A goldsmith has five gold rings, each having a different weight. They are labelled as D, E, E G and H. Their peculiarities are given in the following five statements.
Statement 1 : Ring D weighs twice as much as ring E.
Statement 2 Ring E weighs four and a half times as much as ring F.
Statement 3 : Ring F weighs half as much as ring G.
Statement 4 : Ring G weighs half as much as ring H.
Statement 5 : Ring H weighs less than ring D but more than ring F.
Which of the following represents the descending order of the weights of the rings ?

Options

A. D, E, H, G and F
B. F, D, G, E and H
C. H, F, G, D and E
D. E, G, H, D and F

Answer

A

Explanation

After analysing the given statements : Write down the respective letters for the gold rings, identify the gold ring with the lowest weight and assign it a value .x..

Analyse the given statements again and fill the weight relative to weight of gold ring F.

So, the weights in the descending order is as follows:

By analysing the above descending order of weights, we get `D gt E gt H gt G gt F`