Sonam and Shilpa are ranked eighteenth and seventeenth from the top in a class of 41 students. What will be their respective ranks from the bottom in the class?
(A) 25th
(B) 24th
(C) 23rd
(D) 26th
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (A)
A student’s rank from the top and from the bottom both count the student, so rank from the bottom = total − rank from the top + 1.
Sonam (18th from the top): \(41-18+1=24\), that is, 24th from the bottom, which is (B)
Shilpa (17th from the top): \(41-17+1=25\), that is, 25th from the bottom, which is (A)
The question asks for the ranks in the order Sonam, Shilpa, so the pair is (B), (A). Option (2) gives the same two ranks the other way round.