence of numbers that is immediately followed by 2, and 2 is not immediately followed by 3. How many such 1’s are there?

12134512352126145112412321752125

(a) 2                                 (b) 4                                       (c) 5                                     (d) 7

 

26. Some boys are sitting in a row. P is sitting fourteenth from the left and Q is seventh from the right. If there are four boys between P and Q, how many boys are there in the row?
    (a) 25                               (b) 23                                     (c) 21                                  (d) 19

 

27. In the following list of numerals, how many 2’s are followed by 1’s but not preceded by 4?
    421214211244412212144214212124142124146
    (a) Two                            (b) Three                               (c) Four                              (d) Five

 

28. In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row?
    (a) 8                                 (b) 9                                       (c) 10                                  (d) 11

 

29. M and R are ranked seventh and eleventh respectively from the top in a class of 41 students. What will be their respective ranks from the bottom in the class?(a) 30^th and 34^th            (b) 34^th and 30^th                 (c) 35^th and 31^st               (d) 36^th and 32^nd

 

30. Sarita is 27th position from the top in a class of 43 students. What is her rank from the other side?
    (a) 16^th                            (b) 17^th                                  (c) 15^th                                (d) 21^st               

 

31. Manoj and Sachin are ranked seventh and eleventh respectively from the top in a class of 31 students. What will be their respective ranks from the bottom in the class?
    (a) 20^th and 24^th            (b) 24^th and 20^th                 (c) 25^th  and 21^st              (d) 26^th and 22^nd

 

32. Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39. If Sumit’s rank is seventeenth from the last, what is Ravi’s rank from the start?
    (a) 14^th                            (b) 15^th                                  (c) 16^th                                (d) 17^th

 

33. How many even numbers are there in the following series of numbers, each of which is preceded by an odd number, but not followed by an even number?

5348971653298735

(a) 0                                 (b) 1                                       (c) 2                                     (d) 3

 

34. If the positions of the first and the third digits within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the third digit of the second lowest number 519 364 287 158 835
    (a) 9                                 (b) 5                                       (c) 7                                     (d) 8

 

35. Which of the following is the difference between the second digit of the lowest and the highest of these numbers? 519 364 287 158 835
    (a) 3                                 (b) 1                                       (c) 2                                     (d) 0

 

36. In a class, boys stand in a single row. One of the boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends. How many boys are there in the row?

(a) 27                               (b) 37                                     (c) 38                                  (d) 39

 

37. In a class of 42 students, Mahesh’s rank is 16th from the bottom. What is his rank from the top?
    (a) 25^th                            (b) 26^th                                  (c) 24^th                                (d) 27^th

 

38. Roshan ranked 11th from the top and 31st from the bottom in the class. How many students are there in the class?
    (a) 42                               (b) 43                                     (c) 41                                  (d) 49

 

39. In a row of students, Anil is 7th from left, while Sunil is 18th from right. Both of them interchanged their positions such that Anil becomes 21st from left. What will be the total number of students in the class?
    (a) 38                               (b) 33                                     (c) 31                                  (d) 30

 

40. Sunita leaves her house at 20 min to seven in the morning, reaches Vineeta’s house in 25 min, they finish their breakfast in another 15 min and leave for their office which takes another 35 min. At what time, did they leave Vineeta’s house to reach their office?
    (a) 7 : 40 am                  (b) 7 : 20 am                        (c) 7 : 45 am                     (d) 8 : 15 am

 

41. Kamala would like to complete all her work before 10 : 00 pm in order to watch an important TV programme. She has 40 min assignment in each of her five prepared subjects. What is the least time at which she can start and still complete her home work in the time for the programme?
    (a) 6 : 40 pm                  (b) 6 : 30 pm                        (c) 7 : 10 pm                     (d) 7 : 20 pm

 

42. If every second and last Saturday and all Sundays are holidays in a 30 days month beginning on Saturday, then how many working days are there in the month?
    (a) 20                               (b) 21                                     (c) 22                                  (d) 23

 

43. A student ranks 18th in the class of 45. What is his rank from the last?
    (a) 27^th                            (b) 28^th                                  (c) 29^th                                (d) 30^th

 

44. Reaching the place of meeting on Tuesday 15 minutes before 08.30 hours, Anuj found himself half an hour earlier than the man who was 40 minutes late. What was the scheduled time of the meeting?
    (a) 8.05 hrs                    (b) 8.00 hrs                          (c) 8.45 hrs                       (d) 8.15 hrs

 

45. How many 3’s are there in the following sequence which are neither preceded by 6 nor immediately followed by 9?
    9366395937891639639
    (a) One                            (b) Two                                 (c) Three                            (d) Four

 

46. Which is the third number to the left of the number which is exactly in the middle of the following sequence of numbers?
    123456789246897531987654321
    (a) 3                                 (b) 4                                       (c) 5                                     (d) 6

 

47. Count each 7 which is not immediately preceded by 5 but is immediately followed by either 2 or 3. How many such 7’s are there?
    57265738373257273482678

(a) 2                                 (b) 3                                       (c) 4                                     (d) 5

 

48. How many 7’s are there in the following series which are not immediately followed by 3 but immediately preceded by 8?
    898762263269732872778737794
    (a) 10                               (b) 3                                       (c) 2                                     (d) 0

 

49. Anuj ranks twelfth in a class of forty-six. What will be her rank from the last?
    (a) 33                               (b) 34                                     (c) 35                                  (d) 37

 

50. How many 7’s are there in the following series which are preceded by 6 which is not preceded by 8?
    876786756797616776888697687
    (a) Zero                           (b) One                                  (c) Two                               (d) Three

 

51. Ramesh is 5th from right end and Yogesh is 15th from left end. If they interchange their places Yogesh becomes 24th from left end then what is number of students?
    (a) 35                               (b) 28                                     (c) 40                                  (d) 39

 

52. Ranbir’s ranked 48th from the bottom and 1st from the top among those who passed an exam. Seven boys did not participate in the exam and twelve failed in it. How many boys were there in the class?
    (a) 60                               (b) 55                                     (c) 57                                  (d) 67

 

53. There were 70 students in class. First 20 ranks were got by girls, out of 30 girls. Only 10 girls did not get any rank. Mayank took 35th rank from bottom, then what will be the rank of Mayank from top in boys from the class?
    (a) 7^th                               (b) 6^th                                     (c) 5^th                                  (d) 4^th

 

54. In the numbers from 100 to 1000, how many times digits 1 comes at the ten’s place?
    (a) 9                                 (b) 10                                     (c) 90                                  (d) 900

 

55. Which of the following will be the second digit of the third number from the top when they are arranged in descending order, after the first digit in each number is changed to its next higher digit?
    738 429 156 273 894
    (a) 2                                 (b) 3                                       (c) 5                                     (d) 7

 

56. The digits of each of the following five numbers are written in reverse order and five new numbers are obtained 513 726 492 865 149
    Which of the following will be the middle digit of the third number from the top when the new numbers are arranged in descending order?
    (a) 1                                 (b) 2                                       (c) 6                                     (d) 9

 

57. Mani is thirteenth from the top and twenty seventh from the bottom in a queue. How many persons are there in the queue?
    (a) 33                               (b) 37                                     (c) 35                                  (d) 39

 

58. In a row of girls, Rita and Monika occupy ninth place from the right end and tenth place from the left end respectively. If they interchange their places, then Rita and Monika occupy seventeenth place from the right and eighteenth place from the left respectively. How many girls are there in the row?
    (a) 25                               (b) 26                                     (c) 27                                  (d) Data inadequate

 

59. In a queue, Shikhar is ninth from the back. Arun’s place is eighth from the front. Nikhil is standing between the two. What could be the minimum number of boys standing in the queue?
    (a) 8                                 (b) 10                                     (c) 12                                  (d) 14

60. N ranks fifth in a class. S is eighth from the last. If T is sixth after N and just in the middle of N and S, then how many students are there in the class?
    (a) 23                               (b) 24                                     (c) 25                                  (d) 26