Order & Ranking Questions with Solutions

In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row?

In a class, a student is ranked 35th from the top and 32nd from the bottom. How many students are there in the class?

Five boxes P, Q, R, S, T are stacked one above the other. R is above S but below Q. T is at the bottom. P is just above T. Which box is at the top?

Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue. There are five persons between A and B and eight persons between B and C. If there are three persons ahead of C and 21 behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?

Shweta, Yamini, Pooja and Rakhi are sisters. Yamini is older than at least two of her sisters. Pooja is younger than Rakhi, who is not the oldest. Shweta is older than Pooja but younger than Rakhi. Who is the oldest among them?

In a row of children facing North, Shamika is third to the right of Nikhil, who is 17th from the right end of the row. Ravi is 5th to the left of Shamika and is 20th from the left end. Totally how many children are there in the row?

There are four brothers Alan, Bob, Carl and Dave. Dave is two years older than Bob. Bob is one year younger than Carl. Alan, who is 34, is two years younger than Carl. Who is the oldest?

Shyam is taller than Pradeep and Pradeep is as tall as Anurag. But Anand is shorter than Suresh, who is as tall as Anurag. If Pradeep is taller than Praveen, who is the tallest of all?

In a row of students, A is 5th from the top and B is 7th from the bottom. C is 6th after A and 6th before B. How many students are there in the row?

In a class, six students P, Q, R, S, T and U are the top six rank holders. R did not get the 4th rank. P's rank is higher than U's and R's but lower than Q's. Four students have ranks lower than S, and five students have ranks above T. Who is ranked 5th in the class?

In a class of 50 students, Raghu's rank is twice that of Paul. There are 10 students who have ranked worse than Raghu. Paul's rank in the class is

There are five books A, B, C, D and E placed on a table. If A is placed below E, C is placed above D, B is placed below A and D is placed between A and E, then which of the following books can be on the top?

Among five children A, B, C, D and E, B is taller than E but shorter than D. A is shorter than C but taller than D. If all the children stand in a line according to their heights, then who would be the fourth if counted from the tallest one?

Five children were administered psychological tests to know their intellectual levels. In the report psychologists pointed that child A is less intelligent than child B. The child C is less intelligent than child D. The child B is less intelligent than child C and child A is less intelligent than child E. Which child is most intelligent?

There are five books A, B, C, D and E placed on a table. If A is placed below E, C is placed above D, B is placed below A and D is placed above E, then which of the following books touches the surface of the table?

Each of the five people K, L, M, P and Q is of a different weight. It is known that the number of people heavier than P is the same as the number of people lighter than Q. L is the heaviest and K is not the lightest. Who is the lightest?

Four people (P, Q, R and S) are standing in a queue. Q is ahead of P. R is between P and S. If S is at the end of the queue, who is at the front of the queue?