Raman ranks sixteenth from the top and forty ninth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?

64

According to the question, Raman ranks 16th from the top and 49th from the bottom. Thus, we can say that the total number of students in the class is 16 + 49 - 1 = 64. We subtract 1 from the number because otherwise, Raman's position will be counted twice.