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Among five friends, Shariq, Nafees, Meeraj, Abid and Ashfaque, Shariq is shorter than Nafees but taller than Ashfaque, Meeraj is tallest. Abid is little shorter than Nafees but a little taller than Shariq. The shortest among them is:

A

Shariq

B

Ashfaque

C

Nafees

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
B
Shariq `lt` Nafees …(i)
Shariq `gt` Ashfaque …(ii)
Abid `lt` Nafees …(iii)
Abid `gt` Shariq …(iv) [`because` Meeraj is tallest] According to the height, final ranking in descending order is as follows:
`underset(1)("Meeraj") gt underset(2)("Nafees") gt underset(3)("Abid") gt underset(4)("Shariq") gt underset(5)("Ashfaque")` Therefore, shortest person= Ashfaque
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