Question 1

Among five people - A, B, C, D and E — each scoring different marks, only one person scored less marks than B. D scored more marks than B but less than A. A did not score the highest marks. Who scored the second highest marks?

Solution

Let us rank the person according to the marks scored by them, where 1 -> highest marks and 5 -> lowest marks.

Only one person scored less marks than B, => B = 4

Also, A > D > B and $$A \neq 1$$

=> A = 2 and D = 3

Thus, ranking from 1-5 = C/E , A , D , B , E/C

$$\therefore$$ A scored the second highest marks.

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