Reasoning Quiz

Q1)-Sam ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eighth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class ?

45

46

47

48

Ans.- B
Clearly , number of students in the class = ( 8 + 1 + 37) = 46

Q2)-A class of boys stands in a single line. One boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends. How many boys are there in the class ?

27

37

38

39

Ans.- B
Clearly , number of boys in the class = ( 18 + 1 + 18 ) = 37

Q3)-Ajay ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-ninth from the bottom among those who passed an examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition and five failed in it. How many boys were there in the class ?

40

44

50

55

Ans.- D
Number of boys who passed = ( 15 + 1 + 28 ) = 44
Total number of boys in the class= ( 44 + 6 + 5 )= 55

Q4)-If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right in a line of boys and fourth from the left, how many boys should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys in the line ?

12

13

14

20

Ans.- B
Number of boys in the line= ( 11 + 1 + 3) =15
Number of boys to be added = (28 - 15) = 13

Q5)-In a row of boys, Jeevan is seventh from the start and eleventh from the end. In another row of boys, Vikas is tenth from the start and twelfth from the end. How many boys are there in both the rows together ?

36

37

39

None of these

Ans.- D
Total number of boys in both the rows= (Number of boys in Jeevan's row) + ( number of boys in Vikas' row ) = ( 6 + 1 + 10 ) + ( 9 + 1 + 11 ) = 38

Q6)-In a class of 60, where girls are twice that of boys, Kamal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal, how many boys are after him in rank ?

3

7

12

23

Ans.- C
Let the number of boys be x. Then, num of girls = 2x
x + 2x = 60 or x = 20
So Number of boys = 20 and number of girls = 40
Number of students behind Kamal in rank = (60 - 17 ) =43
Number of girls ahead Kamal = 9
Number of girls behind Kamal = ( 40 - 9 ) = 31
Number of boys behind Kamal = ( 43 -31 ) = 12

Q7)-Nitin ranks eighteenth in a class of 49 students. What is his rank from the last ?

18

19

31

32

Ans.- D
Number of students behind Nitin in rank = (49 - 18 ) =31
Nitin is 32nd from the last

Q8)-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 ?

20th and 24th

24th and 20th

25th and 21st

26th and 22nd

Ans.- C
Number of students behind Manoj in rank = (31 - 7 ) = 24
So Manoj is 25th from the bottom
Number of students behind SAchin in rank = (31 - 11 ) = 20
So , Sachin is 21st from the bottom

Q9)-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 ?

14th

15th

16th

17th

Ans.- C
Sumit is 17th from the last and Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit. So Ravi is 24th from the last
Number of students ahead of Ravi in rank = (39 - 24) = 15
So ,RAvi is 16th from the start

Q10)-Bharati is 8 ranks ahead of Divya who ranks twenty-sixth in a class of 42. What is Bharati's rank from the last ?

9th

24th

25th

34th

Ans.- C
Divya ranks 26th and Bharati is 8 ranks ahead of Divya . So , Bharati ranks 18th
Number of students behind Bharati in rank = (42 - 18) =24
So, Bharati ranks 25th from last