Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: Nitin

Hitesh is third, Bharat lies between Nitin and Hitesh, and Nitin is not at the bottom - which leaves only one arrangement, with Nitin at the head of it. So Nitin is the tallest.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 34

Sanjeev is counted from both ends, so the class holds \[ 7 + 28 - 1 = \mathbf{34} \] students.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 07:39 p.m

Buses leave every 52 minutes, so the one before the 8:15 bus left at \( 8{:}15 - 52\text{ min} = 7{:}23 \). That bus had gone sixteen minutes earlier, which puts the conversation at \[ 7{:}23 + 16\text{ min} = \mathbf{7{:}39\ p.m.} \]

Answer: D

Correct answer: None of these

Every 3 in the list either has a 9 immediately before it or a 9 immediately after it: the 3s at the second, fifth, ninth, fifteenth and eighteenth places are all disqualified on one count or the other. Not one of them survives both tests, so the answer is none of these - there are no such 3s at all.

Answer: C

Correct answer: E

Putting the comparisons together: \( \mathrm{C} > \mathrm{A} > \mathrm{B} \), \( \mathrm{D} > \mathrm{A} \), \( \mathrm{E} > \mathrm{D} \) and \( \mathrm{D} > \mathrm{C} \). So the order is \[ \mathrm{E} > \mathrm{D} > \mathrm{C} > \mathrm{A} > \mathrm{B} \] and E has the highest marks.

Answer: B

According to Satish, the brother’s birthday is on one of the days among 16th and 17th February.

According to Kajal, the brother’s birthday is on one of the days among 17th and 18th February.

Clearly, Satish’s brother’s birthday is on the day common to both the above groups, i.e., 17th February.

Answer: D

According to Nitin, Nidhi's birthday falls on Wednesday or Thursday    ---------(i)

According to Dheeraj , Nidhi's birthday falls on Thursday or Friday      ---------(ii)

From (i) and (ii), Nidhi's birthday falls on Thursday.

Answer: B

Correct answer: 44

Girls are twice the boys, so of the 180 there are 60 boys and 120 girls. Rupesh is 34th, with 33 pupils ahead of him, of whom 18 are girls - leaving 15 boys ahead. Rupesh is therefore the 16th boy, and the boys behind him number \[ 60 - 16 = \mathbf{44} \]

Answer: B

Correct answer: sunday

If the day after tomorrow is Saturday, tomorrow is Friday and today is Thursday, so yesterday was Wednesday. Three days before Wednesday is Sunday.

Answer: D

Correct answer: None of these

Each 7 that has a 6 before it must be checked for what precedes that 6. Working through the row, every such 6 turns out to have an 8 before it, or the 7 has no 6 before it at all - so the count is not one of the figures offered, and the answer is none of these.