BANK PROBATIONARY

REASONING ABILITY
NUMBER RANKING TEST

NUMBER TEST

In this generally candidates are given a long

series of numbers. The candidate is required to
find out how many times a number satisfying
the condition specified in the question occurs.
Eg. 1. How many 9's are there in the following
number sequence which are immediately preceded by 5 but not immediately followed by 3 ?
3959459399859987951965943
95938
a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

Ans: The numbers satisfying the given conditions can be shown as follows.
395 9 45939985 9 98795196
5 9 4 3 9 5 9 3 8. So the answer is (C)
Ranking Test: In this, generally the ranks of a
person both from the top and from the bottom
are mentioned and the total number of persons
is asked.
Eg. 2.
Radha ranks twenty-first from the top
and twentieth from the bottom in a certain examination. How many students are there in her
class?
a)

40

b) 41

c) 42

d) 45

Ans. Clearly the whole class consists of

79723798657982889749788
a)

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

2. How many 6's are there in the following number series which are either preceded by 4 or
followed by 7.
312964764677297644667
a)

One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

3. In the following series of numbers how many

times have the numbers 9, 1 and 8 appeared
together, 1 being in the middles and 9 and 8
being on either side of 1 ?
2198198371978129198182212
a)

One

b) Six

c)

Three

d) Four

4.
How many 1's are there in the following
sequence which are immediately preceded by
9 but not immediately followed by 7 ?
719117189171213145713917
a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

i)

20 students who have a rank higher

than Radha

5. How many 7's immediately preceded by 6

but not immediately followed by 4 are there in
the following series ?

ii)

Radha

7427643675357843767240674

iii) 19 students who have rank lower

than Radha
i.e. (20+1+19) = 40. So, the answer is (a)

PRACTICE EXERCISE
1.

number sequence which are immediately preceded by 7 and also immediately followed
by 8.

How many 9's are there in the following

a) One

b) Two

c) Four

d) Six

6. In the given series how many instances

are there in which an even number is followed
by two odd numbers ?
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a)

Nil

b) One

c)

Two

d) Three

7. Ajay's position in a row is thirteenth from

the front side and sixth from the back side. How
many persons are standing in that row ?
a)

17

b) 18

c)

19

d) 20

8. Ratan ranked 8th from the top and 37th

from the bottom in a class. How many students
are there in the class ?
a)

44

b) 46

c) 45

d) 43

9. In a row of boys Ganesh is twelfth from left

and Rajan is fifteenth from right. When they
interchange their positions, Rajan becomes
twentieth from right. How many boys are there
in the row ?
a)

29

b) 31

c) 32

d) 30

10. In a row of 16 boys when Ram was shifted

by two places towards left, he became 7th from
the left end. What was his earlier position from
the right end of the row ?
a) 7th

b) 8th

c) 9th

d) 10th

11. Hari ranks sixteenth in a class of thirty.

What is his rank from the last
a) 13

b) 15

c) 16

d) 17

12. The Managing Director entered the conference room ten minutes before 12.30 hrs for interviewing. He came 20 minutes before the
Chairman who was 30 minutes late. At what
time, the interviews were scheduled ?
a)

12.50

b) 12.40

c)

12.20

d) 12.10

13. A bus for Delhi leaves every thirty minutes

from a bustand. An enquiry clerk told a pas-

senger that the bus had already left ten minutes

ago and the next bus will leave at 9.35 am. At
what time did the enquiry clerk give this information to the passenger ?
a)

9.10am

b) 8.55 am

c)

9.08 am

d) 9.15 am

14. How many days will there be from 26th

January, 1988 to 15th May 1988 (both days included)
a) 110

b) 111

c) 112

d) 113

15. Romit remembers that Lokesh's birth day

is after 19th but before 22nd November, whereas
Deepthi remembers that Lokesh's birthday is
after 20th but before 24th November. Which day
is Lokesh's birthday ?
a) 20th November

b) 21st November

c) 22nd November

d) 23rd November

16. In a row of girls Ambili is 22nd from the left

and 13th from the right. How many girls are there
in the row?
a)

35

b) 34

c) 39

d) 36

17. How many instances are there in which an

even number is followed by an odd number and
preceded by another even number in the series
below?
7 8 5 2 6 4 3 6 1 5 9 3 2 7 6 2 9
a)

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

18. In the following series how many b's are

there which are immediately preceded by `d' or
`b' but not followed by `d'?
dbdbdbbddbbdbdbbdbdbdbdbbd
a)

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

ANSWERS TO PRACTICE EXERCISE

1.

(b)

2.

(c)

9.

(b)

10. (b)

17. (b)

18. (c)

3.

(a)

11. (b)

4.

(a)

5. (b)

6.

(d)

12. (d)

13. (d)

14. (b)

7.

(b)

15. (b)

8.(a)
16.(b)