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Directions:
Read the information given below to answer these questions:

    (i) Aarti is older than Sanya.
    (ii) Muskan is elder than Aarti but younger than Kashish.
    (iii) Kashish is elder than Sanya.
    (iv) Sanya is younger than Muskan.
    (v) Gargi is the eldest.

[M.A.T. 2003]

Question : 1

Who is the youngest?

a) Kashish

b) Aarti

c) Muskan

d) Sanya

Answer: (d)

Sanya is the youngest.

Question : 2

Agewise, who is in the middle?

a) Kashish

b) Aarti

c) Muskan

d) Sanya

Answer: (c)

Agewise, Muskan is in the middle.

Question : 3

Which of the given statements is/are superfluous and can be dispensed with while answering the above questions?

a) Either (i) or (iii)

b) Only (iv)

c) Either (i) or (iv)

d) Both (iii) and (iv)

e) None of these

Answer: (d)

From (i) and (ii), we have : K > M > A > S.

This indicates both K > S and S < M which are given in (iii) and (iv).

Thus, both (iii) and (iv) are superfluous.

Question : 4 [C.P.O. 2003]

A, B, C, D and E are five friends. A is shorter than B but taller than E. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B and taller than A. Who has two persons taller and two persons shorter than him/her?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Answer: (d)

We have : E > A > B, A < D < B.

Since C is the tallest,

so we have : E < A < D < B < C.

Clearly, D lies in the middle.

Question : 5 [I.B.P.S. 2002]

In a shop, there was 4 dolls of different heights. A, B, C and D. D is neither as tall as A nor as short as C. B is shorter than D but taller than C. If Mani wants to purchase the tallest doll, which one should she purchase?

a) Only A

b) Only D

c) Either A or D

d) Either B or D

e) None of these

Answer: (a)

D is not as tall as A = D is shorter than A = D < A D is not as short as C = D is taller than C = D > C. B is shorter than D but taller than C = C < B < D.

Thus, we have : C < B < D < A.

So, A is the tallest.

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