General Mental Ability 01

Ranking, Positions and Mathematical Reasoning

Number of Questions : 40 CEX–6132/20

Level – 1 6. Ramesh ranks 13th in a class of 33 students.

There are 5 students below Suresh rankwise.
How many students are there between
1. Modi is fourteenth from the right end in a row
Ramesh and Suresh?
of 40 boys. What is his position from the left
(a) 12 (b) 14
end? (c) 15 (d) 16
(a) 25th (b) 27th
(c) 24th (d) 26th 7. In a row of trees, a tree is 7th from the left
end and 14th from the right end. How many
2. In a row of boys, Jayati is seventh from the trees are there in the row?
start and a eleventh from the end. In another (a) 18 (b) 19
row of boys, Bharat is tenth from the start (c) 20 (d) 21
and twelfth from the end. How many boys
are there in both the rows together? 8. Suresh is 7 ranks ahead of Ashok in the class
(a) 36 (b) 37 of 39 students. If Ashok’s rank is 17th from
(c) 39 (d) None of these the last, what is Suresh’s rank from the start?
(a) 16th (b) 23rd
3. Seema is 8 ranks ahead of Sajan, who ranks (c) 24th (d) 15th
twenty-sixth in a class of 42. What is
Seema’s rank from the last? 9. Rahul is taller than Saurav, Sachin is taller
(a) 9th (b) 24th than Rahul and Dhoni is taller than Kaif but
(c) 25th (d) 34th shorter than Saurav. Who is the tallest?
(a) Sachin (b) Rahul
4. In a team of five players, Vani is older than (c) Dhoni (d) Saurav
Rani. Sita is younger than Vani but older than
Rani. Nita is younger than Mary and Rani. Rani 10. Among five boys, Amit is shorter than
is older than Mary. Whose age is middle of all Mandar. Prashant is taller than Vinod but
shorter than Amit. Mandar is shorter than
the five in this team?
Pankaj. Who is the tallest in the group?
(a) Vani (b) Rani
(a) Prashant (b) Amit
(c) Sita (d) Mary (c) Vinod (d) Pankaj
5. In a row of girls, Kamla is 9th from the left
11. Five friends – Ravi, Suhail, Mayur, Aakash
and Veena is 16th from the right. If they and Krishna – participated in a race. Aakash
interchange their positions. Kamla becomes finished the race before Krishna and after
25th from the left. How many girls are there Suhail. Ravi finished the race before Suhail
in the row? and Mayur. Who won the race?
(a) 34 (b) 36 (a) Suhail (b) Aakash
(c) 40 (d) 41 (c) Ravi (d) krishna

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12. In a class, Vasu is ranked 16th from the top 18. In a row of five, A is next to B. E is on right
and 15th from the bottom of a list. How many side of A, and D is to the immediately left of
students are there in the class? A. C and E do not sit together. Who is E’s
(a) 29 (b) 31 neighbour?
(c) 30 (d) 32 (a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
13. Five girls – M, N, O, P and Q – are standing
19. In a class of boys Rajan got the 11th rank
in a row. P is on the right of Q, N is on the left
and he was 31st from the bottom of the list of
of Q, but N is on the right of M, P is on the left boys passed. Three boys did not take the
of O. Who is standing on the extreme right examination and one failed. What is the total
end? strength of the class?
(a) Q (b) N (a) 32 (b) 42
(c) O (d) P (c) 45 (d) 46

14. Sita is elder than Swapna. Lavanya is elder 20. In a row of girls facing North, Rajni is 10th to
than Swapna but younger than Sita. Suvarna the left of Paro, who is 21st from the right
is younger than both Hari and Swapna, end. If Meera, who is 17th from the left end,
Swapna is elder than Hari. Who is the is fourth to the right of Rajni, how many girls
youngest? are there in the row?
(a) Sita (b) Lavanya (a) 37 (b) 43
(c) Suvarna (d) Hari (c) 44 (d) Data inadequate

21. Students line up in a queue in which Ashwani

15. Of the six members of a panel sitting in a
stands fifteenth from the left and Sandeep is
row, X is to the left of Q but on the right of P.
seventh from the right. If they interchange their
Y is on the right of Q but is on the left of Z, Z
places, Sandeep would be fifteenth from the
is to the left of R. Find the members who are right. How many students are there in the
at the extreme ends? queue?
(a) QZ (b) XZ (a) 21 (b) 22
(c) PR (d) QY (c) 29 (d) None of these

Level – 2 22. Neeta is taller than Sania. Neelima is taller

than Neeta. Nitika is taller than Neelima.
16. Five books are lying in a pile. E is lying on A, Mehak is the tallest of all. If they stand
C is lying under B, A is lying above B, and D according to their height, who will be in the
is lying under C. Which book is lying at the middle?
bottom? (a) Neeta (b) Neelima
(c) Sania (d) Nitika
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
23. In a row of children, Hardipak is eleventh from
the left and Manoj is seventeenth from the
17. There are seven flights – A, B, C, D, E, F and right. When they interchange their places,
G. A lands after F. C lands before G and after Hardipak will be thirteenth from the left. Which
B. D lands after E and before B. E lands after of the following will be the new position of
A. Which flight landed at last? Manoj from the right?
(a) B (b) C (a) Eleventh (b) Twenty-first
(c) A (d) G (c) Nineteenth (d) Twenty-ninth

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24. In a queue, Sameer is ninth from the back. The order in which they are sitting from the
Wasim’s place is eighth from the front. first row to the last is
Neetesh is standing between the two. What (a) DECAB (b) BACED
could be the minimum number of boys (c) ACBDE (d) ABEDC
standing in the queue?
(a) 8 (b) 10 30. Five persons - Keshav, Mahesh, Sameer, Ravi
(c) 12 (d) 14 and Piyush– are sitting in a row facing North.
Piyush is on right side of Keshav and Mahesh.
25. In a row of students, Ajay is 12th from the left Ravi is to the right side of Sameer. Only Ravi
and Vijay is 17th from the right. When Ajay is sitting between Keshav and Sameer.
and Vijay interchange their positions Vijay
Which of the following pairs could be sitting
becomes 27th from the right. How many
at the extreme ends?
students are there between Vijay and Ajay?
(a) Sameer and Piyush
(a) 9 (b) 12
(b) Ravi and Mahesh
(c) 7 (d) 10
(c) Sameer and Mahesh
26. Five books—A, B, C, D and E—are placed (d) Ravi and Keshav
on a table one above another. B is placed
below C, A is placed above E, D is placed Level – 3
below B and E is placed above C. Which of
the following books touches the table? 31. B is twice as old as A but twice younger than
(a) B (b) D F. C is half the age of A but is twice older than
(c) A (d) E D. Who is the second oldest?
(a) B (b) F
27. Five policemen are standing in a row facing (c) D (d) C
south. Shekhar is to the immediate right of
Dhanush. Bala is between Basha and Dhanush. 32. Five girls are sitting in a row. Sudha is sitting
David is at the extreme right end of the row. next to Padma. Krishna is sitting next to
Who is standing in the middle of the row? Rama who is sitting on the extreme left. Tapti
(a) Bala (b) Basha is sitting on the extreme right. No body is
(c) Shekhar (d) Dhanush sitting between Padma and Krishna. Who is
sitting in the middle?
28. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a
(a) Krishna (b) Padma
row facing East. Only ‘C’ is between ‘A’ and
(c) Sudha (d) Tapti
‘E’, ‘B’ is just to the right of ‘E’ but left of ‘D’.
‘F’ is not at the right end. Who are to the right
33. Five persons – R, S, T, U and V – are in a
of ‘E’?
(a) A and B (b) A and D queue facing a reservation counter.
(c) B and D (d) D and E Immediately behind S is U. T is standing
between R and V. In between R and U, no one
29. In a classroom, there are 5 rows, and is there. Then, where is S standing in the
5 children – A, B, C, D and E – are seated queue?
one behind the other in 5 separate rows as (a) First (b) Second
follows: (c) Last (d) Last but one
A is sitting behind C, but in front of B.
C is sitting behind E. D is sitting in front of E.

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34. In a class, among the passed students, Amita Ring E weighing four and one-half times as
is twenty-second from the top and Ramnik, much as Ring F.
who is 5 ranks below Amita, is thirty-fourth Ring F weighing half as much as Ring G.
from the bottom. All the students from the Ring G weighing half as much as Ring H.
class have appeared for the exam. If the ratio Ring H weighing less than Ring D but more
of the students who passed in the exam to than Ring F.
those who failed is 4 : 1 in that class, how
many students are there in the class? Which of the following represents the
(a) 60 (b) 75 descending order of weights of the rings?
(c) 90 (d) Data inadequate (a) D, E, G, H, F (b) D, E, F, H, G
(c) E, G, H, D, F (d) D, E, H, G, F
35. Six persons – F, G, H, K, L and M – are of
different heights. F, G and H are males, while 38. Five athletes – A, B, C, D and E – participated
K, L and M are females. G is taller than F, in a race.
who is taller than exactly two persons. K is • B finished before 3 athletes exactly.
taller than H, who is taller than only one female. • C and A finished neither 1st nor 5th.
M is taller than L but smaller than G. The • D did not finish at last.
tallest person is not a female. • C finished before A.

Who is the smallest female? Who came third?

(a) K (a) A (b) C
(b) M (c) D (d) E
(c) L
(d) Cannot be determined 39. There were 6 friends – A, B, C, D, E and F.
• B is heavier than only E.
36. There are five persons – Aman, Baman, • F is heavier than 4 friends exactly.
Chaman, Raman and Saman. Each of them • A or C is not heaviest.
is of a different weight and height. Aman is • A is heavier than C.
the tallest but not the heaviest. Saman, who
is the lightest, is taller than exactly two Who is 4th heaviest?
persons. Chaman, who is shorter than at least (a) A (b) C
two persons, is not the second lightest. (c) F (d) D
Raman is the shortest as well as the heaviest.
If Aman is the third heaviest, who is the 40. In the following colour sequence, R stands
second heaviest among them? for Red, Y for Yellow, G for Green, B for Blue
(a) Chaman (b) Raman and W for White. If the sequence is continued,
(c) Baman (d) Aman then which colour will come next?
BBRBRWBRWGBRWGYBBRB
37. A goldsmith has five rings. Each having a RWBRW
different weight. (a) Red (b) Blue
Ring D weighing twice as much as Ring E. (c) Green (d) Yellow

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Ranking, Positions and Mathematical Reasoning

Answers and Explanations
1 b 2 d 3 c 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 c 8 a 9 a 10 d
11 c 12 c 13 c 14 c 15 c 16 d 17 d 18 b 19 c 20 b
21 c 22 b 23 c 24 d 25 a 26 b 27 d 28 c 29 a 30 a
31 a 32 b 33 a 34 b 35 c 36 a 37 d 38 b 39 b 40 c

1. b Modi’s position from the left end = 40 + 1 – 14 = 27th. Sachin > Rahul > Saurav > Dhoni > Kaif
Hence, Sachin is the tallest.
2. d Clearly, total number of boys in both the rows
= (Number of boys in Jayati’s row) + (Number of boys 10. d Arranging the given information, we get
in Bharat’s row) Pankaj > Mandar > Amit > Prashant > Vinod
= (6 + 1 + 10) + (9 + 1 + 11) = 17 + 21 = 38. Hence, Pankaj is the tallest.

3. c Sajan rank 26th and Seema is 8 ranks ahead of Sajan. 11. c Aakash finished the race before Krishna and after
So, Seema ranks 18th. Number of students behind Suhail. Ravi finished the race before Suhail and Mayur.
Seema in rank = (42 – 18) = 24. Hence, Ravi won the race.
So, Seema ranks 25th from the last.
12. c Using the formula,
4. b Vani > Rani
T = RT + RB − 1
Vani > Sita > Rani
Mary, Rani > Nita. We get,
Rani > Mary T = 16 + 15 – 1 = 30.
⇒ Vani > Sita > Rani > Mary > Nita. Hence, there are 30 students in the class.

5. c Kamal’s position from left = 9th 13. c The given standing position is
Left ← M N Q P O → Right
Veena’s position from right = 16th
After interchanging their positions,
14. c The order of eldest to youngest is given below.
Kamal’s position from left = 25th
So, that Kamal’s position from right = 16th Sita > Lavanya > Swapna > Hari > Suvarna.
∴ Total number of girls = (25 + 16) – 1 = 40.
15. c The given information can be shown as:
P X Q Y Z R
6. b Ramesh’s rank in the class = 13th
Total number of student = 33
∴ Suresh’s rank in the class = 33 – 5 = 28th 16. d The sequence of books according to the given
∴ Number of student between Ramesh and Suresh information will be
= 28 – (13 + 1) = 14. E
A
7. c A tree’s rank from the left = 7th and that of from right B
= 14th. C
∴ Total number of trees = 14 + 7 – 1 = 20. D
so
8. a Ashok's rank from last = 17th Hence, D is at the bottom of the pile.
∴ Suresh's rank from last = 17 + 7 = 24th
∴ Suresh's rank from the start = 39 – 24 + 1 = 16th. 17. d From the given information, order of landing is:
FAEDBCG
9. a The order of the heights of the persons according to Hence, G landed last.
the given information will be

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18. b The arrangement is 27. d

D h an ush
S h ekha r
C D A B E

R IG H T

B ash a
D a vid

L E FT
B ala
So, B is E’s neighbour.

19. c Rajan’s rank in the class = 11th

Also, Rajan’s rank in the class from bottom = 31st Hence, Dhanush is standing in the middle.
∴ Number of boys passed = 41
Total number of boys = 41 + 31 + 1 = 45.
28. c L E FT
20. b Here, Rajni’s position from the right end = 21 + 10 F
= 31st
A
Meera’s position from the right end = 31 – 4 = 27th
Meera’s position from the left end = 17th (given) C
Thus, the total number of persons in the row E
= 27 + 17 – 1 = 43. B

21. c Sandeep’s new position is 15th from the right as well D

as from the left end of the row. R IG H T
Number of students in the queue = (14 + 1 + 14) = 29. Hence, B and D are to the right of E.

22. b On the basis of the given information, we get 29. a From the given information the order is DECAB.
Mehak > Nitika > Neelima > Neeta > Sania
Obviously, Neelima will occupy the middle position. 30. a Given information can be shown as:
Sameer Ravi Keshav Mahesh
23. c Manoj’s earlier position from the right end = 17th Piyush ↑ North
Manoj’s earlier position from the left end = 13th OR
Total number of persons in the row = 17 + 13 – 1 = 29 Mahesh Sameer Ravi Keshav
Manoj’s new position from the right = 29 + 1 – 11 Piyush
= 19th. Hence, Sameer and Piyush could be sitting at the
extreme ends.
24. d Minimum number of students will be possible in the
following case. 31. a B = 2A
Sameer Neetesh Wasim F = 2B = 4A
← → A
9 8 A = 2C ⇒ C =
2
→ ←
C A
6 7 C = 2D ⇒ D = =
2 4
Thus, in the above case, total number of students The correct order is F > B > A > C > D.
= 9 + 6 – 1 = 14. Hence, the second oldest is B.

25. a From right end, 32. b

(i) Vijay’s present position: 27th
Krishn a

Pad m a

R IG H T
Sud ha
R am a
LEF T

(ii) Vijay’s former position: 17th

Ta pti

Now, total number of students between Ajay and Vijay

= 27 – 17 – 1 = 9.
Hence, Padma is in the middle.

26. b The order of the books from bottom to top is shown

below. 33. a ← Reservation counter.
A S U R T V
E
34. b Amita is 22nd from the top and Ramnik is 5 ranks
C
below Amita. So, Ramnik is 27th from the top. Also,
B
Ramnik is 34th from the bottom.
D Number of students passed = (26 + 1 + 33) = 60
Hence, D touches the table. Total number of students in the class = 60 + 15 = 75.

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35. c The order of persons from the tallest to the smallest is
4x
as follows: Weight of H = gm.
9
G K/M M/K F H L Weight of D > Weight of H > Weight of F.
∴ Descending order of weight of the rings
36. a The information for weight can be summarised as D > E > H > G > F.
shown below.
Raman > Chaman > Aman> Baman >Saman 38. b Order of athletes to finish race is D, B, C, A and E.
Hence, Chaman is the second heaviest. Hence, C will come 3rd.

37. d Let weight of the ring D be x gm. 39. b The order of weight is D > F > A > C > B > E.
Hence, C is the 4th heaviest.
x
∴ Weight of E = gm.
2 40. c B | BR | BRW | BRWG | BRWGY | B | BR| BRW | BRWG
Therefore, in the above sequence G will be the next
x 2 x
Weight of F = × = gm. letter. Hence, Green will come next in the series.
2 9 9

2x
Weight of G = gm.
9

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