Order and Ranking– Railway Reasoning (Part-5)

Total Questions: 21

11. P,Q,R,S,T and U are friends who work at a BPO organisation. P earns more than T. R earns more than Q but less than U,P does not earn as much as Q but earns more than S. Who among these six friends earns the most? [RRB NTPC 08/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) U
Solution:

Order of earning
U > R > Q > P > T > S

12. In a row of children during morning assembly, Rahul is 16th from both ends. How many children are there in the row? [RRB NTPC 08/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 31
Solution:

Total number of childrens
= 16 + 16 - 1= 31

13. P, Q, R, S and T are five friends. Q is elder to S but shorter than R. P is taller than R but shorter than T. T is elder to S.P is younger to S but taller than S. R is shorter than T but elder to Q, [RRB NTPC 08/04/2021 (Evening)]

Whose height and age are most and least respectively?

Correct Answer: (d) T and P
Solution:

Age : - R > T > Q > S > P
Height:- T > P > R > Q > S

14. 24 students are sitting in a row. F is 17th from the right and R is 19th from the left end. How many students are between F and R? [RRB NTPC 23/07/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 10
Solution:

F is 17th from the right end.
Position of F from the left = 24 - 17 + 1 = 8th
Position of R from the left end = 19th
Number of students between F and R = 19 - 8 = 11 - 1 = 10

15. K is shorter than N but taller than M, J is taller than K but shorter than N. Who is the shortest among K,N,M and J? [RRB NTPC 23/07/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (d) M
Solution:

N > J > K > M
So, M is the shortest among K,N,M and J.

16. A, B, C, D and E have different heights. Only 2 people are shorter than D, E is taller than F, but shorter than A. A is not the tallest. How many people are taller than C? [RRB NTPC 31/07/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) None, as C is the tallest.
Solution:

C > A > D > E > F

17. Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follows. [RRB NTPC 31/07/2021 (Evening)]

There are five friends- Param, Nikhil, Bobby, Hemu and Lalit.
Hemu is shorter than Nikhil and taller than Param. Bobby is the tallest among the five friends. Param is shorter than Nikhil but taller than Lalit.
Who is the second tallest?

Correct Answer: (c) Nikhil
Solution:

Bobby > Nikhil > Hemu > Param > Lalit
So, Nikhil is the second tallest.

18. In a row of 21 children facing North, Nitin is third to the right of Sita who is ninth from the right end of the row. What is Nitin's position from the left end? [RRB JE 28/06/2019 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 16th
Solution:From the above diagram it is clearly seen that Nitin’s position is 16ᵗʰ from the left end.

19. Students are sitting in a row in which the position of X is 17ᵗʰ from the left and that of Y is 14ᵗʰ from the right. If they interchange their positions, X’s position becomes 7ᵗʰ from the left. How many students are there in the row? [RRB ALP 13/08/2018 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 20
Solution:Total students in the row = 14 + 7 -1 = 20

20. Nitin ranks 23rd from the top in a class of 42. What will be his rank from the last? [RRB ALP 20/08/2018 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 20th
Solution:

As Nitin ranks 23 from the top in a class of 42 students , this means 22 people are ahead of him. 23rd is Nitin himself and the remaining student is 42 - 23 = 19. 19 students are behind him. So his rank is 20.