COMPARISION BASED PROBLEM 3

Question:

In an examination, Raj got more marks than Mukesh but not as many as Priya.Priya got more marks than Dinesh and Kamal. Dinesh got less marks than Mukesh but his marks are not the lowest in the group.

Who is the second in the descending order of marks?

(a) Priya (b) Kamal (c) Raj

(d) Cannot be determine (e) None of these

Explanation:

Answer is (c)

In terms of marks obtained

Mukesh < Raj, Raj < Priya, Dinesh < Priya, Kamal < Priya,

Dinesh < Mukesh.

Since Dinesh marks are not the lowest, so Kamal's marks are the

lowest.

So, the sequence becomes: Kamal < Dinesh < Mukesh < Raj < Priya.

There fore, in the descending order, Raj comes second.