Question

Which of the following pencil sets are arranged from shortest to the longest as per the description given below?

The green pencil is the shortest.
Blue is longer than green, but shorter than yellow.
Yellow is shorter than pink.
Pink is the tallest.
Red is shorter than yellow, but taller than blue.

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

We have a description of the arrangement of the pencils.

Steps:
Let us read the description of the colored pencil’s arrangement and try making it on the whiteboard.
The description says:
The green pencil is the shortest. Let us draw a green line first.
Blue is longer than green but shorter than yellow. Let us make a blue line which is longer than green.
Let us make a yellow line that is longer than blue.
Yellow is shorter than pink. So let us make a pink line that is longer than the yellow line.
Pink is the tallest. That means we do not have to add any other line after this.
Red is shorter than yellow but taller than blue. Now the last line, i.e., the red line, is shorter than yellow but taller than blue, so it will come in between the two.
So this is our arrangement. Now let us match it with the given options.
Option A shows the correct arrangement.