Question

Rahul is $7$ ranks ahead of Samrat in a class of $39$. If Samrat's rank is seventeenth from the last, what is Rahul's rank from the start?

• A. ${14}^{th}$
• B. ${15}^{th}$
• C. ${16}^{th}$
• D. ${17}^{th}$

Answer 1

The correct option is C ${16}^{th}$

Total number of student=39
Samrat's rank from last=17 th
Samrat's rank from first=$(39-17)+1=23$
As given Rahul is 7 ranks ahead of Samrat ,so Rahul position=$23-7={16}^{th}$

option C