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If arranged in descending order on the basis of Ranks, we get
Vaibhav > Uday > Tarun > Saksham > Sameer > Rajat > Maneesh
The person at the 2nd place from the left is Uday.
Step 1: Rajat is 11th from the top in the class with 2 smartphones.
Step 2: Maneesh is 8th from the top and has 3 smartphones.
Step 3: Vaibhav ranks 4th from the bottom in the class and has 6 smartphones.
Assuming there are total ‘y’ students in the class. The rank of Vaibhav from the top = y - 3 (Since he is 4th from the bottom therefore 3 needs to be subtracted.)
Step 4: Sameer is 13 ranks less than that of Tarun. These two, Sameer and Tarun have 4 & 5 smartphones not necessarily in the same order.
Let the rank of Tarun be ‘z’. So, the rank of Sameer will be = z - 13 and rank from below = y - 25.
Step 5: Tarun is 9 ranks less than that of Vaibhav and 10 ranks ahead of the person who has 15 smartphones.
Vaibhav’s rank = y - 3
i.e., Tarun’s rank = y - 3 - 9 = (y - 12)
Rank of the person from whom Tarun is ahead in rank from top (i.e., Tarun’s rank is more than this person) = (y - 12 - 10) = (y - 22)
Step 6: Uday is 14 ranks ahead of Saksham according to the class’ name list and Karan has 1 smartphone less than what Saksham has and is 12 ranks below to Saksham.
If Saksham ranks = b
Uday ranks = b + 14
Karan ranks = b - 12
Step 7: Neither of Karan nor Uday has 8 smartphones. (This implies, Saksham is the one to have 15 smartphones.) Saksham has an equal number of phones as is the rank of Sameer. (This implies Sameer’s rank is 15 i.e., z - 13 = y - 25 = 15)
z - 13 = y - 25 = 15 (Sameer’s rank)
z = 28 (Tarun’s rank)
y = 40 (Total number of Students in class)
b = y - 22 = 18 (Saksham’s rank)
b - 12 = 6 (Karan’s rank and Karan has 1 smartphone less than that Saksham has i.e., Karan has 14 smartphones)
b + 14 = 32 (Uday’s rank)
We get,
Arranging them in the ascending order of rank, we get:
Arranging them in the ascending order of their smartphones, we get:
(Sameer, Tarun, and Uday’s exact places are not known.)
So, Saksham has the maximum number of smartphones.
Hence, the correct option is (C).