Mahesh is five ranks below top student Mukesh in a class of forty students. What is Mahesh's rank from the bottom in the class?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 35th
Mukesh is the top student, so his rank is 1. Five ranks below him is rank \(1+5=6\) from the top.
Rank from the bottom \(=\) total \(-\) rank from the top \(+\,1\)
\(=40-6+1=35\)
Tip: Rank from the top + rank from the bottom = total + 1, because the person is counted in both rankings.