Discussion
How many girls are taller than Shravan in his class ?
Statements:
1. When students of Shravan's class are ranked in descending order of their heights, Shravan's rank is 17th from the top among all the students and 12th among boys.
2. Shravan's rank from the bottom on the basis of height among boys is 18th and among all students, 29th.
Answer: A
From 1, we conclude that there are 16 students and 11 boys taller than Shravan.
This implies that there are 5 girls taller than Shravan.
In 2, Shravan's rank from the bottom is mentioned and to ascertain the number of girls taller than him, we need to know his rank from the top for which the number of students in the class is required, which is not given.
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