Ranking, Seating Arrangements & Logical Deductions
Q1. In a row of 25 children facing North, the position of Anil from the left is 17. What is his position from the right?
Correct Answer: B. 9
Q2. In a class of 60 students, Suman ranks 25 from the top. What is his rank from the bottom?
Correct Answer: C. 36
Q3. In a queue, Ravi is 9th from the front and 11th from the back. How many people are in the queue?
Correct Answer: B. 19
Q4. Five girls A, B, C, D, E are sitting in a row. B is between A and C. D is to the immediate left of E. C is to the right of E. The order from left to right is:
Correct Answer: A. A, B, D, E, C
Q5. Premises: All teachers are educated. Some educated people are wise. Conclusion: Some teachers are wise.
Correct Answer: B. Does not follow
Q6. Premises: No student is lazy. Ravi is a student. Conclusion: Ravi is not lazy.
Correct Answer: A. Follows
Q7. Statement: “The government has launched a new scheme to provide free education to girls.” Inference:
Correct Answer: B. The government wishes to encourage girls’ education
Q8. Statement: “Read good books to improve your knowledge.” Assumption:
Correct Answer: A. Reading helps in gaining knowledge
Q9. Statement I: There is a sudden rise in petrol prices. Statement II: The transport workers’ union has called for a strike.
Correct Answer: A. I is cause, II is effect
Q10. Premises: Some apples are mangoes. All mangoes are fruits. Conclusion: Some apples are fruits.
Correct Answer: A. Follows
Q11. A is taller than B but shorter than C. D is shorter than B. Who is the tallest?
Correct Answer: C. C
Q12. In a class, Riya is 10th from the top. There are 5 students between Riya and Sita. If Sita is 18th from the top, how many students are above Riya?
Correct Answer: B. 9
Q13. In a row of girls, Lina is 8th from the left. If she is shifted three places to the right, she becomes 7th from the right. How many girls are in the row?
Correct Answer: C. 17
Q14. Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V are in a row. R is between P and Q. T is to the immediate right of P. U is at the rightmost. S and V are between Q and U with S adjacent to Q. Who is at the leftmost end?
Correct Answer: C. T