In an athletics meet, 8 runners—Arun, Barun, Chandan, Dharam, Ezhil, Farhan, Govind, and Harman— participated in three races: 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m. No runner finished in the same position in any of the races. In each of the three races, all runners finished in distinct positions from 1 to 8. Position 1 is given to the runner who completed the race 1st, Position 2 is given to the runner who completed the race 2nd and so on. The following information is known about these races:(i) In 100 m race, Chandan finished 3rd, and in 400 m race, he finished 2nd. In 100 m and 200 m races, Barun finished 1st and 2nd, respectively.(ii) In 400 m race, Arun did not finish 4th, but Govind finished 7th in 200 m race. In 400 m race, Harman did not finish 4th, and Farhan did not finish 8th.(iii) For Arun, the number of people who finished ahead of him in 100 m race is the same as the number of people who finished behind him in 200 m race.(iv) In every race, Dharam, Ezhil, and Farhan finished in consecutive positions, with Dharam finishing first among them and Farhan finishing last.(v) Across the three races, the sum of Dharam’s positions is the same as the sum of Govind’s positions.(vi) Harman had his best finish in 400 m

DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 5: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.Five students – Gaurav, Himesh, Inder, Jitesh and Kalyan – participated in a race in which the length of each lap was 400 m. In the race, in each lap, the student who is in the last position will be eliminated when the person just in front of him finishes that lap. For example, in the first lap, the student who is in the fifth position will be eliminated when the student in the fourth position finishes the first lap. The students in contention run the race continuously without any break until there is only one person remaining, who is then declared the winner of the race. The last person to be eliminated is declared the runner-up. The following bar graph presents the average speed (in meters per second, rounded off to two decimal places) of each student in each lap until they were eliminated:Question No. 2DIRECTIONS for question 2: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the question.What was the total distance (rounded to the nearest meter) run by Jitesh in the race?

There were 9 students running in a race. How many different arrangements of first, second, and third place are possible?

Direction : Five students Ram, Rakesh, Rahim, Pawan and Vivek belongs to five different houses A, B, C, D and E but not in order. They all five take participation in 100 m race event. Pawan does not belong to house B, C or D and no one finish race before him. The student from house E finished at last. The runner-up of the race belongs to house B. Rahim finished race just before Vivek. Three persons finished the race before Rahim. Rakesh does not belong to house B or D. Who is runner-up of the race?VivekRahimRamRakesh

A race has 17 runners. In how many ways can they finish in first, second, and third place? 2,184 4,080 51 680

There were 24 students running in a race. How many different arrangements of first, second, and third place are possible?