Question

Manish ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-nineth from the bottom among those who has passed an examination. Six boys did not participate in the examination and five failed in it. How many boys were there in the class?

• A. $40$
• B. $44$
• C. $50$
• D. $55$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $55$

Number of boys who passed $=16+29-1=44$
$\therefore$ Total number of boys in the class $=44+6+5=55$