Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
(i) Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are members of a club and play a different game of Football, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Badminton and Volleyball.
(ii) T, who is taller than P and S, plays Tennis.
(iii) The tallest among them plays Basketball.
(iv) The shortest among them plays Volleyball.
(v) Q and S neither play Volleyball nor Basketball.
(vi) R plays Volleyball.
(vii) T is between Q who plays Football and Pin order of height.
Who among them is taller than R but shorter than P?

Options

A. S
B. T
C. U
D. Data inadequate

Answer

D

Explanation

According to the given information:
From (i), we get
`T gt P, T gt S`
From (vii), we get
`Q gt T gt P`
From (vi), we get
`R overset("Plays")rarr` Volleyball.
From (iv) & (vi), we get
`R rArr` Shortest …..(viii)
From (v), we get ....(ix)
`U rArr` Tallest. ....(ix)
Descending order of Height:
`U gt Q gt T gt P gt S gt R`
From (ii), we get
`T overset("Plays")rarr` Tennis ....(x)
From (iii) & (ix), we get
`U overset("Plays")rarr` Basketball. ....(xi)
From (vii), we get
`Q overset("Plays")rarr` Football. ....(xii)
By elimination, we get
`P overset("Plays")rarr` Either cricket or Badminton ....(xiii)
`S overset("Plays")rarr` Either cricket or Badminton ....(xiv)


By analysing the above table, we get
Taller than R but shorter than P
`rArr` S. i.e `P gt S gt R`