T. S. Jain Solutions for Exercise 1: Exercise

If in a class of 25 students, the positions of Dhirendra and Navin from the last are 17th and 18th respectively, what are their positions from the beginning?

In a class of 65 boys, the position of Mohan is 33rd. If the last boy is given the first position, then on this basis what is the position of Mohan?

Shyam’s position from the top is 17th and from the bottom is 15th among the students who passed the annual examination in a class. If the number of students who failed is 10, then how many students appear for the examination?

Mohit is taller than Ashok. Gopal is taller than Prabodh. Who is the tallest?

To answer the question, the knowledge of which of the statements is necessary?

A. Ashok is taller than Gopal.

B. Gopal is shorter than Ashok.

In a row of students, Surendra is 17th from the left and Bindu is 8th from the right. If they interchange their positions, then Bindu becomes 17th from the left. How many students are there in the row?

The position of A in a class is 5th from the top, and the position of B is 7th from the bottom. If C is at 6th place after A, and C is exactly between A and B, then how many students are there in the class?

In a row, Ramesh is at the 15th place from the left and Amit is at 7th place from the right. There are three students between them, and Kamal is just at the left of Ramesh. What is place of Kamal from the right? (Note: Amit is to the right of Ramesh.)

Five people are playing cards in a circular path facing the centre. Harish is just at the left of Sohan. Sanjay is just at the right of Anand, and he is between Anand and Vinay. Who is just at the right of Vinay?